John S. Luque

Seen here is Dr. Luque presenting at the noontime panel titled “Health and Health Access” where he discussed his research with uninsured Hispanic immigrant women and their strategies in seeking care. Other papers on the panel focused on other healthcare access topics including the Affordable Care Act. Another session of great interest was the Hackenberg Lecture presented by Alexandra Wolkoff who talked about a free Clinic called Puentes in Philadelphia which serves Hispanic immigrants. They also showed a short film produced by HBO films about the clinic titled Clinica de Migrantes.

Dr. Luque presented a research poster at the Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos in San Antonio, Texas during the last week of February. There were many top scientists and NIH officials in attendance.

Dr. Luque has accepted the position of Associate Professor in the Institute of Public Health at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. Luque said he looks forward to the challenges of developing and testing community-based interventions to increase access to cancer screening among underserved populations in the Southeast U.S. and in Latin America. He also continues to conduct research in occupational health with Hispanic farmworkers. Luque expressed his willingness to continue to collaborate with his former colleagues at MUSC on both ongoing and future research projects.

Luque, J; Tarasenko, Y; Bryant, D; Davila, C; Soulen, G. “An Examination of Sociocultural Factors Associated with Mammography Screening among Latina Immigrant Women in South Carolina,” poster presented at the APHA Conference (November, 2017), Atlanta, GA.

This webinar on the Salud Es Vida Promotora Program for Cervical Cancer Screening Group Education is available as a webinar on SOPHE website for continuing education credit.

http://sophe.bizvision.com/product/format/cervicalcancerscreeningsandhpvvaccinationsoutreachstrategiesforlatinawomen(14390)

Since I started my post-PhD journey in 2006, thanks to my many colleagues and friends over the past decade, my article list has reached 50 peer-reviewed publications. What is most surprising to me is which articles have reached the most citations. For example, our article on biobanking perceptions, published in the Journal of Cancer Education, is very highly cited. This was a research area I didn’t really know much about, but our team at Moffitt was fortunate to receive a small supplement grant from NCI to conduct. Another surprising experience is how some articles are accepted with very little revisions required while others may languish in peer review for a year and then require major revisions! Such is the business we are in. Visit the tab on Publications to see the latest accepted publications.

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Statement on Violence in Charlottesville, Virginia

The Society for Applied Anthropology strongly condemns the violence generated by racist hate groups in Charlottesville, VA. The values of SfAA include dignity, integrity, and worth of all peoples. We reaffirm our ongoing commitment to value human diversity in all its myriad forms, and we endorse the strong statement below issued by Ken Kimmell, President of the Union of Concerned Scientists:

“The racist rallies and bloodshed in Charlottesville this weekend are an echo of the darkest moments in American history. Extremists took to the streets in support of a racist and authoritarian ideology. Now, we have a duty to speak out against that ideology and its consequences. The bigotry and violence that threatened Charlottesville is unacceptable.

The torches, the chants, the weapons and the violence on display by these white supremacists were meant to send a message. They say to black and Latino communities, to immigrants and to religious minorities: you are not safe here, you do not belong here. Our leaders, and all of civil society, need to be loud and clear as they reject that message. We must stand in solidarity with those targeted by the forces of bigotry that rose in Charlottesville. We need to be on the side of equity, inclusion and justice, not racism and terror. …”

According to its founding principles of using social science knowledge and methods for the well-being for all of humanity in its diversity and fostering cross-cultural and racial understanding, the Society for Applied Anthropology strongly condemns the violent demonstrations held in Charllotteville, Virginia, USA. Such hate filled rhetoric and action directed against minorities in American Society should not be tolerated and we as social scientists will continue in our work to combat it.

Alexander (Sandy) Ervin
President
Society for Applied Anthropology

See link below at June SMA Second Opinion Newsletter for details about the SMA/SPA Joint Box Lunch Mentoring Event to be held at the Washington DC, AAA meetings in November.

http://mailchi.mp/333812d81571/second-opinion-newsletter-of-the-society-for-medical-anthropology

There are 2 new SMA SIGs:

ARHE: Anthropological Responses to Health Emergencies

RUSH: Research on US Health and Healthcare

Go to SMA’s website below to learn about SMA SIGs

Special Interest Groups

SMA Letter to President re ACA Feb 16 2017