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LifeBridge Health employees, patients, faculty and affiliated physicians are invited to a tea on Wednesday that features the 2010 Komen Partnership Visiting Professor.
Sandra Millon Underwood, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N., professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will speak about her research findings on how to reduce disparities in breast cancer detection and control among different populations.
Dr. Underwood has committed herself to developing strategies/interventions aimed toward improving the access of minority, economically disadvantaged, and medically underserved populations to state-of-the-art breast cancer detection and control programs and is world renowned in this field.
The event will be Wednesday, April 14, from 3:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. at the Reister and Owings Rooms at Northwest Hospital.
Amgen will be providing light refreshments. The Komen Partnership Visiting Professor lecture is made possible through a grant from Maryland Affiliate of Komen for the Cure and the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
The tea is limited to 50 attendees. Reserve your spot now by e-mailing Dr. Caryn Andrews at CAndrews (at) lifebridgehealth.org.
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LifeBridge Health Welcomes Komen Professor
LifeBridge Health employees, patients, faculty and affiliated physicians are invited to a tea on Wednesday that features the 2010 Komen Partnership Visiting Professor.
Sandra Millon Underwood, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N., professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will speak about her research findings on how to reduce disparities in breast cancer detection and control among different populations.
Dr. Underwood has committed herself to developing strategies/interventions aimed toward improving the access of minority, economically disadvantaged, and medically underserved populations to state-of-the-art breast cancer detection and control programs and is world renowned in this field.
The event will be Wednesday, April 14, from 3:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. at the Reister and Owings Rooms at Northwest Hospital.
Amgen will be providing light refreshments. The Komen Partnership Visiting Professor lecture is made possible through a grant from Maryland Affiliate of Komen for the Cure and the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
The tea is limited to 50 attendees. Reserve your spot now by e-mailing Dr. Caryn Andrews at CAndrews (at) lifebridgehealth.org.
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Nine programs in Central and Eastern Kentucky will share $360,000 for breast cancer screening, treatment, education and patient navigation. The grants go to breast cancer-specific projects of the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department;...
- October Is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
LifeBridge Health is proud to be a part of many exciting events celebrating breast cancer awareness in October. Wednesday, October 7: A Women's Evening of Breast Health at the Herman & Walter Samuelson Breast Care Center at Northwest Hospital....
- Breast Cancer Screening Offered
If you're a woman, mark your calender for Wednesday, October 7. That's when we're inviting you to join us for an evening of frank and honest discussion about women?s breast health hosted by WJZ-TV 13 news anchor Mary Bubala. Clinical breast...
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