by mnobrega | Jul 27, 2016 | CRECE Team, Highlighted Outreach
On Sunday, June 26th, members of the CRECE and PROTECT Team participated in the March of Dimes March for Babies in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rico Chapter of the March of Dimes works to reduce the rate of preterm birth on the island, which in 2014 was 12% of...
by mnobrega | Jul 22, 2016 | CRECE Team, Environmental Health News
On June 23rd and 24th, CRECE and PROTECT team members met in Puerto Rico for an in-person meeting and celebration of the opening of the new clinic in Manatí, Puerto Rico. For the first day, the group joined in a technical discussion with a strong focus on recruitment...
by mnobrega | Jul 21, 2016 | CRECE Team
On Monday, July 18th, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Director Dr. Linda Birnbaum visited Northeastern University. Northeastern has been working in partnership with NIEHS on a number of projects related to Environmental Health, a field...
by mnobrega | Jul 21, 2016 | CRECE Team, Environmental Health News
On Friday, July 15th, CRECE and PROTECT received funding from the NIEHS to study the effect Zika has in Puerto Rico on pregnant women and their babies. This funding is part of the Zika Infants and Pregnancy (ZIP) study, which aims to enroll 10,000 women from 5...
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...
by mnobrega | May 10, 2016 | CRECE Team
In mid-April, CRECE and PROTECT (Puerto Rico Testsite for Exploring Contamination Threats) began seeing participants at a new clinic located in Manatí, Puerto Rico. The clinic is designed to create a safe, welcoming environment for our participants and their families,...
