[1] Ward serves as the National Vice President of Intramural Research for the American Cancer Society and Chair of the World Trade Center Health Program Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee.
[1] Ward has continued to focus her work on Epidemiology and Surveillance Research at the American Cancer Society.
[6] She retired from this position in 2002, and later that year Ward joined the Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research at the American Cancer Society.
[5] Ward has also operated as "the sponsoring member organization representative to the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries.
After the 9/11 attacks, Ward advocated a pro-active stance from the government on testing for cancer of relief workers, given the unique circumstances that existed and the large exposure to unknown hazards.