Dr. Charlton is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Iowa College of Public Health and Director of the Iowa Cancer Registry. She is also Co-Leader of the Cancer Epidemiology and Population Science Program at the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, and President of the Iowa Cancer Consortium, which has over 650 statewide members and is responsible for developing and implementing Iowa’s cancer control plan through a contract with the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. Her research focuses on differences in access and quality of cancer care between rural and urban populations related to the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer. She was awarded an NCI-funded R01 titled ‘Effectiveness and implementation of a health system intervention to improve quality and comprehensiveness of cancer care for rural, underserved patients’ to help address the cancer disparities that exist in rural populations.