Guam News - Community Events

Guam - The University of Guam Cancer Research Center hosts a community research update on December 2, 2010 to inform the community of Guam on progress made in each of the research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute grant. The event will be held in the CLASS Lecture Hall beginning at 3:00 p.m.

Helen Whippy, UOG senior vice president and co-principal investigator on the grant project will present on the Minority Institute/Cancer Center Partnership along with her counterpart from the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Carl-Wilhelm Vogel. Other presentations follow, including:

* Guam Cancer Registry Update
Robert Haddock, DVM, MPH (UOG) Brenda Hernandez, PhD (UHCC)

* Report: Development of Protocol for Studying Oral Precancerous Lesions and Other Health Risk Among Betel Nut Users in Micronesia
Yvette C. Paulino, PhD, Mary Jane Miller, EdD, Kelly Murphy, DPE (UOG) Suzanne Murphy, PhD, RD (UHCC) Eric Hurwitz, PhD (UHCC)

* Report: Development of a Breast Cancer Risk Model for the Pacific (BRISK)
Rachael Leon Guerrero, PhD, RD (UOG) Rachael Novotny, PhD, RD (UHCC)

* Report: Community Outreach to Reduce Health Disparities (Youth Tobacco Use) Among Pacific Islanders Living in Guam
Annette David, MD, MPH (UOG) Neal Palafox, MD, MPH (UHCC)

The presentations will be followed by a question and answer period. The Community Research Update is free of charge and open to the public. For more information contact Cathleen Moore-Linn at 735-2944.

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