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Prevention and Screening
The University of Chicago’s Center for Asian Health Equity is collaborating with the University of Illinois at Chicago as part of UIC’s Center for Health Equity Research, a specialized center of excellence in minority health and health disparities. As part of the collaboration, researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine will lead a study on the effects of structural violence on the mental health of Asian immigrant populations.
In a study published this week, a research team led by Robert Gibbons, PhD, the Blum-Riese Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, describes a new computerized adaptive test that can accurately measure a patient's suicide risk in just two minutes without the need for a clinical interview.
Research shows that roughly half of all cancer cases could be prevented by lifestyle changes--National Cancer Prevention Month is the perfect time to start.
