by mnobrega | Dec 5, 2016 | Community Outreach and Translation Core, CRECE Team, Events, Highlighted Outreach
On Saturday, November 19th, 2016, CRECE team members led a training activity for the families of study participants at the CRECE/PROTECT clinic in Manatí, Puerto Rico. Three CRECE clinic staff members facilitated the two-hour event, which was attended by seven adult...
by mnobrega | Nov 14, 2016 | Community Outreach and Translation Core, CRECE Team
Several leaders of CRECE and PROTECT presented at the American Public Health Association’s Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado on the 1st and 2nd of November, 2016. The theme of this five day conference was, “Creating the Healthiest Nation: Ensuring the Right...
by mnobrega | Sep 29, 2016 | Community Outreach and Translation Core, CRECE Team, Events, Highlighted Outreach
On Saturday, September 24th, CRECE and PROTECT leaders Dr. Emily Zimmerman and Dr. Phil Brown presented at the Early Intervention Speech-Language Pathologist Continuing Education Symposium. The event was held at Northeastern University and was attended by more than...
by mnobrega | Sep 9, 2016 | Community Outreach and Translation Core, CRECE Team, Highlighted Outreach
On Thursday, August 25th, Dr. Gredia Huerta-Montañez (HSC, COTC) spoke at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Brownsville, Texas for the 2016 Children’s Environmental U.S.-MX Border Symposium, an event organized by the U.S. Environmental Protection...
by mnobrega | Sep 7, 2016 | Community Outreach and Translation Core, CRECE Team
On Wednesday, August 24th, CRECE and PROTECT team members in Puerto Rico met with Carmen Guerrero Pérez, the Director of the EPA’s Caribbean Environmental Protection Division–a department covering all of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In addition to the...
by mnobrega | Jul 5, 2016 | Community Outreach and Translation Core, CRECE Team
On June 11, Dr. Gredia Huerta-Montañez met with Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), during his visit to Puerto Rico. The meeting was attended by Dr. Stephen Waterman (Chief of the CDC’s Dengue Branch), Dr. Francisco...
