CANCER DISPARITIES NEWS DIGEST (01.29.07)
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CRCHD Announcements
Sanya A. Springfield Appointed Director of CRCHD
On Friday, January 26, 2007, NCI Director Dr. John E. Niederhuber stated, "It is with pleasure and great appreciation that I announce the recent appointment of Dr. Sanya A. Springfield as permanent Director of NCI's Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD)." Dr. Springfield's goals for CRCHD are to leverage resources through collaborations and partnerships, to spawn cancer health disparities research across the NCI divisions, offices, and centers and to continue to train first generation cancer health disparities researchers.
CRCHD Job Vacancy
The CRCHD Health Disparities Research Branch is recruiting for a Medical Officer position. For more information about this position or if interested in applying, please visit the link below.Open Period for Applications: January 19, 2007 - February 16, 2007
http://www.usajobs.org/jobs/3587425.htm
CRCHD Podcast on Cervical Cancer
Why are minorities dying at a higher rate from cervical cancer and what can
we do? In the latest edition of NIH Research Radio, Bill Schmalfeldt sits down
for a chat with Dr. Sanya A. Springfield, Director of CRCHD and Chief of the
Comprehensive Minority Biomedical Branch (CMBB,) to discuss cervical cancer, the
new human papilloma virus vaccine, and the role of CRCHD in helping us reduce
and ultimately eliminate cancer disparities. To download and listen to the
podcast, visit
http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/nihpodcast.htm
Radio Tour
CRCHD and CMBB are reaching out to minority communities affected by cancer
through a coordinated radio campaign designed to introduce more members of
special populations to CRCHD and CMBB. Interviews were conducted throughout the
month of January with major Spanish-speaking radio networks and other national
minority radio networks. For more information, visit
http://www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin
Cancer News from NCI, NIH, and other Federal Agencies
From NCI
President Bush Visits NIH and Hails Drop in Cancer Deaths
On Wednesday, January 17, 2007, the President visited the National Institutes
Of Health, toured a cancer research lab, and participated in a roundtable
discussion on advances in the fight against cancer. The President announced the
second consecutive decline, and the steepest drop ever recorded, in U.S. cancer
deaths.
http://www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin
http://www.whitehouse.gov
See Related Articles
Overall
Cancer Deaths Decline Again, But Statistics Not As Rosy For Blacks: Numbers
Reflect A Racial Disparity
U.S.
Cancer Deaths Decline for Second Straight Year, Though Mortality Rates Still
Higher for Blacks Than Whites
President
Bush Participates in a Roundtable on Advances in Cancer Prevention
Good
News on Cancer Deaths Underscores Progress
Bush
Hails Drop in U.S. Cancer Deaths
Cancer
Deaths Drop For Second Year
Cancer
Deaths Decline For Second Straight Year: Fewer Smokers, More Screening
Credited
Second
Drop in Cancer Deaths Could Point to a Trend, Researchers Say
See Video of Roundtable Discussion
Roundtable Discussion on Advances in the Fight Against Cancer Video
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Cervical health can include issues such as cervical cancer, pap tests, and
human papillomavirus (HPV) and other sexually transmitted diseases. Getting
regular gynecological exams can help doctors detect signs of cervical diseases
early. For more information about cervical cancer, please visit
http://www.cancer.gov or http://www.womenshealth.gov.
Celebrating 70 Years of Excellence in Cancer Research
August 5, 2007 marks the 70th anniversary of the National Cancer Institute
Act. This landmark legislation led to the creation of what has become the
world's pre-eminent cancer research organization.
http://www.cancer.gov
Vargas: Tobacco Use Snuffing Out Dreams of Native Communities
Data collected by the National Cancer Institute paint a bleak picture of the
cancer burden in Native communities. The reasons for cancer excess burden, or
cancer health disparities, are numerous. Under the leadership of our new
director, Dr. John Niederhuber, NCI is committed to addressing these disparities
and to bringing advances in cancer research to all Americans, in all
communities.
http://www.indiancountry.com
See Related Article
NCI 'Committed to Addressing' Lung Cancer Among American Indians, Official Says in Opinion Piece
Clanton to Head ACS Divisions
Dr. Mark Clanton, NCI deputy director for cancer care delivery systems,
resigned from NCI in December to join the American Cancer Society (ACS) as their
chief staff medical officer for the High Plains Division and the Hawaii Pacific
Corporation. During his 2½-year tenure at NCI, Dr. Clanton provided leadership
to NCI's Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities and Office of Science
Planning and Assessment.
http://www.cancer.gov
From NIH and Other Federal Agencies
Presentations Available From the NIH Conference on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparties
The NIH Conference on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities website
has been updated with speaker references and presentations along with audio
recordings of the proceedings.
http://obssr.od.nih.gov/HealthDisparities
New Findings on the Willingness of Minorities to Participate in Health Research
New findings by researchers at the National Institutes of Health show that
minorities participate in health research studies at the same rate as
non-Hispanic whites when they are made aware of the study and meet the medical
requirements.
http://www.nih.gov/news
See Related Article
Communication, Relationships Key to Minority Community Clinical Trial ParticipationHRSA Releases New Chartbook on Rural Health
The Health and Well-Being of Children in Rural Areas: A Portrait of the
Nation 2005, based on the National Survey of Children's Health, indicates
children living outside urban areas are less likely to be breastfed and more
likely to live in households with a smoker, the report says.
http://nschdata.org
Cancer News From the Field
NCI Grantee Spotlights
Improving Follow-up to Abnormal Breast Cancer Screening in an Urban Population: A Patient Navigation Intervention
(Cancer, Volume 109, Issue S2, Pages 359-367, 15 January 2007)
Tracy A.
Battaglia, MD, MPH, Kathryn Roloff, BS, Michael A. Posner, PhD, and Karen M.
Freund, MD, MPH, present a pre-post evaluation of a patient navigator
intervention assessing outcomes in a group of patients receiving the
intervention and an historical comparison group. The data suggest that patient
navigation improves rates of timely follow-up for evaluation of a breast
abnormality among a racially diverse group of urban women who are at greatest
risk for delayed diagnosis and poor outcomes.
See Full Artlice
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com
Enhancing Practice
Racial Differences in Tumor Stage and Survival for Colorectal Cancer in an Insured Population
(Cancer, Volume 109, Issue 3, Pages 612-620, 21 December 2006)
Despite
declining death rates from colorectal cancer (CRC), racial disparities have
continued to increase. In this study, the authors examined disparities in a
racially diverse group of insured patients.
See Full Article
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/114029992/HTMLSTART
See Related Articles
Insurance
Doesn't Cure Health-Care Disparities
Colon
Cancer Survival Rate: Racial Gap
Black
Colorectal Outcomes Worse
Health-Care
Delivery Contributes to Racial Disparity in Colorectal Cancer
Analysis:
for Colon Cancer, Race Matters
Study
Finds Racial Disparities in Survival Rates of Colon Cancer Patients With Health
Insurance
Effect of Patient Socioeconomic Status and Body Mass Index on the Quality of Breast Cancer Adjuvant Chemotherapy
(Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 25, No 3, pp. 277-284, 20 January
2007)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between
socioeconomic status (SES) and the use of intentionally reduced doses of
chemotherapy in the adjuvant treatment of breast cancer.
See Full Article
http://www.jco.orgSee Related Articles
Poorer,
Less Educated Women Get Less Chemo for Breast Cancer
Cancer
Care Concerns
Exploring Models to Eliminate Cancer Disparities Among African American and Latino Populations: Research and Community Solutions
(Cancer, Volume 109, Issue S2, Pages 345-454, 15 January 2007)
Recognizing
the need to further understand the state of the science regarding cancer
disparities, the American Cancer Society convened the conference, Exploring
Models to Eliminate Cancer Disparities among African American and Latino
Populations: Research and Community Solutions on April 21-22, 2005. This
supplement to Cancer contains the peer-reviewed reports of some of the
work presented at this inaugural conference.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com
Patient Navigation and Case Management Following an Abnormal Mammogram: A Randomized Clinical Trial
(Prev Med, Volume 44, Issue 1 , January 2007, Pages 26-33)
A high rate of
low-income, ethnic minority women delay or fail to keep appointments following
abnormal mammograms. This study was designed to test the effectiveness of a
structured counseling and patient navigation intervention for improving
follow-up rates at a large public sector medical center.
http://www.sciencedirect.com
Call for Papers on Interventions to Improve Health Among the Poor
(JAMA, Vol. 296 No. 24, December 27, 2006)
To help disseminate research
into interventions that specifically address the needs of the poor, JAMA will
publish a theme issue on poverty and human development in October 2007. For this
theme issue, JAMA will consider manuscripts that report original research of
interventions targeted to address poverty, hunger, access to care, and
prevention of disease that are based on careful consideration and analysis of
local context, evidence, and environments and that are directly targeted to
serve the poor.
Suggested Manuscript Submission Deadline: May 1,
2007
http://jama.ama-assn.org
CR Magazine Podcast: Race and Cancer
Does skin color have anything to do with cancer? CR contributor Kevin Begos
speaks with researchers about the Carolina Breast Cancer Study and explores what
role, if any, race plays in helping us better understand cancer.
http://www.crmagazine.org
Diversity Data.org Website Launch
Diversitydata.org allows visitors to explore how metropolitan areas
throughout the U.S. perform on a diverse range of social measures that comprise
a well-rounded life experience. On this Web site you will find a dataset of
socioeconomic indicators for metropolitan areas in the form of tables, thematic
maps, and customizable reports. The data covers various racial/ethnic, income
and nativity groups.
http://diversitydata.sph.harvard.edu
Select Cancer Disparities News Stories
U.S. Black Women Have Lower Breast Cancer Survival
Black women with early-stage breast cancer have lower survival rates than
their white counterparts even after taking into account variables such as tumor
size and socioeconomic differences, researchers said.
http://today.reuters.com
Rep. Meeks Discusses Resolution To Increase Prostate Cancer Education, Outreach, Research Among Black Men
On NPR's "News & Notes" on Monday, December 18, 2006, Rep. Gregory Meeks
(D-N.Y.) introduced a resolution that would encourage federal agencies to
designate funding for prostate cancer education, awareness outreach and research
focused on the disease's effect on black men.
http://www.kaisernetwork.org
African-Americans Respond to Campaign to Find Minority Bone Marrow Donors
Only 8 percent of the 6 million people who have volunteered nationally to be
part of a national bone marrow donor program are African-American; 7 percent are
Hispanic, and 52 percent are white.
http://www.baltimoresun.com
Millions Miss Out on Preventive Health Screenings
Millions of Americans aren't following the adage: Prevention is the best
medicine. The nation's minorities, poor and uninsured especially are missing out
on the preventive screening and counseling they need, according to government
reports.
http://www.azstarnet.com
Funding, Training, and Employment Opportunities
Disparities-Related Funding Opportunities
Health Disparities in NIDDK Diseases (R01)
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
seeks research to understand and mitigate issues of health disparities in high
priority diseases within its scope.
Application Submission/Receipt
Date(s): Standard dates apply
http://grants.nih.gov
Health Disparities in HIV/AIDS: Focus on African Americans (R01)
This Program Announcement encourages drug abuse and mental health research to
better understand the disparities in HIV/AIDS in minority populations,
particularly among African Americans, who as a group, have experienced
exceptionally high rates of new HIV infections and worse survival rates than
other ethnic/racial groups in this country.
Application
Submission/Receipt Dates: Standard dates apply
http://grants.nih.gov
Health Disparities in HIV/AIDS: Focus on African Americans (R21) and (R03)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages drug abuse and mental
health research to better understand the disparities in HIV/AIDS in minority
populations, particularly among African Americans.
Application
Submission/Receipt Date(s): Standard dates apply
(R21)(PA-07-289)
(R03)(PA-07-290)
The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Healthcare Delivery (R01)
The purposes of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) are: (1) to
improve the measurement of racial/ethnic discrimination in healthcare delivery
systems; (2) to enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic
discrimination in healthcare delivery; and (3) to reduce the prevalence of
racial/ethnic health disparities.
Application Submission/Receipt
Date(s): Standard dates apply
http://grants.nih.gov
CAM at Minority or Health Disparities Research Centers (R21)
This initiative will support basic science research projects and clinical
research projects to investigate the safety, efficacy, and mechanisms of action
of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices as they relate to
minority health or racial and ethnic health disparities.
Application
Submission/Receipt Dates: November 14, 2007
http://grants.nih.gov
Community Participation in Research (R01)
The ultimate goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to
support research on health promotion, disease prevention, and health disparities
that is jointly conducted by communities and researchers.
Application
Submission/Receipt Date(s): May 17, 2007
http://grants.nih.gov
Research on Rural Mental Health and Drug Abuse Disorders (R01)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite grant
applications to stimulate research on mental health, HIV/AIDS and/or drug abuse
problems in rural and frontier communities.
Application
Submission/Receipt Dates: Standard dates apply
http://grants.nih.gov
Employment Opportunities
Latin American Cancer Research Coalition (LACRC) is Recruiting for Research Director Position
If you are interested in learning more information about the position, please
contact Yosselyn Rodriguez at
yr6@georgetown.edu
Upcoming Meeting and Events
Spit Tobacco Conference
March 12-13, 2007
Sheraton Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
Mark your
calendars now for the first comprehensive conference discussing anti-spit
tobacco strategies. For information, call (304) 746-9950
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2007
April 14-18, 2007
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Convention Center
The
year 2007 marks the 100th anniversary of the American Association for Cancer
Research. As such, the Annual Meeting in Los Angeles will provide a special
occasion to reflect on how far we've come, to evaluate where we are today, and
to chart a course for where we need to go.
http://www.aacr.org
National Rural Health Association (NRHA) Annual Conference and Minority and Multicultural Conference
May 14-18, 2007
Anchorage, AK
A limited number of scholarships are
available on a first-come, first-served basis for students and community members
to attend the conference. Please download and complete the scholarship
application.
Application Deadline: March 15, 2007
http://www.nrharural.org
Society for Prevention Research 15th Annual Meeting - “Advancing Science-Based Prevention: Creating Real World Solutions”
May 30-June 1, 2007
Hyatt Regency Washington
Washington, DC
The
program includes special themes such as “Community-based participatory research”
and “The role of culture, ethnicity and health disparities in conducting
prevention research in real world settings.”
http://www.preventionresearch.org
19th International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) World Conference on Health Promotion & Health Education
June 10-15, 2007
Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre
Vancouver,
British Columbia
Canada
Reducing Health Inequities is one of the
conference themes. Canada 2007 will build on the Melbourne IUPHE World
Conference themes of re-shaping power and valuing diversity by focusing on key
health promotion strategies and interventions aimed at acting on the social
determinants of health in order to reduce health inequities that affect specific
populations disproportionately and systematically.
http://www.iuhpeconference.org
Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) Annual Meeting: Race and Class Inequalities in Health
June 19-22, 2007
Boston, MA
Call for conceptual and data-based papers
for presentation at the annual Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) meeting,
June 19-22, 2007 in Boston. There will be a contributed paper session on Race
and Class Inequalities in Health. Those working in this area are encouraged to
submit abstracts of your work. For inquiries about this specific session on Race
and Class Inequalities in Health, contact Irene Yen or Pat O'Campo.
Abstract Submission
Deadline: February 2, 2007
http://www.epiresearch.org
2007 Minority Women's Health Summit - Women of Color: Addressing Disparities, Affirming Resilience, and Developing Strategies for Success
August 23-26, 2007
Hyatt Regency Washington On Capitol Hill
Washington, DC
This Summit is the third (1997, 2004) to address health
disparities among women of color living in the United States. The goal of this
Summit is to focus on the often unrecognized threats to health experienced by
women of color.
Abstract Submission Deadline: February 9,
2007
http://www.womenshealth.gov/mwhs/
American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Exposition
November 3-7, 2007
Washington Convention Center
Washington,
D.C.
The APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition is the premier Public Health
Educational Forum! Learn from the experts in the field, hear about cutting edge
research and exceptional best practices, discover the latest public health
products and services, and share your public health experience with your peers.
Abstract Submission Deadline: February 5-9, 2007
http://www.apha.org/meetings/