VCU Wright Center KL2 Visiting Scholar Program Presentation
The Wright Center KL2 Visiting Scholar Program presents Dr. Alejandra Hurtado de Mendoza's talk "Developing a Culturally Adapted Telephone Genetic Counseling Intervention to Enhance Genetic Risk Assessment in Underserved Latinas at Risk of Hereditary Breast Cancer."
Dr. Hurtado de Mendoza is an Assistant Professor at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. A Social Psychologist with an interdisciplinary training in Anthropology and Communication, Culture, and Technology, her research focuses on translational genomics with underserved populations. In her CTSA-funded KL2 Career Award, she is currently adapting a telephone counseling intervention to broaden the reach and accessibility to genetic counseling for at-risk Latina women.
Lunch is provided to those who RSVP with Leslie Bobb at lmbobb@vcu.edu. Please RSVP by November 13 at 12 PM.
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- Sponsor(s)
- Office of Research and Innovation: Wright Center
- Speaker(s)
- Alejandra Hurtado de Mendoza, Ph.D.
- Audience
- VCU Faculty, VCU Health Care Providers, VCU Physicians, VCU Staff, Community Based Health Care Providers, Community Based Physicians, School of Medicine