Homolog - The Latino Cancer Institute

The Turbulent Ecosystem: Climate Change’s Impact on the Latino Cancer Burden!
2023-10-27 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
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Moving For Life Soft Dance Class For Cancer Recovery (FREE)
2023-11-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-12-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
These classes are held the second Tuesday of each month from 12:00 to 1:00 pm Pacific Time.

Moving For Life offers dance exercise classes in English daily and in Spanish monthly for cancer survivors and their caregivers. Classes are free and open to everyone every day and in Spanish.

About Moving For Life:
MOVING FOR LIFE Dance Exercise for Health® is dedicated to helping people with cancer and aging problems through dance exercise classes offered in hospitals, community and wellness centers, and libraries. During the pandemic, classes are held online every day through Zoom. The class begins with a gentle warm-up, light aerobics, and specific strengthening that is safe, fun, and modified based on your energy level, range of motion, or fitness level. The class can be done sitting or standing. Our methods are backed by research confirming that participation in therapeutic dance improves quality of life, speeds recovery time, improves survival, and reduces the chances of recurrence. Join us for online classes every day: at www.movingforlife.org/classes

Detección y tratamiento del cáncer de próstata (en español) con Alexandra Diaz, MD, MS
2023-11-15 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Detección y tratamiento del cáncer de próstata (en español) con Alexandra Diaz, MD, MS
Miércoles, 15 de noviembre de 2023
4:00pm – 5:00pm / 7:00 – 8:00PM EDT
Este seminario web dirigido por expertos presentado por Alexandra Diaz, MD, analiza la importancia de identificar mutaciones de riesgo de cáncer hereditario para el cáncer de próstata. Dr. Diaz habla sobre el tratamiento y los ensayos del cáncer de próstata, sobre las pruebas de detección para hombres con riesgo de cáncer de próstata hereditario.
La Dra. Alexandra Diaz es oncóloga radioterápica especializada en cáncer genitourinario y gastrointestinal en The James Cancer Hospital y Solove Research Institute. La Dra. Díaz recibió su Maestría en Ciencias en Investigación Clínica y Traslacional en la Universidad de Miami y completó su formación médica en la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana en Bogotá, Colombia.
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Cancer Innovation and Those Who are Left Behind, SXSW 2024
2024-03-11 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | SXSW, Austin TX, Austin, TX, United States
Discussion panel — Part of the Health and MedTech Track at SXSW 2024. Topics to include breakthroughs in cancer technology and care and the gaps in prevention and treatment access faced by historically underserved communities. Ysabel Duron, Founder of the Latino Cancer Institute, will join Dr. Harlan Levine from City of Hope.
https://schedule.sxsw.com/2024/events/PP141331

CHLI's Tech Talk on Artificial Intelligence
2024-03-20 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Florida International University, 601 New Jersey Avenue Northwest #suite 103, Washington, DC, DC, 20001, United States
Format: in-person & livestream
Focus: How AI impacts our lives, especially within our Hispanic community, through a dynamic conversation led by Susan Gonzales CEO of AIandYou. Explore the opportunities, challenges, and policy implications of AI development.

Science Collaborative for Health Disparities and Artificial Intelligence Bias Reduction Think-a-Thon
2024-03-20 14:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Online
Date: March 20, 2024; 2:00 – 4:30 pm (ET)
Monthly Webinar: open to the public
Focus: Demystify AI & cloud computing and empower health disparities research. About ScHARe: Science Collaborative for Health disparities and Artificial intelligence bias Reduction is a cloud-based platform for population science including social determinants of health (SDOH), and data sets designed to accelerate research in health disparities, health and healthcare delivery outcomes, and artificial intelligence (AI) bias mitigation strategies.

LatinaSHARE Conference 2024: Voces Unidas Crean Cambio
2024-03-21 | 4W43 Conference Center, 4 W 43rd St., New York, NY, 10036, United States
Format: In-person & livestream
This conference will be held in Spanish with simultaneous translation into English.
Focus: LatinaShare’s 30th anniversary conference will address Latina cancer survivors’ needs: Socioeconomic barriers, healthcare trust, cultural stigmas, mental health.

ScHARe: Data Science Projects 1 – Health Disparities and Individual SDOH (Webinar) 2-4:30pm EST
2024-04-17 14:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Online
Hands-on research collaboration session on individual SDOH. About ScHARe: Science Collaborative for Health disparities and Artificial intelligence bias Reduction is a cloud-based platform for population science including social determinants of health (SDOH).
FREE
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How to Equitably Respond to Local Cancer Needs (Webinar) 10am CST
2024-04-25 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
This webinar will feature experts from the Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio, Moffitt Cancer Center in Florida, Genentech, as well as a patient advocate, who will explore local cancer issues. Panelists will share how to strategically listen, engage, and respond to local cancer needs to guide cancer research, care, and outreach tailored to address the needs of local communities.
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Summit on Cancer Health Disparities (SCHD24)
2024-04-26 08:00 - 2024-04-28 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Held annually, SCHD 2024 will bring together oncology professionals, cancer disparity researchers, and other stakeholders to discuss factors leading to cancer health disparities. A distinctive feature of this conference is case-based discussions that will describe a problem, how it was solved, and the lessons learned.
https://education.binayfoundation.org/content/summit-cancer-health-disparities-schd24

Cancer Support Community Los Angeles: "Rompiendo el Silencio: Como Entender y Afrontar la Depresión" (Webinar) (SPANISH ONLY)
2024-04-26 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
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National Hispanic/Latinx Health Summit 2024
2024-05-06 08:00 - 2024-05-07 17:00 (America/New_York)
The Summit will convene Hispanic/Latinx leaders from health and human service organizations, faith-based communities, health policy professionals, community stakeholders, health departments and government agencies. The purpose of the National Summit is to establish a National Hispanic/Latinx Health Agenda and implementation plan. The summit will focus on updating the groundbreaking National Hispanic/Latinx Health Federal Action Agenda from 2020.
https://hispanicnet.org/

2024 Health Data Leadership Institute
2024-05-07 08:00 - 2024-05-08 17:00 (America/New_York) | Academy Health Office, 1666 K Street NW Suite #1100, Washington, DC, DC, 20006, United States
An Academy Health event focused using health data to improve healthcare. Attendees will learn from health policy experts, government program leaders, data users, and entrepreneurs with deep knowledge in data use. Ysabel Duron, founder of the Latino Cancer Institute, will take part in the Institute’s upcoming panel discussion titled “Redefining Boundaries: AI, Privacy, and Safety in the Digital Age of Health Care” on May 8.
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ScHARe: Data Science Projects 2 - Health Disparities and Structural SDOH (Webinar) 2-4:30pm EST
2024-05-15 14:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Online
Hands-on research collaboration session on structural SDOH. About ScHARe: Science Collaborative for Health disparities and Artificial intelligence bias Reduction is a cloud-based platform for population science including social determinants of health (SDOH).
FREE
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14th Joining Forces Against Hereditary Cancer (FORCE) Annual Conference
2024-06-13 08:00 - 2024-06-15 17:00 (America/New_York)
Joining FORCEs is for anyone who has a personal or family history of cancer or a mutation in BRCA, PALB2, CHEK2, ATM, PTEN or other inherited gene mutation and those diagnosed with Lynch syndrome. Sessions address important issues for survivors and previvors, their relatives, supporters and healthcare providers.
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ScHARe: Data Science Projects 3 – Health Outcomes (Webinar) 2-4:30pm EST
2024-06-19 14:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Online
Hands-on research collaboration session on health care delivery and health outcomes. About ScHARe: Science Collaborative for Health disparities and Artificial intelligence bias Reduction is a cloud-based platform for population science including social determinants of health (SDOH).
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17th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved
2024-09-21 08:00 - 2024-09-24 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, 404 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA, 90071, United States
This conference is dedicated to advancing the understanding of cancer disparities that pose significant public health challenges. Join experts from academia, industry, government, and the community as we facilitate the exchange of innovative ideas, delve into the latest findings, and catalyze the development of new research initiatives in the field of cancer health disparities. #AACRdisp24
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