Breast Cancer, the Environment and Disparities: A Workshop on Community-Based
Participatory Research Opportunities in California
Do you wonder about the effects of the environment on the development of breast cancer? And why some groups of women are more likely to get breast cancer or die from the disease?
Join us for a free workshop that explores what we already know about these questions and provides ideas of how to engage in finding answers. This workshop will cover:
Morning Session
- An introduction to Commonweal and the California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP), their funding opportunities, programs, and initiatives
- A science overview of the environmental causes of and the social disparities in breast cancer
- An overview of Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR)
(download a description of CBPR)
- An introduction to a NEW Intensive Training Program (ITP) on CBPR
Afternoon Session
- An interactive session on CBPR
Schedule
8:30am-9am Check in/ Complimentary Light Breakfast
9am-noon Morning Session
Noon-1pm Complimentary Lunch
1pm-4pm Afternoon Session
Date |
Location |
Co-Hosts |
June 13 |
San Diego |
Vista Community Clinic & San Diego State University |
June 14 |
Los Angeles |
My Sister My Friend Breast Cancer Support &
The CTSI, Office of Community Engagement at USC &
The G.R.E.E.N. Foundation |
June 16 |
Chico | California Health Collaborative & California State University Chico |
June 27 |
San Francisco |
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| June 30 | Oakland | Cancer Prevention Institute of California &
Stanford Cancer Center & University of California Berkeley |
July 7 |
Eureka/Arcata |
California Center for Rural Policy at Humboldt State University & |
July 20 |
San Bernardino |
Healthy Heritage Movement & The Center for the Promotion of Health Disparities Research & Training at Cal State San Bernardino |
July 22 |
Merced |
Golden Valley Health Centers & University of California Merced |
July 27 |
Sacramento |
University of California Davis Cancer Center & Susan G. Komen Sacramento Valley |
July 28 |
Nevada City |
Sierra Streams Institute & Susan G. Komen Sacramento Valley |
August 4 |
Watsonville |
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte |
We especially encourage community members, representatives of community-based and non-profit organizations, researchers, and health care providers to attend. To find out event dates and get more information, please email community@cabreastcancer.org. Space is limited, so please register as soon as possible.
To register for a workshop, please click on the following link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/779TVGK
About the Intensive Training Program
Commonweal and CBCRP have joined together to create an innovative face-to-face and online Intensive Training Program (ITP) for collaborative teams. Its goal is to stimulate CBPR that addresses the environmental causes and/or social disparities in breast cancer. The ITP is part of the Creating Research Infrastructure to Better Science (CRIBS) Project.
You are eligible to apply for the ITP if you are a part of a California-based team that includes one academically trained scientist and one community-member. The ITP begins January 2012. Please email community@cabreastcancer.org to request an application for the ITP. Applications are due 5pm PST August 31, 2011.
About the Workshop Sponsors
These workshops are funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Grant #1RC4ES019826-01) and are offered through a collaboration between the California Breast Cancer Research Program and Commonweal, a nonprofit organization.
Commonweal
Founded in 1976, Commonweal is a nonprofit health and environmental research institute in Bolinas, California. Commonweal seeks to engage in educational, charitable, and research activities which contribute to the health of individuals, to public health, and to the health of the global environment. Programs include the Cancer Help Program, the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness, the Juvenile Justice Program, the Collaborative on Health and the Environment, the Commonweal Garden/Regenerative Design Institute, the Biomonitoring Resource Center, and the New School. For more information on Commonweal and its programs, see www.commonweal.org.
California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP)
CBCRP is the largest state-funded research effort in the nation whose mission is to eliminate breast cancer by leading innovation in research, communication, and collaboration in the California scientific and lay communities. One of the primary funding mechanisms is the Community Research Collaboration (CRC) Awards which provides $150,000 to $600,000 of funding (plus indirect funds for most institutions) for partnerships of CA-based community organizations and research scientists. CBCRP also funds the Special Research Initiatives which focuses carefully crafted research initiatives on the effects of the environment on the development of breast cancer and why some groups of women are more likely to get breast cancer or to die from the disease. www.cabreastcancer.org.
CBCRP is administered by the University of California, Office of the President |
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