At-home kits that allow women to collect their own samples for HPV testing have been shown to improve cervical cancer screening rates. But some women lack confidence in their ability to complete the collection themselves.
The Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics never runs out of service initiative ideas to bring its community together, said Nicole Hammer, a co-chair of the department’s workplace and community engagement committee.
“Our goal is to understand how we can meet the real-world needs of cancer survivors and caregivers, with a focus on quality of life,” said Kathryn Pluta, Ph.D.
“This fellowship is a great opportunity to dive deeply into the needs of patients and providers and address their barriers to lung cancer screening.” The National Cancer Institute awarded a prestigious fellowship in July to dual M.D./Ph.D. student Miranda Reid to…
The University of Florida is participating in a large national program to create an efficient and mobile healthcare delivery system for rural areas, awarded by Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. As hundreds of hospitals in rural areas struggle to survive financially,…
Jamie Hensley, MHCM, CCRP, navigated booths where community health educators shared cancer prevention tips and screening guidelines, and outreach workers stacked giveaway boxes full of vegetables and food staples.
Ramzi Salloum, Ph.D., an accomplished cancer implementation science researcher with a focus on tobacco control, has been named associate director for community outreach and engagement at the University of Florida Health Cancer Center.
