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Happy New Year! |
Happy New Year! We are pleased to share with you the January 2009 Minorities
in Cancer Research (MICR) E-nnouncement. This communication is intended
to keep the MICR community informed about relevant news, events, and opportunities
available through AACR, MICR and its members, and other collaborating organizations.
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Announcing
MICR Programs at the AACR 100th Annual Meeting 2009 |
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The MICR Council
is pleased to present the following programs that will take place during the AACR 100th Annual Meeting
2009, April 18--22, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. Unless otherwise noted, all Annual
Meeting registrants are invited to participate in these events.
Please contact us with any questions about these programs.
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Call
for Mentors |
We hope to facilitate the contributions of the next generation
of cancer researchers to scientific investigation and the conquest of cancer by
strengthening interactions between senior cancer scientists and promising students
and early-career investigators. We invite MICR members to join us on this journey
by becoming a mentor. Please contact
us to indicate your mentoring interests. |
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MICR
Member Spotlights |
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We would like to offer our warm congratulations to our members for their
recent accomplishments. Please click here to view our MICR member spotlights.
Call
for Spotlight Nominations
Have you or a colleague recently made a
career advancement, earned a degree, published in a major journal, or received
an award? If so, nominate them (or yourself) for the MICR Member Spotlight! Let
the MICR community know what is going on in your life. It’s easy; fill out
the MICR Member Spotlight Nomination Form and e-mail or fax it to us at (215) 440-9412.
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Special
Conferences and Summer Workshops |
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Register for AACR
Special Conferences
Travel support in the form of
AACR Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Awards and Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Awards are available for upcoming
conferences. Please look for more information on the conference web pages.
Sign up for AACR Summer Workshops
Educational workshops
and special courses provide young investigators with opportunities to develop
skills in clinical trial design, molecular biology, pathobiology, and related
fields. Click here for additional information.
Accelerating Anticancer Agent Development and Validation Workshop
June
17--19, 2009, North Bethesda, MD, Registration opens
February 1, 2009
Cancer Biostatistics Workshop
July 12--18, 2009, Sonoma, CA,
Application deadline: March 23, 2009
Molecular Biology in Clinical Oncology
July 17--24, 2009, Aspen,
CO, Application deadline: March 9, 2009
Methods in Clinical Cancer Research
August 1--7, 2009, Vail,
CO, Application deadline: March 16, 2009 |
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Employment
Opportunities |
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Please click here for employment opportunities.
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In the News |
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Baylor
College of Medicine EDICT Project: Policy Recommendations to Eliminate Disparities
in Clinical Trials.
Houston, October 2008
The EDICT project
has released an expanded and revised version of its booklet designed to enhance
our understanding of the problem of underrepresentation in clinical trials and
the role that each of us can play in providing a solution.
Download the entire booklet here.
Colorectal Cancer
Racial Gap Still Growing
Washington Post, December 15, 2008
Despite
major progress in reducing overall colorectal cancer incidence and death rates
in the United States, black men and women are still 45 percent more likely than
whites to die of the disease. The finding was contained in a report released Monday
by the American Cancer Society. Read more here.
Male Circumcision Lowers
Cervical Cancer Risk
Reuters, December 18, 2008
Three studies published
on Wednesday add to the evidence that circumcision can protect men from the deadly
AIDS virus and the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer. The
reports in the Journal of Infectious Diseases are likely to add to the
debate over whether men and newborn boys should be circumcised to protect their
health and, perhaps, the health of their future sexual partners. Read more here.
The High Price of Cheap Eats
New York Times, December 12,
2008
Dollar “value meals” at fast food restaurants may not be such
a bargain when you look at the potential health costs. "Many of these low-cost
menu items are packed with fat, salt, cholesterol, and processed meat," notes
The Cancer Project, a nonprofit cancer prevention organization. The group has
produced a list of what it says are the five unhealthiest items sold at the nation’s
largest fast food chains. Read more here.
Black Journalists to Host Conference on Health Disparities
PRNewswire-USNewswire
via COMTEX, November 25, 2008
The National Association of Black Journalists
(NABJ) will present the Conference on Health Disparities, January 30-31,
2009 at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. As part of the NABJ
Media Institute's professional development program, this conference will train journalists
on the increasing number of health disparities in the black community, and will
help to empower newsrooms by increasing coverage. Read more here.
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