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CRECE and PROTECT Honor Community Health Centers at Annual Retreat
As part of the 2017 Annual Retreat, CRECE and PROTECT held a ceremony to honor the Federally Qualified Community Health Centers and other community partners that have been instrumental in advancing both centers’ work in Puerto Rico. The ceremony, which was held on...
CRECE Participates in NIEHS 50th Anniversary Conference
CRECE team members from across the U.S. and Puerto Rico attended the NIEHS FEST held from December 5th through 8th, 2017 in Durham, North Carolina. The FEST was hosted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to commemorate the institute’s...
CRECE Hosts Training on Early Childhood Development for Study Participant Families
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...
Vélez Vega and Cordero Present at American Public Health Association’s Annual Conference
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 to...
CRECE and PROTECT to Take Part in National Study of the Environment and Children’s Health
CRECE and PROTECT will be taking part in a new national study led by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which aims to investigate the ways in which early exposure to a range of environmental factors influence the short- and long-term health of children. The study...
CRECE and PROTECT Members Conduct Training and Survey at Environmental Health Symposium for Speech-Language Pathologists
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...
CRECE and PROTECT members attend ISEE Conference in Rome, Italy
In early September, CRECE and PROTECT members attended the 28th Annual Conference for the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) held in Rome, Italy. The main theme of the conference was “Old and new risks: challenges for environmental...
Dr. Huerta-Montañez Presents at Children’s Environmental U.S.-MX Border Symposium
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 Agency...
Puerto Rico Is Challenged by the Zika Epidemic
In late March of this year, CRECE posted an article describing some of the steps that were being taken in Puerto Rico to prepare for the inevitable spread of the Zika virus on the island. Five months later, Zika transmission in Puerto Rico is no longer an emerging...
Members of CRECE and PROTECT meet with Caribbean EPA Director
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...