August 23, 2024
October 12, 2004 Among Latina women, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the number one cancer killer. In a new book produced by Redes En Acción, 26 South Texas women who have fought this deadly disease describe the Latina breast cancer experience in their own words. The book, Nuestras Historias: Mujeres Hispanas […]
August 23, 2024
Moderator, Kenneth C. Chu, PhD, Chief Disparities Research Branch, NCI and SPN Panelists (l-r) Moon S. Chen, Jr., PhD; Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH; and Stephen Wyatt, DMD. March 4, 2005. Redes En Acción celebrated a major milestone — its fifth anniversary — with the recent 5th Annual National Steering Committee Meeting, attracting about 70 participants, […]
August 22, 2024
May 6, 2005. Over the past five years, Redes En Acción has formed the most extensive collaboration of organizations ever assembled to address cancer disparities in Latino populations. Under a new National Cancer Institute (NCI) Community Networks Program initiative, Redes En Acción will expand its efforts to fight cancer in Latino communities throughout the United […]
August 22, 2024
Public service announcements (PSAs) promoting Latino cancer clinical trials participation and a book spotlighting Latina breast cancer survivors – all produced by Redes En Acción researchers – have been incorporated into new Hispanic/Latino cancer research and awareness efforts across the country. The broadcast and print PSAs, produced by the Redes initiative in 2001, are being […]
August 22, 2024
August 2-4, 2006. Collaborating to address Latino cancer issues was the theme of the 6th Annual Redes En Acción National Steering Committee Meeting, which drew more than 75 participants representing federal, academic and community organizations, institutions and foundations across the country. Through a variety of individual and panel presentations, participants gained insight from a wide […]
August 22, 2024
January 3, 2007 Redes En Acción researchers are working within communities across the country to investigate clinical records of Latina women in an effort to gather information that will help in the design of a new ‘cancer navigator’ program. The researchers from Redes En Acción Regional Network Centers are collecting breast and colorectal cancer screening […]
August 22, 2024
August 1-3, 2007. Redes En Acción’s “ripple effect” in promoting Latino cancer research, training and awareness may create “a tsunami that can wipe out cancer disparities among Latinos,” noted a participant at the recent 7th Annual Redes En Acción National Steering Committee Meeting. More than 80 Latino health and cancer authorities gathered from around the […]
August 22, 2024
September 25, 2007 When Celia Thompson was diagnosed with breast cancer, little did she know that an even greater shock was in store — when she learned a few months later that her 30-year-old daughter also had the disease. Now cancer-free alongside her daughter, Celia was recently recognized by Susan G. Komen for the Cure, […]
August 22, 2024
October 15, 2007. Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH, Redes En Acción Principal Investigator, was recently honored with election to the prestigious Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies. The National Academies serve as independent advisors to the nation on science, engineering and medicine. Dr. Ramirez, a nationally recognized leader in research of cancer disparities affecting […]
August 22, 2024
Redes En Acción Consultant and Investigators (L-R, Drs. Lucina Suarez, Maria E. Fernandez, Frank J. Penedo, Gregory A. Talavera, Amelie G. Ramirez, Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable and J. Emilio Carrillo) November 28, 2007. Leading Redes En Acción investigators and network researchers have received a variety of major grants to study wide-ranging and far-reaching health issues — […]