Research on Women and Minorities
Forty-five percent (24 of 53) of the grants that the CBCRP awarded in 2005 studied either women or tissues from women, while the remaining 55% were laboratory studies that did not directly involve women or tissues from women.
Of the 24 grants that involved women or tissues from women, 88% (21) had women as participants in the study and 8% (2) used tissues or tumor samples (some grants included both women participants and tissues or tumor samples from women).
One-hundred percent (24) of these studies included minority women in the study.
- Thirty-eight percent (9) are focused on underserved women.
- Thirty percent (7) are focused on minority women.
The following are grants with a primary emphasis on minority and/or underserved women:
- New Breast Cancer Approaches: Integration, Communication
• Leah Karliner, Ph.D. - University of California, San Francisco - Improving Quality of Life at the end of Life for the Underserved Women
• Shelley Adler, Ph.D. - University of California, San Francisco
• Beverly Burns - Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic - Psychosocial Support Services for Latinas with Breast Cancer
• Carmen Ortiz, Ph.D. – Circulo de Vida
• Anna Napoles-Springer, Ph.D. - University of California, San Francisco - Consultation Recording for Rural Underserved Breast Cancer Patients
• Sara O’Donnell – Mendocino Cancer Resource Center
• Jeff Belkora, Ph.D. - University of California, San Francisco
• Joy Hardin, Ed.D – Humboldt Community Breast Health Project - South Asian Women with Breast Cancer: What are their needs?
• Zul Surani - South Asian Cancer Foundation
• Roshan Bastani, Ph.D. - University of California, Los Angeles
• Beth Glenn, Ph.D. - University of California, Los Angeles - Breast Cancer Risk Profile of Vietnamese Nail Salon Workers
• Kim Nguyen – Asian Health Services
• Peggy Reynolds, Ph.D. – California Department of Health Services - Partnership to Reduce Cancer Disparities in Spanish Speakers
• Rena Pasick, Dr.PH - University of California, San Francisco
• Molly Bergstrom – Women’s Cancer Resource Center - Androgen Receptor Gene and p21 Gene in Breast Cancer
• Wei Wang, M.D. – University of Southern California
