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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 — […]
August 22, 2024
A new service provided by Redes En Acción will give Spanish- and English-language news media access to nationwide bilingual experts on a broad array of cancer issues. The Redes En Acción Latino Cancer Experts Directory is now online and can be accessed through the Redes Web site (redesenaccion.com) via a link on the home page. […]