• Parade Magazine Features Patient Navigation

  This popular news piece presents patient navigation as a promising new approach to deliver culturally competent cancer care to diverse populations.

• New Faces at CRCHD

  As part of an ongoing expansion, CRCHD is pleased to welcome Dr. Rina Das, Dr. Carmen Moten, Dr. John Ojeifo, Dr. Anil Wali, and Dr. Ming Zhao to our family!

• DTB Program Director, Rina Das, Receives NIH Merit Group Award

  This award, from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), recognizes the substantial contributions Dr. Das has made to NHLBI.

In the Field

Dr. Victor Tofaeone (ASCCN) presents a check for $57k to ASCC Samoan Studies Institute Director Okenaisa Fauolo (right) and research assistant Tafito Aitaoto.

Imagine trying to tell a patient that they have cancer. However, in this particular incidence, the word cancer has little meaning. That is one of the problems researchers at the American Samoa Community Cancer Network (ASCCN) experienced trying to translate scientific information from English to Samoan for the roughly 68,000 residents of the Territory of American Samoa. With cancer being the second leading cause of death among the Samoa population the language disconnect that exists proved most difficult. Read more >

CURE trainee, LaVera M. Crawley, featured in NCI Special Report: A Journey of Discovery

CNP PI, Amelie G. Ramirez, Ph.D., receives two recognition awards in HispanicBusiness Magazine and the San Antonio Business Journal

News You Can Use

Research & Training Opportunities

• CRCHD encourages the cancer disparities research community to apply for Administrative Supplements funding opportunities supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

  • Community Health Educators for Outreach, Education, Coordination, and Evaluation
    DUE JULY 1
  • Patient Navigators for the Cancer Care Continuum
    DUE JULY 1
  • Minority Biospecimen/Biobanking - Geographic Management Program (BMaP)
    DUE JULY 1
  • Administrative Supplements for Transdisciplinary Geographic Management Program (GMaP)
    DUE JULY 1
  • Administrative Supplements for Emerging Technologies Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (ET CURE)
    DUE JULY 1
  • (NOT-OD-09-056) Cancer Training Opportunities
    DUE JUNE 1
  • Promoting Diversity in Health-Related Research
    DUE JUNE 1
  • Three New National Center on minorty Health and Health Disparties (NCMHD) Awards
    

• Find two new disparities related training opportunities.

  • 2009 National Human Genome Research Institute Summer Workshop in Genomics
    August 2 - August 7, 2009
  • 15th Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health Tuesday
    June 9, 1:30-4:00pm EDT

• Find three new employment opportunities.

  • Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program (EGRP-NCI) Seeks Associate Director
  • Health Disparities Research Physician at the Clinical Research Branch, NIA
    Deadline: June 1
  • Molecular Epidemiologist at the Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, NCI
    Deadline: June 15

Scientific Advancements

• Triple-Negative Breast Cancers are Increased in Black Women Regardless of Age or Body Mass Index
  Black women of diverse background found to have 3-fold more triple-negative tumors than non-black women, regardless of age and BMI.
• Tumor Microenvironment Differences Between African-American and European-American Breast Cancer Patients
  Gene expression profiles of breast tumors indicate differences in tumor microenvironment between African-American and European-American patients, pathways related to tumors could be functionally distinct.
• Simple Steps Can Encourage African Americans to Join Clinical Trials
  Meharry-Vanderbilt partnership proves African Americans are willing to participate in clinical trials, if the information is made available in a culturally sensitive manner.
• Progress in Community Health Partnerships Special Issue
  This issue highlights the collaborative tobacco control work of CNP 'Imi Hale and five Native Hawaiian health Care Systems.

Community Tools

• Explore a new website on clinical research and the role of clinical research participants.
• Utilize a cancer genomics browser, featuring a new way to visualize and analyze data from studies.
• Find a review of medical literature on the effectiveness of interventions to prevent tobacco use, as well as the impact smokeless tobacco marketing has, and directions for future research.
  Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
• New resources from ACS include:
  Cancer Facts & Figures for African Americans 2009-2010 and a new
  Google Toolbar Button with ACS News Feed, with easy access to medical updates.