Hall Recognized with Provost Impact Award

Honored for breast health outreach to high school students

Lannis Hall, MD, MPH, a WashU Medicine associate professor of clinical radiation oncology and radiation oncologist at Siteman Cancer Center, has been honored with a 2025 Provost Impact Award by the WashU Confluence Collaborative.

The award recognizes her work promoting breast health with young women in the Hazelwood School District. Since 2018, more than 7,000 high school students have benefited from the Breast Health Education initiative, commonly called “Tell Your Momma,” a joint project of the Hazelwood School District and Siteman’s Program for the Elimination of Cancer Disparities (PECaD).

“It is a privilege to educate young women about breast health,” Hall said. “Through the collective efforts of our dedicated breast cancer advocacy groups, PECaD and the Hazelwood School District, we’ve empowered young women with proven strategies to reduce breast cancer risk and improve survival.”

She was recognized along with Nettie Collins-Hart, PhD, superintendent of the Hazelwood School District, at an April 16 ceremony on Washington University’s Danforth Campus.

“Lifestyle and behavioral choices made in early adulthood — like healthy eating, exercise and timely screening can significantly impact health outcomes,” Hall said. “But the real impact lies in what they’ll carry forward by sharing knowledge with their mothers, sisters and communities to promote early screening and healthier futures across generations.”

Hall is involved with other community cancer prevention efforts, as well, including through the:

• First Ladies of St. Louis, a group of 32 wives of pastors dedicated to promoting health and wellness. This partnership actively advances cancer prevention, awareness and screening throughout the region and hosts an annual cancer screening event.
• Prostate Cancer Coalition, a group Hall co-founded to promote the timely screening, management and treatment of men with prostate cancer. The collective efforts of the group, Siteman Cancer Center and PECaD have helped double the region’s screening rates for prostate cancer over the past five years.

Hall treats patients at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital, where she also is medical director of radiation oncology. She also serves as co-chair of the Clinical Research Committee and director of Clinical Studies Outreach at Siteman Cancer Center.

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