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    DCPC Director: Lisa C. Richardson, MD, MPH
    Lisa C. Richardson, MD, MPH

    Lisa C. Richardson, MD, MPH, is the Director of CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC). She is responsible for providing leadership and direction for all scientific, policy, and programmatic issues related to four national programs: the Colorectal Cancer Control Program, the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, the National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, and the National Program of Cancer Registries. She oversees a well-developed research agenda that includes the national Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network.

    Katrina Trivers, PhD, MSPH
    Katrina Trivers, PhD, MSPH
    Associate Director for Science

    Katrina Trivers, PhD, MSPH is the Associate Director for Science in CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. Her research interests include the epidemiology, prevention, and control of ovarian, breast, and cervical cancers.

    Captain Djenaba A. Joseph, MD, MPH
    Djenaba A. Joseph, MD, MPH
    Chief, Program Services Branch

    Djenaba A. Joseph, MD, MPH, is board certified in internal medicine and is a Captain in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service. She is the Branch Chief of DCPC’s Program Services Branch.

    Last Reviewed: August 10, 2023
    Source: Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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