The Florida Department of Health recently awarded more than $1.4 million from the James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program to Taghrid Asfar, M.D., at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, to help construction workers quit smoking.
"As public health professionals, we have not and will not tolerate the overt and structural racism that perpetuates the inequities in health and in all related determinants of health, such as education, housing, and employment. We will not stay silent. We call on students, faculty, and staff of the Miller School of Medicine to join us to systematically challenge the structures that support racism and discrimination in our school and in our communities by engaging in focused dialogue and advocacy that will lead to meaningful change in policy and everyday practice." – Dr. David J. Lee, professor and chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences
Insights from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Outstanding Faculty Award Winners for 2022.
On Thursday, the final day of the two-day summit, University leaders tackled pressing issues in Latin America related to the intersection of technology and democracy and the unfolding migration crisis. The event took place at the Shalala Student Center on the Coral Gables Campus.
Patricia I. Moreno, Ph.D., lead of evidence-based survivorship supportive care at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and assistant professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, was a recipient of the 2022 Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research (ABMR) Early-Stage Investigator Award.
Karlon H. Johnson Jr., MPH, and Ifedi Anikpo, MBBS, MPH, both Ph.D. students of Epidemiology, took part in SER’s annual meeting in Chicago, IL from June 14 - 17, 2022.