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Our blog covers a wide range of topics to help inform our members about STEMM, Health Equity, cancer. This can span mentoring, career transitions, mentorship, and grant funding for students, scholars, and researchers/clinicians. This can span general information, disparities, basic and clinical research, resources, and advocacy to navigate cancer for patients, caregivers, survivors, and supporters.
Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia, MD
Dr. Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia (September 26, 1921 – November 2, 1996) was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. Dr. Caldeyro-Barcia was the father of Perinatology and was nominated
Dr. Mireya Correa
Dr. Mireya Correa (February 6, 1940 – November 22, 2022) was born in 1940 Panama. She obtained a Licenciada or BS (1963) in Biology and
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero (January 5, 1865 – March 11, 1920) was born in Bogotá, Colombia. He was a prodigy that studied mathematics and lunar interactions
Cesar Ricardo Bressani Castignoli, PhD
Cesar Ricardo Bressani Castignoli, PhD (September 28, 1926 – January 30, 2015) was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala and his parents were immigrant Italians. He
Antonia Coello Novello, MPH, MD
Dr. Antonia Coello Novello was born on August 23, 1944 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. She became the first woman and first Hispanic to serve as
Andrés Manuel Del Río
Andrés Manuel del Rio y Fernández (November 10, 1764 – March 23, 1849) was born in Madrid. He was the original person to discover the
Cervical Cancer in Women of Low and Middle Income Countries
This infographic from the SCHEQ Foundation highlights the global health equity challenge of cervical cancer in women from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). It explains
Bernardo Alberto Houssay, MD
Bernardo Alberto Houssay (April 10, 1887 – September 21, 1971). Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dr. Houssay was a physiologist who would go on to
David Joaquín Guzmán, MD
David Joaquín Guzmán (August 15, 1843 – January 20, 1927). Born in 1843 in San Miguel, San Salvador, El Salvador, to the future president of
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