The Synergistic Partnership for Enhancing Equity in Cancer Health

UPCOMING EVENTS AND PROGRAMS

Events

The 5th Annual SPEECH Conference will be held in-person on May 18, 2023 at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA!

• To register to attend, click here.
• We are currently seeking abstracts that highlight and advance the field of cancer from all areas of research including basic, clinical, and population-based. Students, post-doctoral fellows, and junior faculty are all encouraged to submit their work.
  • If you’re interested in presenting a poster, click here to submit an abstract. Please note, the deadline to submit an abstract is April 14, 2023.
• For more information, click here to visit the full page.                                                                                                      

Programs

Summer Cancer Research Institute (SCRI): June 5 – July 28, 2023

The SCRI program is an 8-week intensive summer program supported by the National Cancer Institute U54 grants (CA221704 and CA221705; Contact PIs: Drs. Ma and Ogunwobi) to Temple University/Fox Chase Cancer Center and Hunter College. Undergraduate and Graduate students interested in pursuing biomedical, clinical & population-based cancer research are welcome to apply. We encourage applications from students of all backgrounds, particularly those from underrepresented minority groups or disadvantaged backgrounds.

• For more information, visit our SCRI Page.

Newsletter 

The latest edition of the Research Education Core Newsletter for Winter 2023 has been published. To read more about the accomplishments of our mentors and trainees, and to find our Newsletter Archives, click here!

Recent News

AATS Features Q&A with Dr. Cherie Erkmen in Its June 2020 Newsletter: The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) profiled Cherie P. Erkmen, MD, Professor of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery and in the Center for Asian Health at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and Director of the Lung Cancer Screening Program and the Thoracic Surgery Residency Program at Temple University Hospital, in its June 2020 issue of AATS Update. Dr. Erkmen was recently inducted into the AATS, and the organization featured her Q&A in its newsletter | June 2020

Dr. Ming-Chin Yeh is featured in the National Minority Health Month Spotlight – NCI Website

Dr. Grace X. Ma featured in NIMHD’s social campaign to honor history makers in minority health and health disparities (MHHD) research during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month – Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter Posts

Making Progress: First SPEECH Conference Held at Temple – Temple Health News Digest – JULY 2019

Drs. Grace Ma and Lin Zhu Lead Culturally Tailored Intervention to Improve HPV Screening in Asian-American Women – 12th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved

HIGHLIGHTS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Congratulations to our SPEECH trainees who received awards for the AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, held between September 20-23 2019 in San Francisco, CA!

AACR Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Awardees:

• Lin Zhu, PhD                           (Mentor: Dr. Grace X. Ma)
• Gargi Pal, PhD                         (Mentor: Dr. Olorunseun O. Ogunwobi)
• Michelle Naidoo, PhD(c)       (Mentor: Dr. Olorunseun O. Ogunwobi)

AACR GMAP Region Four Travel Awardees:

• Cicely Johnson, PhD               (Mentor: Dr. Olorunseun O. Ogunwobi)
• Aisha Bhimla, PhD(c)             (Mentor: Dr. Grace X. Ma)
• Lin Zhu, PhD                            (Mentor: Dr. Grace X. Ma)
• Gargi Pal, PhD                         (Mentor: Dr. Olorunseun O. Ogunwobi)
• Michelle Naidoo, PhD(c)       (Mentor: Dr. Olorunseun O. Ogunwobi)