Cancer Prevention and Control Research Manpower Development.

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Abstract:

The principal aim of this study in year one was to recruit two recent doctoral graduates for fellowships in breast cancer prevention and control research. Kangmin Zhu, M.D., Ph.D., epidemiology, and Sherry R. Crump, M.D., MPH, preventive medicine, were recruited. Dr. Zhu has worked at Meharry Medical College with Dr. Robert Levine as his mentor, while Dr. Crump has worked at the Morehouse School of Medicine with Dr. Beverly Taylor as her mentor. C.Vs of the fellows and their mentors are included in the appendix. Both fellows have made excellent progress in year one. Dr. Zhu has submitted two applications to the U.S. Army for funding 1An Intervention Study on Screening for Breast Cancer Among Single African-American Women Aged 65 and Older and 2 Breast Cancer and Risk Factors among African- American Women aged 20-54 A Case Control Study According to Estrogen Receptor Status. Dr. Crump has developed a research project Barriers to Screening Mammography Utilization for African- American Women at Grady Memorial Hospital. Funding from the Morehouse Medical Treatment Effectiveness Center has allowed recruitment of personnel for this project to begin.

Author(s):
Bernard, Louis J.
Author Organization(s):
CHARLES R DREW UNIV OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE LOS ANGELES CA
Descriptive Note:
Annual rept. 30 Sep 94-29 Sep 95,
Pagination:
0026

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

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Approved For Public Release

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Contract/Grant Number(s):
DAMD17-94-J-4437
Monitor Series:
USAMRMC
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_1.3.1_Personnel and Family Support; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_1.1_Force Management; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_5.2_Understand
Modernization Areas:
Space
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
*MANPOWER, *CASE STUDIES, *PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, *MAMMARY GLANDS, *ESTROGENS, *AFRICAN AMERICANS, *BREAST CANCER, CONTROL, RISK, RECRUITING, MEDICINE, BARRIERS, UNIVERSITIES, PERSONNEL, WOMEN, INTERVENTION, PREVENTION, EPIDEMIOLOGY, SENSE ORGANS, CANCER, GRADUATES
Field(s)/Group(s):
Medicine and Medical Research, Information Science, Anatomy and Physiology
Keyword(s):
BREAST CANCER SCREENING, RISK FACTORS, NANIMOGRAPHY UTILIZATION, BARRIERS TO SCREENINNG
Report Date:
1995 Oct 01