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One More Win Before Graduation! Isa Claims First-Place Award at IUSCCC 2026
Two of our lab members, Tracy Case and Isa Viteri, attended the Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center’s annual signature event: Cancer Research Day at Indiana University in May. Tracy’s research: Lung Cancer Risk and Screening Interest among People Experiencing Homelessness Isa’s research: Health Communication and Cancer Screening Disparities among Hispanic Women in Tippecanoe County: A Diffusion…
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Isa Successfully Defending Her Master’s Thesis in Public Health
join us to congratulate isa Titled Cancer Screening Disparities among Hispanic Women in Tippecanoe County: A Diffusion of Innovations Perspective, Isa presented a deep dive into how health communication shapes participation in breast & cervical cancer screening among Hispanic women in the community. “Through focus groups with Hispanic women and interviews with healthcare providers and…
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Graduate Students Winning at OneHealth Poster Competitions
HTQL members had a blast at Purdue’s One Health and Well-Being Research Event. We participated in research poster competition and celebrated the interdisciplinary health research. Our presenters Isa, Becca, and Tracy did amazing work discussing their research that focused on women health disparities and people experiencing homelessness. And we took home some awards! 🎉
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Dr. Natalia Rodriguez Receiving Awards at APHA 2025
Dr. Natalia received the Ayman El-Mohandes Young Professional Public Health Innovation Award for her interdisciplinary work reducing cancer disparities in underserved Hispanic communities through innovative and culturally responsive methods.
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Dr. Natalia Rodriguez Received Awards at IPVS 2025
Huge congratulations to Dr. Natalia, our HTQLab Director, for her IPVS Early Career Recognition Award 2025 for her excellence of the papillomavirus research! The award was at the 37th Annual Conference of the International Papillomavirus Society (IPVS 2025), on October 23-26, 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Dr. Rodriguez wins award for Community Engagement and Excellence in Research Impact
The Health Techquity Lab’s very own director Natalia Rodriguez received an award from the Department of Public Health for her interdisciplinary research in public health. Rodriguez’s research focuses on designing and implementing rapid diagnostic tests to address health disparities. The research in her lab addresses obstacles in public health, like the spread of COVID-19 in…
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HTQL students win first place at HHS Research Poster Symposium
Shreya Sridhar and Jillian Kelley won first place at the Health and Human Sciences Research Poster Symposium last month for their poster on COVID-19 testing for people experiencing homelessness.
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