2017 GUIDE Scholars Posters on Cancer Disparities

Author/ Authors/ Presenter/ Presenters/ Panelists:

Catherine H. Balthazar, Governors State UniversityFollow
Monet Jones, Governors State UniversityFollow
Kaylan Norise, Governors State UniversityFollow
Gerald Rodgers, Governors State UniversityFollow
Bryan Bartee, Governors State UniversityFollow
Jonathan Malin, Governors State UniversityFollow

Type of Presentation

Poster Session

Location

Hall of Governors

Start Date

4-6-2018 12:30 PM

End Date

4-6-2018 2:00 PM

Abstract

The GUIDE Cancer Research Training and Education Program sponsors 5 students annually in an immersive summer research experience at the University of Illinois Cancer Center. The 2017 GUIDE Scholars will each present the research they completed. Catherine Balthazar, co-PI for The GUIDE Project, will provide an overview of the GUIDE Project Aims and the curriculum for trainees. Bryan Bartee will present Improving Prostate Cancer Outcomes In African American Men By Improving Social Networks And Using Shared Decision Making; Gerald Rodgers will present Are There Delays in Treatment by Tumor Type in Regards to Race/Ethnicity?; Kaylan Norise will present The GUIDE Pilot Project on Breast Cancer Risk Assessment; Monet Jones will present Community Based Screening and Navigation in Breast and Lung Cancer and Tobacco Cessation; Jonathan Malin will present Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Diet Quality among Middle-Income Overweight and Obese African American Women.

Identify Grant

This research was supported by the GUIDE Cancer Research Training Project, through funding provided by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (Award #:P20CA202907). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

Faculty / Staff Sponsor

Catherine Balthazar