About Us
Latinos Contra el Cancer is a joint project of The University of Texas School of Public Health (UTSPH) and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. We have a long history of working together and building on the strengths of both institutions.
The School of Public Health brings expertise in health promotion, intervention development and community-based participatory research. The established UT School of Public Health regional campuses in El Paso and Brownsville serve as regional sites of the project.
MD Anderson brings Mano a Mano, a Mexican-American cohort study, and expertise in addressing cancer-related risk behaviors such as tobacco cessation.
Principal Investigators
• Melissa Bondy, Ph.D.
• Maria Fernandez, Ph.D.
• Lovell Jones, Ph.D.
• David Wetter, Ph.D. (Contact PI)
Co-Investigators
• Hector Balcazar, Ph.D. – El Paso
• Louis Brown, Ph.D. – El Paso
• Shine Chang, Ph.D.
• Patricia Dolan Mullen, Dr.P.H.
• David Lopez, Dr.P.H.
• Joseph McCormick, M.D.
• Belinda Reininger, Dr.P.H.