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‘Woah, this is affecting me’: why I’m fighting racial inequality in prostate-cancer research

Olugbenga Samuel Oyeniyi sought a career with a stronger public-health focus after learning that Black men are twice as likely as white men to get prostate cancer.
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  1. Jacqui Thornton

    1. Jacqui Thornton is a freelance writer based in Winchester, UK.

Olugbenga Samuel Oyeniyi’s research at the University of Sunderland, UK, explores why many Black men do not seek help for symptoms of prostate cancer and uses Black peer educators to change mindsets in the community. March is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in the United Kingdom.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00857-4

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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  • Correction 21 March 2024: An earlier version of this article erroneously stated that Olugbenga Samuel Oyeniyi’s role as operations manager involved working with the University of Sunderland’s vice chancellor, local mayor and MP to his role as an operations manager.

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