African-Caribbean Cancer Consortium Scientific and Training Conference 2017

C Ragin; J S Oliver; D N Cabral; M Harlemon; D Louden; B F Morrison-Blidgen; K Alleyne-Mike; K Ashing; R Butler; S Gathere; S George; D Halliday; M Jackson; V Odero-Marah; V Roach; R Roberts; S Slewion

doi:10.3747/co.26.5305

African-Caribbean Cancer Consortium Scientific and Training Conference 2017

Curr Oncol. 2019 Dec;26(6):e785-e790. doi: 10.3747/co.26.5305. Epub 2019 Dec 1.

Authors

C Ragin¹, J S Oliver¹, D N Cabral¹, M Harlemon¹, D Louden^{1

2}, B F Morrison-Blidgen^{1

2}, K Alleyne-Mike^{1

2}, K Ashing¹, R Butler^{1

2}, S Gathere^{1

3}, S George¹, D Halliday^{1

2}, M Jackson^{1

2}, V Odero-Marah¹, V Roach^{1

2}, R Roberts^{1

2}, S Slewion^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ United States: Cancer Prevent ion and Control Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA (Ragin); African-Caribbean Cancer Consortium, Philadelphia, PA, (Alleyne-Mike, Ashing, Butler, Cabral, Gathere, George, Halliday, Harlemon, Jackson, Louden, Morrison-Blidgen, Odero-Marah, Oliver, Ragin, Roach, Roberts, Slewion); Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (Oliver); California State University, Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA (Cabral); Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA (Harlemon, Odero-Marah); City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA (Ashing); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, FL (George).
² Caribbean: Partnership for Public Engagement, The Valley, Anguilla (Louden); Department of Surgery, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica (Morrison-Blidgen); North West Regional Health Authority, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (Alleyne-Mike); School of Clinical Medicine and Research, University of the West Indies, Nassau, Bahamas (Butler, Halliday, Roberts); Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica (Jackson); African-Caribbean Cancer Consortium, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago (Roach).
³ Africa: Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya (Gathere); and Liberia National Cancer Registry, Monrovia, Liberia (Slewion).

Abstract

The sixth International African-Caribbean Cancer Consortium (AC3) Conference was held 6-9 October 2017 in Miami, Florida, U.S.A. The conference was open to all researchers, trainees, clinical and public health professionals, and community members, and served as an international hub for the United States, the Caribbean, and Africa. Sessions included AC3 collaboration meetings, cancer surveillance and research skills training workshops, and a community cancer prevention conference.

Keywords: Disparities.

2019 Multimed Inc.

Publication types

Congress
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Africa
Biomedical Research / education*
Caribbean Region
Humans
Interdisciplinary Placement
Neoplasms*
Public Health Surveillance
Registries
Teaching
United States

Abstract

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MeSH terms

Grants and funding