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January 9, 2023
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ChicagoCHEC Funding Opportunity
The Chicago Cancer Health Equity Collaborative (ChicagoCHEC) has announced a Request for Proposals to support two collaborative projects for innovative research toward cancer health equity spanning the disciplines of basic,…
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November 14, 2022
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Time to Quit
You’re invited to join a cancer survivor, a former smoker, and a University of Illinois Cancer Center member in a virtual community conversation about smoking cessation and lung health in…
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September 1, 2022
Cancer Center Summer Programs Teach Future Scientists Invaluable…
Summer school was not a punishment for these students. In fact, they hoped the summer would last longer. The University of Illinois Cancer Center introduces high school and undergraduate students…
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August 23, 2022
Loss of Renowned Cancer Researcher Richard Warnecke
Richard B. Warnecke, a longtime member of the University of Illinois Cancer Center and a national leader in cancer control research, died Friday, Aug. 19. He was 84. For more…
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June 28, 2021
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How to be a survivor? Start with resilience
Katie Lane cooked. Raquel Tellez learned to knit. Brenda Russell texted friends uplifting messages. Resilience begins with staying active and positive while battling cancer. Lane, Tellez and Russell, along with…
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March 23, 2021
ChicagoCHEC community conversation focusing on colorectal cancer…
University of Illinois Cancer Center members Dr. Keith Naylor and Lisa Tussing-Humphreys, PhD, RD, MS, along with University of Illinois Cancer Center Patient Brigade member Candace Henley, will be featured…
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January 12, 2021
NCI renews ChicagoCHEC for additional five years
The Chicago Cancer Health Equity Collaborative (ChicagoCHEC) has helped reduce colorectal cancer disparities on Chicago’s south side, assisted Latino men shed unwanted pounds, and extinguished men’s habit of lighting up…
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January 14, 2020
ChicagoCHEC accepting applications for summer program
Applications are currently being accepted for the 2020 ChicagoCHEC (Cancer Health Equity Collaborative) summer fellowship program. Application deadline is Feb. 28. Finalists will be selected and interviewed in March, with…
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