Maria Blancas, a doctoral student at the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences and staff member of the UW Dept. of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, is the recipient of the 2019 Bullitt Environmental Prize for her work with immigrant farmworkers in Washington. Blancas leads a collaborative project between the Latino Center for Health, Dr. Vanessa Galaviz–former faculty at UW SPH and currently a researcher at PNASH–and farmworkers in Skagit and Whatcom counties. Congratulations, Maria!
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Dr. Ornelas received Beti Thompson Cancer Health Equity Research Award
Dr. India Ornelas, Research Director of the Latino Center for Health and Associate Professor in Health Services at UW’s School of Public Health, received the Beti Thompson Cancer Health Equity Research Award at the Pathways to Equity Symposium on Monday, May 13th. This award recognizes an outstanding scientist from the Fred Hutch/UW Cancer Consortium who has made significant contributions to cancer health equity research. Congratulations, India!
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Congratulations to Our Affiliated Students for Presenting and Being Awarded at SBM 2019!
Three of the Center’s affiliated students, Cathea Carey, Francisco Rios-Casas, and Vanessa Torres, presented their research at the 2019 Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, which took place on March 6-9th.
Cathea Carey, MPH student in Health Services, presented her work titled “Vida PURA II: Treatment Seeking Behavior and Barriers to Care amongst Latino Day Laborers with Unhealthy Alcohol Use,” co-authored with her mentor and LCH Research Director Dr. India Ornelas.
Francisco Rios-Casas, MPH student in Epidemiology, presented his work titled “Adapting Measures of Mindfulness: Results from Cognitive Interviews with Latina Immigrant Women,” which is part of his mentor Dr. Ornelas’ ALMA study.
Vanessa Torres, PhD student in Health Services, presented her work titled “Assessing Acceptability of a Culturally Adapted Brief Intervention to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use Among Latino Immigrant Men,” which is also part of her mentor Dr. Ornelas’ Vida PURA study.
Congratulations to all who presented, and to Vanessa and Francisco, who won Meritorious Abstract Awards for their work!
If you want to learn more about the Vida PURA (Puede Usted Reducir su consumo de Alcohol) and ALMA (Amigas Latinas Motivando el Alma) studies, click here.