Staff Biography

Alexis Bakos, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., C Chief, Diversity Training Branch Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, National Cancer Institute 6116 Executive Blvd., Suite 602 Rockville, MD 20852 phone: (301) 443-0542 fax: (301) 435-9225 email: bakosa@mail.nih.gov

Alexis D. Bakos, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., C, is Chief of the Diversity Training Branch within the Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Dr. Bakos coordinates the management of programs designed to improve the diversity of the cancer research workforce through training, career development, cancer education, and community outreach.

Prior to her appointment at the NCI, Dr. Bakos served as a Program Director at the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD. Her responsibilities included scientific areas related to end of life/palliative care and informal caregiving and long-term care. She also chaired the NIH-wide End of Life Scientific Interest Group.

Dr. Bakos received a B.S.N. and M.S.N. from The Catholic University of America School of Nursing, an M.P.H. with a concentration in Epidemiology from George Washington University, and a Ph.D. in Nursing from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Bakos’ training included three years of postdoctoral training as a Cancer Prevention Fellow within the Division of Cancer Prevention at the National Cancer Institute, NIH. She also served on the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Aging as a Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Fellow. Dr. Bakos is also certified in gerontological nursing from the American Nurses’ Association and is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society.