Nov 10, 2020 | Community Engagement Core
La colaboradora de PROTECT, la Dra. Nancy Cardona, recibió recientemente el suplemento de diversidad en “Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes ”(ECHO) que usará para estudiar cómo los niveles de exposición a los ftalatos relacionados con los factores del...
Nov 10, 2020 | Community Engagement Core
PROTECT Researcher Nancy Raquel Cardona receives ECHO Diversity Supplement Versión en Español PROTECT Collaborator Nancy Cardona was recently awarded the ECHO Diversity Supplement which she will use to study how phthalate exposure levels related to lifestyle factors...
Jul 16, 2020 | Community Engagement Core
Since December 28th of last year the island of Puerto Rico has been rattled by a series of hundreds of earthquakes, the most powerful of which occurred on January 7th in the Southwest Region where shock waves from a 6.4-magnitude earthquake were felt across the...
Jul 7, 2020 | Community Engagement Core
In the last few years, Puerto Rico has faced numerous catastrophic events, including the Zika virus outbreak in 2016, Hurricanes Maria and Irma in September 2017, ongoing droughts, and a series of ongoing, destructive earthquakes in 2020. Now, and like much of the US,...
Apr 9, 2020 | Community Engagement Core, PROTECT Team
PROTECT CEC Co-Director Carmen Vélez-Vega Appointed to EPA’s Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee Dr. Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, co-director of the PROTECT Community Engagement Core, has been appointed to the EPA’s Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee...
Nov 5, 2019 | Community Engagement Core, PROTECT Events and Presentations, PROTECT Team
PROTECT Researcher Dr. Carmen Vélez Vega Wins Helen Rodriguez-Trias Social Justice Award Dr. Vélez Vega (right) with Dr. Pietro Aparicio, President of the Latino Caucus of the APHA Dr. Carmen Vélez Vega, Leader of the PROTECT Community Engagement Core, is the 2019...