Judith SalleyDr. Judith Salley is a tenured professor of biology and serves as the chairperson of the Department of Biological and Physical Sciences at South Carolina State University (SCSU). She received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from SC State Univrsity and both a Master's and PhD degree in Zoology from the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

Dr. Salley, in collaboration with Dr. Marvella Ford from the Medical University of South Carolina, has been instrumental in building strong and enduring partnerships with colleges and universities in the state of South Carolina especially HBCUs, to develop several research and education training programs in cancer disparities for underrepresented students and junior faculty. Drs. Salley and Ford successfully initiate an inter-institutional, P20 CPACHE Planning Center grant, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH/NCI) titled South Carolina Cancer Disparities Research Center (SC CaDRe), which led to a funded U54 grant tilted "South Carolina Cancer Disparities Research Center (SC CADRE)." The Center was established to build research capacity and infrastructure at SCSU and to expand cancer disparities research in the state of South Carolina while cultivating a diverse network of cancer researchers. In addition, Dr. Salley serves as a Multiple PI with Dr. Marvella Ford on the SmartState Center of Economic Excellence in Prostate Cancer Disparities Research. The Center is designed to develop and test interventions to significantly enhance the participation of African American men in prostate cancer screening and early detection. She is also the principal investigator of the NIH IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Program at South Carolina State University. INBRE's goal is to increase biomedical research opportunities and training for faculty and minority undergraduates. Dr. Salley has also served as the principal investigator of the NSF funded SC Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (SC EPSCoR), a grant designed to develop a Master's degree in Bioengineering Sciences at SC State and to address the shortage of underrepresented minorities who pursue the Ph.D. in bioengineering and related fields. Read More Read Less