Rate My Professor Arnethea Sutton

Her research examines sociodemographic, healthcare, and psychosocial factors contributing to racial disparities in cardiovascular toxicities among breast cancer survivors, with expertise in multilevel factors driving cancer inequities, particularly poorer outcomes in Black women with breast cancer. Sutton serves as Principal Investigator on an NCI K99/R00 pathway to independence award studying psychosocial stress and coping in racial disparities in hypertension among breast cancer survivors. She is also Co-Investigator on an American Heart Association Strategically Focused Research Network grant addressing psychosocial stress and cardiovascular outcomes in cancer survivors. Recognized with first class honors in VCU’s inaugural National/International Recognition Award in 2023 for exceptional accomplishments, she was selected for the National Cancer Institute’s Early Investigator Advancement Program in 2023. Sutton holds roles as Assistant Editor for JACC: CardioOncology, Chair of the Cancer Health Disparities Special Interest Group for the American Society of Preventive Oncology, and leads Facts and Faith Fridays, a VCU Massey Cancer Center partnership with African American faith-based communities. Her publications include 'Medical mistrust in black breast cancer patients: acknowledging the roles of the trustor and the trustee' (Journal of Cancer Education, 2019); 'Assessing perceived discrimination as reported by black and white women diagnosed with breast cancer' (Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2021); 'Understanding medical mistrust in Black women at risk of BRCA 1/2 mutations' (Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice, 2019); and 'Racial disparities in treatment-related cardiovascular toxicities amongst women with breast cancer: a scoping review' (Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 2022), among others, amassing over 670 citations and advancing health equity and cardio-oncology.