Susan G. Komen Foundation Atlanta Affiliate 2005 Grants: Breast Cancer Treatment Projects, for the funding period 04-01-05 through
03-31-06.
Opening of Lymphedema Clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital; second Lymphedema Clinic opened at the Emory Radiation Oncology Clinic.
Dr. Johnstone, P.A.S., served as moderator of the Cancer session at the 4th Annual Primary Care and Prevention Conference in Atlanta, October 25, 2004.
Dr. Chen had a podium presentation at the American Radium Society 86th Annual Meeting, Napa, CA, May 1-5, 2004.
Our approach is holistic. Because there are numerous factors influencing disparities in health and healthcare among minorities, our Research Core is structured to explore a full range of differences in behavior and lifestyle, access to health care, screening processes and even genetics.
The Research Core is advancing GCHE's mission to reduce and eliminate health disparities through the support of several pilot projects and extensive research and data collection.
While the Research Core projects are coordinated, there is some overlap with research being conducted by our member institutions and other Cores. This overlap strengthens our cause by adding depth to the breadth of our study.
Our Research Core is a unique in that its horizontal nature incorporates investigators from different departments and schools.
Opening of the Lymphedema Clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital with funds from the GCHE and Avon Foundation, June 14, 2004. A second Lymphedema Clinic was opened at the Emory Radiation Oncology Clinic with supplemental funds from the Komen Foundation Atlanta Affiliate on July 1, 2005.
The GCHE Research Core supported Dr. Johnstone, P.A.S., at the 4th Annual Primary Care and Prevention Conference in Atlanta, October 25, 2004, where he served as moderator of the Cancer session.
With the support of pilot funding, Dr. Chen had a podium presentation at the American Radium Society 86th Annual Meeting, Napa, CA, May 1-5, 2004. His presentation was entitled: Quality of Life in Long-term Survivors of Laryngeal Cancers. Other presentations of the same topic included the American Head and Neck Society Annual Meeting in Boca Raton, May, 2005; and "Health Literacy and Quality of Life in an Inner City Laryngectomy Population," J. Clin Oncol 2005, 23:776S (#8191).