Bonny Morris, PhD, MSPH, RN

Bonny Morris, PhD, MSPH, RN, serves as the Vice President of Navigation at the American Cancer Society, where she leads the strategy, development, and implementation of innovative navigation programs such as ACS CARES (Community Access to Resources, Education, and Support), ACS LION (Leadership in Oncology Navigation), and the Patient Navigation Initiative capacity-building grants. Her work focuses on integrating digital health and patient navigation to optimize cancer care delivery, with the overarching goal of increasing equitable access to high-quality cancer care. Bonny’s efforts aim to break down barriers for patients, providers, and healthcare systems by providing strategic funding and program support through the American Cancer Society. With a multidisciplinary background, Bonny brings a unique perspective to program development and research. She approaches her work as a clinical team member and patient advocate, considering critical system and provider-level factors. As an epidemiologist, she emphasizes rigorous study design and analysis, while her expertise as a social and behavioral scientist ensures a focus on the community-level social determinants of health and the factors that impact patients’ cancer experiences.