Dr. Rivers is Professor and Director of the Cancer Health Equity Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM). Dr. Rivers is nationally and internationally recognized as a thought leader in health disparities research and a retired appointed member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NACMHD). Dr. Rivers’ research has endeavored to expand the application of population-based intervention science to address prostate cancer health disparities and advance prostate cancer health equity in clinical and community-based settings, utilizing multi-sectoral approaches, such as novel technological platforms and iterations of the Patient Navigation model.