This paper presents a narrative review of anti-stigma programming using examples from different countries to understand and describe current best practices in the field.Results highlight the importance of targeting the behavioural outcomes of the stigmatization Cardigan process (discrimination and social inequity), which is consistent with rights-b
In pancreatic cancer clinical trials, Black patients are under-represented while having higher morbidity and mortality rates as compared to other racial groups.Multiple factors, including socioeconomic and lifestyle factors may contribute to this disparity, but genomic contributions remain unclear.In an exploratory project to identify genes that ma
Nosocomial pneumonia (NP) is the third most common hospital-acquired infection and the leading cause of death due to hospital-acquired infection in the US.During pneumonia and non-pneumonia severe Shellfish Forks illness, respiratory tract secretions become enriched with the serine protease neutrophil elastase (NE).Several NE activities promote ons
The number of drug-related emergency room visits in the United States doubled from 2004 to 2009 to 4.6 million.Consequently there is a critical need to rapidly identify the offending drug(s), so that the appropriate medical care can be administered.In an effort to meet this need we have been investigating the ability of surface-enhanced Raman spect