The overall goals for the Border Biomedical Research Center are to develop, grow and sustain the existing infrastructure and programs, as well as to recruit, train, and develop cancer scientists and health practitioners to promote high quality cancer research and to translate meaningful findings back to the community.
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UTEP receives $5M grant for imaging and behavioral neuroscience facility
The University of Texas at El Paso received a $5 million grant to build an imaging and behavioral neuroscience facility.
UTEP helps underserved populations navigate COVID-19 Testing, Vaccination Services
In fall 2020, with funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, El Paso County and the Paso del Norte Community Foundation… Continue Reading
On the Border, Promotoras Work to Spread Crucial Information about COVID-19
On a chilly Saturday morning in early December, a long line formed outside Tamales Lupita, a popular spot on the outskirts of El Paso County…. Continue Reading
Develop a drug screening and development pipeline focused on Jak3 phosphorylation sites that have the potential to become future druggable targets to tailor rational therapeutics to Hispanic cancer patients.
Reduce HPV in Mexican Americans by normalizing the HPV vaccine as protection against associated cancers and establish the BBRC asa critical driver of Hispanic health disparities behavioral research.
Identify, understand, and therapeutically target unique molecular, genetic, and physiological signatures of cancer among Mexican origin patients to reduce and eliminate Hispanic cancer health disparities.
