Research on Women and Minorities
Forty-three percent (16 of 37) of the research projects that the CBCRP funded in 2010 study either women or tissues from women. The remaining 57 percent are laboratory studies that do not directly involve women or tissues from women.
One of the 16 grants that involve tissues from women, while 15 (94%) have women as participants in the study.
Out of the 15 studies that include women:
- One hundred percent, (15) grants include minority women in the study
- Twenty-six percent, (4) are focused on minority wome
- Thirty-three percent, (5) are focused on underserved women
A total of 6 grants were funded with a primary emphasis on minority and/or underserved women:
Recording Medical Visits for People with Breast Cancer
Jeffrey Belkora, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
Sara O’Donnell, Mendocino Cancer Resource Center
Increasing Mammography Screening Among Native Women
Marlene von Friederichs-Fitzwater, Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Linda Navarro, Turtle Health Foundation
Vitamin D and Breast Cancer Survival
Wei Wang, M.D., Cancer Prevention Institute of California
Quality of Mammography Facilities Serving Vulnerable Women
Lauren Goldman, M.D., University of California, San Francisco
California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium
Anna Wu, Ph.D., University Southern California
Scarlett Gomez, Ph.D., Cancer Prevention Institute of California
Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D., Beckman Research Institute – City of Hope
Marilyn Kwan, Ph.D., Kaiser Foundation Research Institute
Kristine Monroe, Ph.D., University Southern California
Persistent Organic Pollutants & Breast Cancer Risk
Peggy Reynolds, Ph.D., Cancer Prevention Institute of California
