Domestic

CEESP Domestic Field Collaborators

Washington, D.C.

Bethesda, Maryland 

Dearborn, Michigan 

Irvine, California 

Lansing, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

Dr. MaryFran Sowers leads the Study of Women Across the Nation (SWAN), an ongoing prospective multi-ethnic, multidisciplinary study of the natural history of the mid-life and the menopause transition. The study includes in-depth clinical assessment, risk assessment, interviews, and collection of biological specimens from 7 populations of women located across the U.S. One of the major goals at the Michigan Site is to characterize the impact of menopause in Caucasian and African-American women in relation to glucose metabolism and chronic diseases. The ethnically diverse population of African-Americans and Caucasians in Michigan could provide an outstanding resource for students to build upon research studies relevant to cancer in minority populations.

Dr. Ken Resnicow leads a major study in Detroit in collaboration with the Henry Ford Health Management Organization. A cohort of African-American men are enrolled into a study to investigate risk factors for lung cancer in African-Americans. Students can use the ongoing study resources to develop projects related to ethnicity, lung cancer risk factors, and cancer communication.

The Arab American and Chaldean Council has 2 programs focused on cancer, one related to tobacco cessation and lung cancer, and the other related to breast cancer education. Students from UM-SPH have been trained in the center, and collaboration on studies related to breast cancer, environmental exposures, and cancer mortality is ongoing.

Buffalo, New York