Events in February–April 2023
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Health Fair, Cancer Rrevention Education and free mammograms for Latinas (at Mixteca Organization) Health Fair, Cancer Rrevention Education and free mammograms for Latinas (at Mixteca Organization)
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February 4, 20239:00AM-4:00 PM Health Fair with Free Mammograms for Latinas (at Mixteca Organization) at 245 23 St. Brooklyn, NY 11215.
11:00-12:00PM Facebook Live Talk on Preventing Men’s Cancers in Latinos.
1:00-2:00PM Facebook Live Talk on Preventing Women’s Cancers in Latinas.
Register to schedule a mammogram.
Email BCCC-CURE@brooklyn.cuny.edu to volunteer.
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BCCC-CURE Career Talk for Students with Dr. Oscar Lahoud BCCC-CURE Career Talk for Students with Dr. Oscar Lahoud
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March 9, 202312:30-1:15PM BCCC-CURE Career Talk for Students with Dr. Oscar Lahoud (Medical Director, Strategic Partnerships, Division of Hematologic Malignancies, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
Host: Dr. Brian Gibney. At Lecture Hall #148, New Ingersoll Hall.
1:30-2:30PM Networking Light Lunch for students. At the BC Library, Room 411
Register to attend the seminar and lunch here
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Cancer Prevention, Treatment, and Clinical Trials in Brooklyn: Talking About Cancer with BC Staff. Cancer Prevention, Treatment, and Clinical Trials in Brooklyn: Talking About Cancer with BC Staff.
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March 23, 2023Cancer Prevention, Treatment, and Clinical Trials in Brooklyn:
Preventing Breast, Colorectal, Lung, and Prostate Cancers
These Conversations Save Lives.
Register here.
Panelists: Dr. Manasseh (Maimonides Health) Dr. Rhee (Maimonides Health), Dr. Feinberg (Maimonides Health), Ms. Lewis (Janssen), Ms. Brown (Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center)
Host: Dr. Jennifer Basil (BCCC-CURE)
Location: Student Center Gold Room
Time: 12:00-2:00PM
12:00-1:00 PM Preventing Breast, Colorectal, Lung, & Prostate Cancer/What's a Clinical Trial?1:00-2:00PM Lunch will be served for BC Staff at the Gold Room in SUBO
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BCCC-CURE & Health and Nutrition Sciences Department Hybrid HPV Cancer Prevention Session BCCC-CURE & Health and Nutrition Sciences Department Hybrid HPV Cancer Prevention Session
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March 30, 2023March 30th, 2023 12:30-2:00PM
BCCC-CURE & Health and Nutrition Sciences Department Hybrid HPV Cancer Prevention Session "Did You Know There is a Vaccine to Prevent Cancer? How to Prevent HPV Cancers in College Students." Pizza will be provided.
Hosted by Prof. Margrethe Horlyck-Romanovsky.
Location: 148 Lecture Hall New Ingersoll Hall
Register here.
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BC Health and Wellness Fair: Taking Care of Your Own Health BC Health and Wellness Fair: Taking Care of Your Own Health
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April 27, 2023Thursday, April 27th, 12:00-2:30PM BC Health and Wellness Fair: Taking Care of Your Own Health (at the BC West Quad) Co-hosted by BCCC-CURE and BC Division of Student Affairs, Health, and Wellness.
See Health Fair 2023 flyer.
Students are invited to learn about health resources available at BC and in the surrounding health centers and enjoy some wellness fun activities:
- Fitness Activities
- Healthy Snacks
- HPV Jeopardy
- Henna Art
- Art & Crafts
- Origami
- & more!
With the participation of health care and wellness providers in and around the BC community:
NYU College of Dentistry New York Psychotherapy and Counseling Center NYC Emergency Management Project STAY/New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Healthfirst insurance company NYC Department of Transportation Diaspora Community Services SUNY Downstate Medical Center SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University- THEO Program Tell Every Amazing Lady® or T.E.A.L.® New York Life Insurance NYC Health and Hospitals - Gotham Health Bridging Access to Care, Inc. Caribbean Women's Health Association Community Board 17 Beatrice W. Welters Breast Health Outreach & Navigation Programs at NYU LangoneUnited Health Care Insurance Brooklyn Public Library Brooklyn College Cancer Center American Cancer Society Center for Health Promotion, Dept. of HNSC DRD Speech-Language-Hearing Center Brooklyn College Personal Counseling HEAT Program - SUNY Downstate Medical Center Mixteca Organization Mount Sinai Brooklyn Coalition of Concerned Medical Professionals Brooklyn College Food Pantry Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Bangladesh student association (BSA) The Women's Center AID FOR AIDS LGBTQ Center CAMBA, Violence Prevention & Intervention Services Test and Trace COVID 19 Van