Whitney Ann E. Henry, BS

Department of Indigenous Cancer Health

Biography

I am a member of the Tuscarora Nation, Deer Clan. I attended Syracuse University and received my BS in Child and Family Studies with a minor in Native American studies. 
I started at Roswell Park in 2015 as a Research Assistant with Dr. Rodney Haring, primarily focused on obesity-related cancer interventions for prevention in Indigenous communities. I am a Senior Patient Care Navigator with Roswell Parks Department of Indigenous Cancer Health. 
Since 2021, I have been the coordinator for the Indigenous arm of the Indigenous & Rural Patient Navigation Program. The focus of the navigation program is breast and prostate screening, but the program addresses other screen-able cancers including colorectal and lung, as well as throughout the cancer care continuum.

 

Positions

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • Senior Indigenous Patient Care Navigator
  • Tuscarora Nation, Deer Clan
  • Department of Indigenous Cancer Health

Publications

Maybee, W., Henry, W. A., Lazore-Swan, D., Abrams, C., Attwood, K., Vincent, P., ... & Haring, R. C. (2024). Indigenizing and Ruralizing NCI Screen to Save Program: Resources, Optimizing Outreach, Teaching, Science (ROOTS). Journal of Cancer Education, 39(1), 65-69.

Yeary, K. H. C. K., Quisenberry, A. J., Hall, M. G., Yu, H., Henry, W. A. E., Rodriguez, E. M., & Zoellner, J. M. (2022). Sweet beverages and cancer: a scoping review of quantitative studies. Cancer Prevention Research, 15(6), 377-390.

Haring, R. C., McNaughton, L., Seneca, D. S., Henry, W. A. E., & Warne, D. (2021). Post-pandemic, translational research, and indigenous communities. Journal of Indigenous Research, 9(2021), 5.

Haring, R. C., Jim, M. A., Erwin, D., Kaur, J., Henry, W. A. E., Haring, M. L., & Seneca, D. S. (2018). Mortality disparities: a comparison with the Haudenosaunee in New York state. Cancer Health Disparities, 2.

Haring, R. C., Henry, W. A., Hudson, M., Rodriguez, E. M., & Taualii, M. (2018). Views on clinical trial recruitment, biospecimen collection, and cancer research: population science from landscapes of the Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse). Journal of Cancer Education, 33, 44-51.