by mnobrega | Oct 3, 2017 | CRECE Team
CRECE is excited to report that Dr. José F. Cordero, CRECE Co-Director, was selected by The American Public Health Association (APHA) to receive the 2017 Sedgwick Memorial Medal for Distinguished Service in Public Health in recognition of his public health research...
by mnobrega | Sep 13, 2017 | Community Outreach and Translation Core, CRECE Team
A National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) post titled, “Understanding Community Awareness and Actions on Environmental Health Issues,” highlights the work of Dr. Phil Brown, director of the Research Translation Core (RTC) and co-director of the...
by mnobrega | Aug 24, 2017 | Community Outreach and Translation Core, CRECE Team, Events, Highlighted Outreach
On June 14th and 15th, 2017, Dr. Phil Brown, co-director of the Community Outreach and Translation Core (COTC) of CRECE and director of the Community Engagement Core (CEC) and the Research Translation Core (RTC) for PROTECT, took part in leading a conference titled...
by mnobrega | Jul 10, 2017 | Community Outreach and Translation Core, CRECE Team, Highlighted Outreach
From June 26th to 30th, 2017, CRECE and PROTECT Team members Carmen Vélez-Vega, Hector Torres, and Colleen Murphy attended the 8th Ibero-American Conference of Health-Promoting Universities where they presented on four different posters. Covered in the team members’...
by mnobrega | Jun 14, 2017 | Community Outreach and Translation Core, CRECE Team, Environmental Health News
On May 19, 2017, Dr. Gredia Huerta-Montañez was awarded the “Environmental Champion Award” by Region 2 of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Annually, the award is presented to “individuals and organizations who have contributed significantly to improving the...
by mnobrega | Apr 11, 2017 | CRECE Team, Project 1
As part of CRECE’s Project 1: Air Pollution Impacts on Neonatal and Early Childhood Development, the team is examining the impacts of air pollution on neonatal and early childhood development in Puerto Rico. Infants and children living in Puerto Rico are highly...
