Cancer Prevention Faculty:
Beti Thompson

Engelberta (Beti) Thompson PhD Member Research focus: Community approaches to smoking cessation, dietary change and screening behaviors for cancer prevention. Tel: 206-667-4673 Fax: 206-667-5977 Email: bthompso@fhcrc.org Community of Science Listing (includes CV)

Center News: Economic Realities, Gender Beliefs Hinder Access to Colon-Cancer Screening Among Hispanics in Lower Yakima Valley (10/05) Thompson Receives HHS Grant to Reduce Cancer Disparities in Hispanic Community (06/05) PHS, Harborview Team Identifies Barriers to Cervical-Cancer Screening Among Vietnamese-American Women (05/04)

Projects: For further information regarding the following projects, contact Ruby Godina Partnership for a Hispanic Diabetes Prevention Program The overall goal of this project is to establish community infrastructure to address diabetes experienced by Hispanics in a rural area. Working with community groups and organizations, awareness and education of diabetes will take place. Hispanic Community Network to Reduce Cancer Disparities The overall goal of this project is to work with community partners to reduce the cancer health disparities experienced by Hispanics in a rural area. We aim to build an infrastructure of community partners to promote cancer awareness and education in the defined area. For further information regarding the following projects, contact Jennifer Anderson Reducing Pesticide Exposure in Children of Farm Workers Partnership for the Advancement of Cancer Research : NSMU - FHCRC This is a collaboration between New Mexico State in Las Cruces, New Mexico and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA. It focuses on increasing minority recruitment, training, and research in cancer, both in basic and public health sciences. The collaboration is guided by an external advisory committee.