Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH, MPH, a cancer researcher at UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of The University of Texas at San Antonio, is receiving a two-year, $400,000 leadership grant from Susan G. Komen to study cancer survivorship.
The research will study how therapeutic yoga can impact health-related quality of life, fatigue and physical function.
“By focusing on the whole person and listening to survivor experiences, we hope to find more effective, culturally responsive ways to support recovery,” said Ramirez, with the Institute for Health Promotion Research and the Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio.
Ramirez’s grant is part of $15.4 million in breast cancer research grants to 35 researchers across the country from Komen, the world’s leading breast cancer organization. The investment includes support for well-established researchers, like Ramirez, who have made a profound impact in the field, and early-career investigators.
Visit the UT Health San Antonio Newsroom to read more about this innovative cancer research.
