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Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, a long-time Latino health researcher, will become the new director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
NIHMD is the NIH’s leading organization for planning, reviewing, coordinating and evaluating its minority health and disparities research activities.
In his new role, Dr. Pérez-Stable will oversee a $270 million budget to conduct and support research, training, research capacity and infrastructure development, public education and information dissemination programs to improve minority health.
Dr. Pérez-Stable leads the northwest region of Redes En Acción, a national Latino cancer research network funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and led by Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez and the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, the team behind SaludToday.
“Eliseo continues to be an integral part of our successful Redes studies to reduce Latino cancer health disparities, prevent tobacco use, prove the efficacy of patient navigation, and much more,” Ramirez said. “We’re excited for him to bring his expertise and his dedicated focus on Latino and minority health to the NIH.”
Dr. Pérez Stable is expected to join NIMHD in September.
Redes En Acción: The National Latino Cancer Research Network is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, with regional sites in San Francisco, San Diego, Chicago and New York City.
By The Numbers
25.1
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of Latinos remain without health insurance coverage
