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| Search results for keyword(s) "Racial Disparities" for items between "1/1/1998" and "7/1/2008". | | Showing results: 1-10 of 15 | |
1. NIH Hosts Cancer Health Disparities Summit 2007 - Catalyzing Trans-disciplinary Regional Partnerships to Eliminate Cancer Health Disparities
(Posted: 07/05/2007) - The annual Cancer Health Disparities Summit brings together some of the nation's top researchers in the field of cancer health disparities. NIH grantees, health professionals, and community advocates from across the country will gather to discuss their research, successful program strategies, challenges, and accomplishments.
2. NCI Holds Cancer Health Disparities Summit 2006: Strengthening Our Culture of Collaborations for Reducing Cancer Health Disparities
(Posted: 07/14/2006) - Cancer Health Disparities Summit 2006 is a first-of-its-kind event where cancer researchers funded by the NCI and the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, as well as health professionals and community health advocates, will convene for the purpose of sharing accomplishments, challenges, and best practices.
3. Improving Cancer Survival by Understanding Racial/Ethnic Disparities
(Posted: 11/09/2005) - On November 30, 2005, the NCI and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, NY, are hosting a science writers' seminar that will discuss how to reduce cancer health disparities through innovative programs that address prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
4. NCI Awards $25 Million for Patient Navigator Research Program for Minority and Underserved Cancer Patients
(Posted: 10/27/2005) - The NCI today announced a total of $25 million in grants to eight research institutions to develop an innovative Patient Navigator Research Program. Navigators help patients and their families manage cancer diagnoses and overcome common barriers to obtaining timely and appropriate cancer care and treatment. Questions and Answers
5. Annual Report to the Nation Finds Cancer Death Rates Still on the Decline: Progress in Cancer Treatment Varies by Disease
(Posted: 10/04/2005) - The nation's leading cancer organizations report that Americans' risk of dying from cancer continues to decline and that the rate of new cancers is holding steady. The "Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2002" shows observed cancer death rates from all cancers combined dropped 1.1 percent per year from 1993 to 2002. Questions and Answers
6. NCI Studies Examine Racial Disparity in Survival Among Patients With Endometrial Cancer
(Posted: 03/21/2005) - Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, report findings that suggest a biological disparity for endometrial cancer exists between Caucasians and African Americans. The research was done in conjunction with Walter Reed Army Medical Center and other institutions.
7. National Cancer Institute Expands National Faith-based Health Initiative for African American Churches: "Body & Soul: A Celebration of Healthy Eating & Living" Stresses Healthy Eating to Help Reduce Health Disparities
(Posted: 09/21/2004) - As part of its ongoing commitment to reduce cancer health disparities, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), one of the National Institutes of Health, has announced the expansion of a faith-based initiative to encourage African Americans nationwide to eat a healthy diet as part of an active lifestyle.
8. NIH Funds Eight Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities
(Posted: 09/12/2003) - Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced today the creation of eight Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities, designed to support cutting-edge research to understand and reduce differences in health outcomes, access and care.
9. NOTE TO REPORTERS AND EDITORS: National Cancer Institute Hosts Lecture on Racial Classification and Research
(Posted: 03/21/2003) - Michael Omi, Ph.D., associate professor of ethnic studies and acting director of
the Institute for the Study of Social Change at the University of California, Berkeley, will present "Counting in the Dark: Racial Classification, the Census, and the Concept of Race."
10. NCI Awards Grants to Support Radiation Oncology Research in Populations with Cancer-Related Health Disparities
(Posted: 11/26/2002) - The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded over $2.5 million in first-year funding to two institutions as part its new grant program, the "Cooperative Planning Grant for Cancer Disparities Research Partnerships" (CDRP).
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