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Alma Poceros is the recipient of the 2021 UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center Travel Award.

Settlement award will fund mobile mammography and free genetic screening

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UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center will soon have new tools, including a “mammovan,” to improve breast health and early cancer detection in underserved women living in rural communities.

Breast cancer initiatives spearheaded by the cancer center received $10 million from a class-action lawsuit against Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. The lawsuit alleged Wyeth misrepresented the benefits and risks of its hormone replacement therapy medications for women. In cases where money remains after eligible class members receive their claim payments, courts can distribute those funds to charitable causes in what’s referred to as a cy pres award.

To read more, please see the full UCDavis Health InsideOut article

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) has announced 25 new fellows for the coming 2021-2023 school year.

Luis was selected as a 2021-2022 Fellow for HACU’s Leadership Acacdemy (La Acadamia de Liderazgo). He will participate 5 Webinars and 3 Seminars, as well as receive mentorship with a university president or senior administrator.

Please see HACU’s 2021-2022 Fellows Announcement

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ (HACU) Leadership Academy has selected Luis as a 2021-2022 Fellow for it’s Leadership Academy. HACU is a direct response to the declining rate of Hispanic University Presidents. Fellows participated in face-to-face seminars and are mentored by University Presidents with the express goal to prepare the next generation of University executives and senior level positions in higher education.

Please see the UCDavis Health InsideOut article featuring Luis’ selection by HACU.

As part of the AACR Annual Meeting April 10-15, Luis Carvajal-Carmona, Ph.D. (Co-Chair) & Nicole Coggins, Ph.D will particpate in a discussion on Innovative Molecular Approaches and Models to Advance Precision Health Equity  – Wednesday, April 14, from 3:30 – 4 p.m. EDT.

Panel to discuss how precision medicine can move toward health equity

In this session, nationally recognized scientists and emerging investigators will provide an update on the existing resources and methods that are being developed and applied to help minority populations access the benefits of precision health prevention and treatment. Precision medicine and cancer health disparity research are fields that have traditionally worked in silos. Recent efforts have been made by molecular- and population-based investigators to work together in the emerging field of precision health equity. To this end, the National Cancer Institute has fostered new initiatives to advance precision health equity by funding genomic studies and precision medicine centers that characterize tumors and models from minority patients.

https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/9325/session/1032

April has transitioned from an Undergraduate Researcher to a Junior Specialist Researcher. She has a Bachelor of Science in Statistics with an emphasis in Data Science and a minor in Computer Science from UC Davis. She will be heading up our Colorectal Polygenic Risk Score Analysis.

• KCRA (October 1, 2020)

• Davis Enterprise (October 4, 2020) – UC Davis to offer free COVID-19 testing to Central Valley farmworkers
• ABC 10 (October 1, 2020) – Free coronavirus testing available for Central Valley farmworkers
• CBS 13

• Radio Bilingue (October 1, 2020) – UC Davis will take COVID-19 testing for free to farmworkers in the Central Valley
• KABC  Radio (Los Angeles) (October 1, 2020)

• KFBK Radio (October 1, 2020) – UC Davis to offer COVID-19 testing to farmworkers
• Univision Sacramento (October 1, 2020) – UC Davis will test farmworkers for COVID-19 for free
• Sacramento Bee, Modesto Bee, Fresno Bee (October 1, 2020) – NIH awards $3.7 million to UC Davis to expand coronavirus testing among farmworkers
• UCDavis Health System (October 1, 2020) – UC Davis to offer free COVID-19 testing for Central Valley farmworkers: A $3.7 million NIH grant will help reach underserved and vulnerable populations

Priya, a new Undergraduate Researcher seeking a degree in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, has joined our lab. We’re thrilled to have her in the lab. She’ll be working with the Bioinformatics team.

Giselle has joined our lab. She is a new Junior Specialist and will be with the lab for the next year.

Dr. Nicole Coggins is selected as a Minority Scholar in Cancer Research to present her work at the AACR Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held virtually this year, June 22nd-24th, and is free to register. See Nicole’s highlight on the AACR website here.