Editor’s Note: This is the story of a graduate of the 2015 Èxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training program. Apply now for 2016. Andrew Jimenez
Ontario, Calif. Encouraged by his great-grandfather’s spurs and his father’s ever-present support, Andrew Jimenez is driven to make a difference in helping Latinos live healthier lives. He is his family’s first college and grad school student, and he works as a research assistant while he studies health promotion. He’s open to new topics and challenges because he believes in the mantra, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Andrew obtained his bachelor's degree in biology from Whittier College and is currently attending Claremont Graduate University to obtain his masters in Public Health with a ...
Editor’s Note: This is the story of a graduate of the 2015 Èxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training program. Apply now for 2016. Andrea Fernandez
San Antonio, Texas It’s not always easy to stay calm, cool and collected under stress or facing adversity. However, Andrea is ready for anything that comes her way thanks to her mother, who stayed positive and encouraged her to continue her education despite battling cancer. As the first person in her immediate and extended family to attend a university, Andrea has the desire to evolve and excel. Andrea completed her bachelors in Psychology at UT Pan American and her masters in Public Health from the UT Health Science Center Houston-School of Public Health. Andrea thought that she might be past the stage where she ...
Editor’s Note: This is the story of a graduate of the 2015 Èxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training program. Apply now for 2016. Diana Aguire
Long Beach, Calif. A purse can make a fashion statement. But for this person, her “Yo Quiero Colombia” purse is a reminder of her roots and a reminder of her strong dedication to changing people’s lives for the better. She’s got a great start thanks to her work on an obesity prevention project and coordinating a promotora health education program. Diana enjoys doing research, working with the community, and providing mentorship to other Latino students seeking higher education. Diana is a first generation college graduate who received her bachelor's degree in Health Science from California State and is now enrolled ...
It motivated Andrew Jimenez to pursue a PhD “when it previously wasn’t a thought.” It opened Jasmin Berrios’ eyes to new cancer research fields to study. “It” is the Éxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training program at the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Éxito! (English: Success!) recently received a $1.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to continue to offer its annual five-day summer institute, internships, and other activities from 2015-2020 to empower master’s-level students and health professionals—like Jimenez and Berrios—to pursue a doctoral degree and cancer research careers. Of 101 Éxito! graduates since 2010, more than 30 percent have applied to doctoral ...
More than 200 cancer survivors and healthcare providers explored diet, spirituality, and more at the inaugural Women’s Survivorship Summit on June 13, 2015, in San Antonio. The summit, which featured guest speakers and cancer resources, was organized by the San Antonio Cancer Education Collaborative, a coalition that includes the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. “The event was a huge success. We made great strides to increase awareness of the various issues faced by cancer survivors, and solutions to those issues” said Sandra San Miguel, summit co-chair and a researcher of Redes En Acción, a Latino cancer research network supported by the National Cancer Institute and led by the IHPR. The summit featured ...
Cancer survivors and healthcare providers are invited to explore diet, spirituality, and more at the inaugural Women’s Survivorship Summit from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 13, 2015, at the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, with support from the San Antonio Breast Cancer Collaborative, a coalition that includes the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Register here for the summit, which will feature free food, speakers, and cancer resources. Dr. Virginia G. Kaklamani, leader of the breast cancer program at the Cancer Therapy and Research Center at the UT Health Science Center, will talk about the clinical and psychological challenges of being a cancer survivor and how to move ahead. Other experts will cover healing foods ...
Dr. J. Emilio Carrillo has spent his career breaking down healthcare barriers for New York residents. Carrillo, a researcher and clinician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College, infuses a cultural competency approach in the care of individual patients. Now his approach is being honored. Carrillo will be given the American Medical Association Foundation's 2015 Excellence in Medicine Award-Pride in the Profession on June 5, 2015, in Chicago. The award recognizes physicians who exemplify the medical profession's highest values: commitment to service, community involvement, altruism, leadership and dedication to patient care. Carrillo does just that. His strategy uses a patient-based, cross-cultural approach that helps bridge cultural barriers in the care ...
Can you reduce global health disparities using the Internet? You’re invited to a Redes En Acción webinar at 11 a.m. CST Tuesday (5/12/15) to explore how researchers are using online, scientifically tested interventions to encourage people to quit smoking and more. The webinar will feature Dr. Ricardo Muñoz, a Redes investigator who NPR Latino called the "Carlos Santana of Health" by likening his innovation in psychology to Santana's innovation in music (plus they grew up in the same San Francisco region). Muñoz will describe "massive open online interventions" (MOOIs), mental health and substance abuse interventions that are scientifically validated and available online to unlimited numbers of consumers. "Most of these consumers can be expected to drop out, but some will stay ...
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. ...
