by campus | Nov 26, 2012 | Project 2 (Toxicology), PROTECT Research, PROTECT Team
PROTECT researcher and University of Michigan professor Rita Loch-Caruso is part of a team at the University of Michigan that has earned $1.4 million in support from the Preventing Preterm Birth Initiative, part of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand...
by campus | Nov 19, 2012 | Media Coverage of PROTECT, News on Premature Birth, Research Core C (Human Subjects & Sampling)
PROTECT co-director and Core C leader Jose Cordero was recently quoted in a Fox News article about the alarmingly high rate of preterm birth in Puerto Rico. Said Dr. Cordero: “Preterm birth is the leading cause of newborn death, and babies who survive face an...
by campus | Nov 17, 2012 | News on Premature Birth
November 17th is World Prematurity Day. As Jennifer Howse, President of March of Dimes notes in a recent message to supporters: Even though its preterm birth rate has declined for the 5th year in a row, the United States still ranks 131st in the world. This trend is...
by campus | Nov 11, 2012 | PROTECT Research, Research Core C (Human Subjects & Sampling)
Friday November 8th, PROTECT recruited its 400th woman into the study cohort being led by the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus team (see picture). This exciting milestone marks the half-way point into the cohort of 800. Learn more about the data being...
by campus | Nov 1, 2012 | PROTECT Webinar Series
Looking Through an Environmental Justice Lens: Community Engagement, Policy and Practice Dr. Jalonne L. White-Newsome, Federal Policy Analyst for West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc. (WE ACT for Environmental Justice) Dr. Jalonne L. White-Newsome is WE ACT’s Federal...
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