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Roswell Park, Wilmot Cancer Institute Collaborate on First Large Study of Immunotherapy in Black Cancer Patients

April 20, 2021 sarah Jonas African American, Black, Diversity, immune checkpoint inhibitors, immunotheraphy, NCORP

A new collaboration between two Western New York cancer research leaders will help oncologists learn whether Black and white cancer patients respond differently to a game-changing immunotherapy treatment, and seeks to improve the safety and effectiveness of these newer drugs in diverse populations.

Research Tip Sheet

Who’s lying, black hair and politics, and can we be civil in 2020: 7 Election Stories Your Subscribers Will Read

October 15, 2020 sarah Jonas African American, Black, Debate Expert, Election 2020, Health, Politics, Voter Participation, Voters

Cal State Fullerton scholars with expertise in topics ranging from spotting liars, and the art of debate to local ballot propositions, voting security and virtual debates can offer your continued election coverage new angles and depth.

Announcement

UCLA to lead statewide coalition to address COVID-19’s impact on communities at risk

October 5, 2020 sarah Jonas awareness and education, Black, Community Engagement, Coronavirus, covid, COVID-19, Health Disparities, Indigenous, Latino, Prevention, Therapies, Therapies trial, VACCINE TRIAL, Vaccine Trials, Vaccines, vulnerable communities, Vulnerable Groups

A coalition of 11 academic institutions and their community partners across California has received a $4.1 million grant from the NIH for a statewide community-engaged approach to addressing COVID-19 among populations that have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.

Announcement

UCI launches Black Thriving Initiative

August 25, 2020 sarah Jonas Alumni, Black, Diversity, First Generation, Minorities, Underrepresented, upward mobility

Irvine, Calif., Aug. 25, 2020 — Changing the culture, leveraging the mission and engaging communities are the key components of a far-reaching new initiative at the University of California, Irvine to create a campus culture in which Black people thrive. The initiative recognizes and responds to systemic anti-Blackness as an existential threat to the mission of the university and calls on all members of the campus community to confront anti-Blackness.

Announcement

Memorial Sloan Kettering Awards and Appointments

August 17, 2020 sarah Jonas Asian, Award, Black, Cancer, CEO, Community, Diversity, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Fellow, Fellowship, Funding, Healthcare, Immigrant, Inclusion, latinx, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, National Cancer Institute, New York, NIH, Nonprofit, Pathology, Patient, Pershing Square Foundation, Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Cancer Researcher, Physics, Radiation Oncology, Research, Researchers, Scientist, Sloan Kettering Institue

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announces its most recent awards and appointments for the institution’s physicians, scientists, nurses, and staff.

Announcement

University of Miami Health System Launches Skin of Color Division

July 13, 2020 sarah Jonas African American, Asian, Black, Dermatology, Latino, skin, Skin Care

The Dr. Philip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery at the University of Miami Health System launches newly named Skin of Color Division led by a three-physician team – all women of color. Only a handful of dermatology programs across the country have so many physicians specializing in skin of color care.

Expert Pitch

United States should implement nationwide truth commission on police violence against Black people

July 13, 2020 sarah Jonas African Americans, Binghamton, Binghamton University, Black, Black Americans, Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Police, police brutality, police violence, Racism, State University of New York at Binghamton, SUNY Binghamton, United States, Violence

The United States needs to implement a nationwide truth commission on police violence against Black people, according to Kerry Whigham,

Research Results

Atomic fingerprint identifies emission sources of uranium

March 9, 2020 sarah Jonas Black, Forest, Isotopes, Nature Communications, University of Vienna, Uranium

Uranium is not always the same: depending on whether this chemical element is released by the civil nuclear industry or as fallout from nuclear weapon tests, the ratio of the two anthropogenic, i.e. man-made, uranium isotopes 233U and 236U varies. These results were lately found by an international team grouped around physicists from the University of Vienna and provides a promising new “fingerprint” for the identification of radioactive emission sources.

Research Results

One-Fourth of Children with Autism Are Undiagnosed

January 9, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Black, Hispanic

One-fourth of children under age 8 with autism spectrum disorder — most of them black or Hispanic — are not being diagnosed, which is critical for improving quality of life.

Research Results

Suicide attempts among black adolescents on the rise

October 22, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments African American, Black, Suicide, Youth

While suicide attempts decreased overall among U.S. adolescents between 1991 and 2017, they increased by 73% among black adolescents, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.“The rise in suicide rates among black youth can most likely be traced back to an internalization of issues around structural racism in America, along with a lack of coping mechanisms and lack of investment in mental health services in black communities,” said Sean Joe, the Benjamin E.