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US Chamber of Commerce Foundation Delegates Visit CRECE and PROTECT in Puerto Rico
On January 23rd and 24th, 2018, 16 delegates from the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation visited the CRECE and PROTECT teams in Puerto Rico with purposes of promoting humanitarian aid. The delegation was composed of corporate representation from companies such as IBM,...
Hines, ROUTES Scholar, Travels to University of Illinois to Train PhD Students on CRECE’s Non-Nutritive Suck Device
On December 11th-13th, 2017, ROUTES Scholar Morgan Hines visited the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne (UIUC) in order to train PhD students in Dr. Susan Schantz’s lab on setting-up and calibrating their new Non-Nutritive Suck (NNS) device, which was...
Rovira, Former ROUTES Scholar, Discusses CRECE Co-Op Experience in News@Northeastern
On December 12th, 2017, News@Northeastern featured the article “Co-op in Puerto Rico Expands Student’s Interest in Environmental Health,” which detailed the ROUTES experience of former scholar Alejandro Rovira. The story highlights Alejandro’s explorative...
Two months after Irma and Maria, CRECE & PROTECT Continue Efforts to Support the Community in Puerto Rico
In order to give readers a full-perspective on the work CRECE has been completing in Puerto Rico since the hurricanes, this article provides updates to a piece posted on this site on October 19th, 2017. Since Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit Puerto Rico in late...
Nature features CRECE and PROTECT Leaders for Research Efforts in Puerto Rico Post-Maria
CRECE and PROTECT Co-Director José Cordero and PROTECT Project 4 Leader Ingrid Padilla were featured in the November 16, 2017, issue of Nature describing Puerto Rico’s struggles to assess the hurricane’s health effects. The article reports on PROTECT’s and CRECE’s...
CRECE Participates in 2017 NIEHS/EPA Children’s Centers Annual Grantee Meeting
CRECE team members attended the 2017 NIEHS/EPA Children’s Centers Annual Grantee Meeting held on October 24-25 in San Francisco, CA. The jointly-funded EPA/NIEHS Children’s Centers Annual Meeting serves as an opportunity for researchers working with Children’s Centers...
Children’s Centers Impact Report Released, CRECE Featured
On October 19, the NIEHS/EPA Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers released their 2017 Children’s Centers Impact Report, and CRECE was among the centers featured within its 120 pages. The report’s theme was “protecting children’s...
CRECE & PROTECT Provide Community Support for Puerto Rico Following Devastation Caused by Hurricanes Irma & Maria
Since Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit Puerto Rico in late September, the CRECE and PROTECT Centers have been collaborating with outside groups to ensure the safety and welfare of team members, community health center partners, and members of the surrounding associated...
Puerto Rico Works to Recover from Impact of Hurricanes Maria and Irma
On September 20th, 2017, Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 storm, made landfall in Puerto Rico, nearly immediately rendering the island’s power grid, cellphone towers, and even its banking system inoperable. Puerto Rico’s director of safety and public protection, Héctor...
Cordero Receives APHA’s 2017 Sedgwick Memorial Medal
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...