Prof. Dr. Laurens Holmes Jr. is an immunologist and infectious disease specialist, and obtained his doctoral degree in cancer epidemiology and biostatistics from the University of Texas, Health Sciences Center at Houston. He is a Principal Research Scientist at the Nemours Office of Health Equity and Inclusion, Newark, where he directs Pediatric Health Disparities Science research, training, and education. He is also a professor of molecular epidemiology and clinical trials at the Biological Sciences Department at the University of Delaware, Newark, DE (USA). His research interests include immunologic surveillance of cancer, health disparities in major adult and pediatric malignancies and bio-molecular basis of health disparities in pediatric morbidity and mortality.