Full project Efficacy of an Asian Culture-Tailored (ACT) Lung Health Intervention on Lung Cancer Screening and Smoking Cessation in Asian AmericansDF/HCC: Mary Cooley, PhD, RN, FAANUMass Boston: Sun Kim, PhDProject dates: 9/2024 – 8/2026 Profound health disparities exist in lung cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment among Asian Americans [...]
The Partnership’s Outreach Core (OC) builds capacity in community-based organizations (CBOs) and faith-based organizations (FBOs) for using evidence-based programs and strategies for health promotion.Using a community-engaged approach, the OC is led by faculty and staff from UMass Boston and DF/HCC, in collaboration with a Community Advisory Board, which includes representatives [...]
The UMass Boston – DF/HCC Partnership is an active advocate for student training. We have several training programs for students to develop skills needed to excel in scientific research, specifically in the area of cancer and cancer health disparities. Programs target students from undergraduates to postdocs and focus [...]
For students For researchers For students Research Design and Analysis Core (RDAC) seminar seriesLed by expert faculty, our seminar series is intended to educate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty in social and behavioral research methods, as well as statistical methods. The Partnership PostOur monthly newsletter [...]
The Genomics Core provides affordable and reliable genomics services using state-of-the-art instrumentation and data analysis methodologies to Partnership researchers. These services are available to UMass Boston and DF/HCC faculty and industry partners through the Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy (CPCT). Services for investigators Assistance with study design and [...]
Under the continued leadership of Drs. Colón-Carmona, Viswanath, Macoska, and Abel, the UMass Boston – Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC) Partnership is committed to further developing a shared rigorous and collaborative transdisciplinary cancer and disparities-related research program. Our goal is to pursue Partnership activities and research that will bridge the [...]
Partnership research training opportunitiesNursing Postdoctoral Fellowship ProgramThe fellowship was developed to meet the national need for highly skilled faculty and researchers committed to better understand and address cancer health disparities. This program is designed to provide an additional year of support to a nursing postdoctoral fellow who is [...]
Targeting Androgen Receptor Signaling in Prostate Cancer in Men with African AncestryChangmeng Cai (UMass Boston), Steven Balk (DFCI)Testing Home-Based Exercise Strategies to Improve Exercise Participation and Cardiovascular Health in Underserved Minority Patients with Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy – THRIVE Huimin Yan (UMass Boston), Christina Dieli-Conwright (DFCI)Impact of Changing Restaurant Advertising on [...]
The Partnership funds pilot, full, and seed research projects for UMass Boston and DF/HCC researchers to collaborate on innovative cancer and cancer disparities research that spans the full spectrum of the sciences. Investigators are invited to participate in a variety of events, including regular scientific talks. [...]
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