by mnobrega | Sep 8, 2020 | CRECE Team
In May 2020, CRECE and ECHO Researcher Emily Zimmerman was officially recommended for promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure. As Project 1 Co-Investigator and the Early Career Investigator for CRECE, this promotion is a major achievement and only one of her many...
by mnobrega | Jun 25, 2020 | CRECE Team
Earlier this month, PROTECT, ECHO, & CRECE pediatrician and scientist Gredia Huerta-Montañez was elected to the National Executive Committee of the Council on Environmental Health (COEH) of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Gredia currently serves as the...
by mnobrega | Dec 18, 2019 | CRECE Team
Dr. Carmen Vélez Vega, Leader of the PROTECT Community Engagement Core, is the 2019 recipient of the Helen Rodriguez-Trias Social Justice Award, presented by the American Public Health Association (APHA). The award, which honors pediatrician and prior APHA president...
by mnobrega | Oct 1, 2019 | Community Outreach and Translation Core, CRECE Team, Human Subjects Core, Uncategorized
On Friday, June 21st, former undergrad scholar and trainee Morgan Hines gave a presentation at this year’s Boston Speech Motor Control Symposium (BSMCS) hosted at Boston University. This regional conference aims to allow researchers, students, and clinicians from the...
by mnobrega | Aug 2, 2019 | CRECE Team, Events
On July 10th-11th PROTECT, CRECE, and ECHO researchers from Northeastern University, University of Michigan, and University of Puerto Rico came together to discuss research progress and protocol harmonization across the three projects. The meeting was held at the...
by mnobrega | May 22, 2019 | CRECE Team, Events
On Thursday, May 16th CRECE researchers met in Puerto Rico to visit 4 different Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and clinics where participants for the PROTECT, CRECE, & ECHO Cohorts are recruited. PROTECT/CRECE/ECHO researchers and staff participated in...