UVA Health working to increase colorectal cancer screening access for Hispanic patients
3/11/2024
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and UVA Health held a web briefing with navigation outreach specialist Keyri Lopez-Godoy. Lopez-Godoy says that there are multiple barriers in…
2/29/2024
Public Health Sciences Professor Jamie Zoellner, PhD, RDN, and her multidisciplinary team were awarded a five-year, $3.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to engage Head Start families across…
UVA Cancer Center Backs 5 Community Projects to Reduce Cancer-Related Disparities
2/28/2024
Five community groups are the recipients of the University of Virginia Cancer Center’s latest round of Comprehensive Community Grants, which will help improve screening, education, access to care and improving…
Cancer Disparities: Making Sure Everyone Can Get Cancer Care
2/21/2024
Anyone can get cancer. But not everyone gets the same chance to fight it. People of color and those living in rural areas with fewer resources have a harder time getting…
UVa scientists and community organizations join to reduce cancer disparities
2/8/2024
Few of us will make it through life without being impacted in some way by cancer, and many are familiar with key factors that contribute to cancer risk — both…
UVA Cancer Center event connecting researchers with those they’re trying to help
11/17/2023
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - UVA Cancer Center is bringing researchers and community members together to talk about cancer disparities. A symposium was held at the Graduate Hotel Thursday, November 16.…
UVA Cancer Center Seeks Innovative Ideas to Improve Care, Reduce Health Disparities
8/3/2023
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aug. 3, 2023 – To reduce cancer’s impact and enhance health equity, University of Virginia Cancer Center will award as many as five grants of up to $10,000…
Hope at Work: How Claudette Grant Cultivates Healthy Communities
6/15/2023
This is the latest installment in our Connect article series “Hope at Work” — showcasing inspiring stories about how our team members contribute to UVA Health’s 10-year Strategic Plan: “One Future Together…
A Successful Skin Cancer Screening Event — Plus, Reminders to Keep You Safe This Summer
6/2/2023
An important community service event was recently held for Skin Cancer Awareness Month. On Saturday, May 13, more than 260 patients attended the free skin cancer screening event hosted by…
5/2/2023
WISE — Year two of a project linking UVA Wise and Coeburn Middle School students in a fight against tobacco use came to center court Tuesday. Cody Sanders, associate professor…