WESAYHERNAME: WHAT HENRIETTA LACKS MEANS TO US AS BRONX PATIENTS !
When: Thursday, March 8th, 2018 12:00PM – 1:50PM Where: Bronx Community College, North Library Room 136 Are you a Bronx patient or caregiver? If so, please join us for an interactive discussion! We are the BxCRRB. We work to ensure that what happened Ms. Lacks, won’t happen to us in the Bx. We EMPOWER & ORGANIZE Bronx patients. Attend […]
20th of February 2018
Next Community Dialogue: Saturday, March 10th, 2018
Next Community Dialogue: Saturday, March 10th, 2018 From 11am To 2pm Register Here Or Call 1-718-590-2965! All Participants Will Receive A Meal, Compensation, And A Health Resource Packet For Attending. You Must Be 18 Years Or Older, Comfortable With Speaking English, And A Bronx Resident/Worker/Caregiver In Order To Participate.
30th of November 2017
The grandchildren of Henrietta Lacks Join an Interactive Discussion at Bronx Community College
Where: Meister Hall, Schwendler Auditorium When: Thursday, December 7, 2017 Time: 12:00pm-2:00pm Facilitated by: President thomas Isekenegbe, Associate Dean Simone Rodriguez-Dorestant & Dr. Monique Guishard On Thursday, December 7, 2017, the grandchildren of Henrietta Lacks (Victoria Baptiste and Jeri Lacks) will be visiting Bronx Community College to have a discussion on their grandmother’s legacy and […]
31st of October 2017
Graduates of the Community Engaged Research Academy Shine at the NYC RING Convocation
This October, Albert Einstein College of Medicine hosted its 11th New York City Research Improvement and Networking Group Convocation at Montefiore Hospital. This convocation features over 100 NYC RING clinicians, researchers, and investigators from all over New York City that gather to showcase quality-improvement in health care. The BxCRRB was selected to present amongst 62 […]
Bronx Community College Invites the BxCRRB to Speak on Henrietta Lacks
In conjunction with Bronx Community College’s One Book, One College, One Community Initiative, Dr. Monique Guishard and the BxCRRB led a 2-hour panel and discussion on the story of Henrietta Lacks on October 19. Over 70 students, faculty, and staff members of BCC were in attendance as the BxCRRB unpacked the history of research abuses. […]
BxCRRB Hosts Three Ethics Retreats at Metropolitan College of New York
October 31, 2017 The Bronx Community Research Review Board has been moving full steam ahead as they close out the last meeting of their three-part ethics retreat. Led by Dr. Monique Guishard & Nicky Smith, the chair and coordinator respectively, the BxCRRB engaged in four-hour long sessions on ethics, informed consent, the history of […]
31st of July 2017
BxCRRB Delivers Presentation on Ethics at Fordham University’s HIV & Drug Research and Ethics Training Institute
“Now in its seventh year, the Fordham HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute (RETI) is a training grant sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (#1R25DA031608-01, Principal Investigator, Celia B. Fisher, Director Center for Ethics Education). The RETI provides early career investigators in the social, behavioral, medical and public health fields with an opportunity to […]
18th of July 2017
Community Engaged Research Academy Holds Its First Graduation Ceremony
On July 6, 2017, the Bronx-based Community Engaged Research Academy (CERA) held its first graduation in the Metropolitan College of New York’s Bronx Extension Center. The graduation honored 20 “Community Experts” that participated in 13 classes dedicated to learning research methods within and outside of traditional research. Honorable Jamaal Bailey of Bronx’s District 12, MCNY’s […]
20th of April 2017
Welcome to Our New Site!
Welcome to the new Bronx Community Research Review Board site! We hope to use this space to share information and announcements and to serve as a community resource. If you have any questions contact us here!