UWF has been awarded a grant from the Florida Cancer Innovation Fund to improve access to breast cancer screenings in rural parts of Northwest Florida and the Big Bend, says principal investigator Justice Mbizo. The project is a collaboration with FAMU, UM, and UF.

The team will develop and disseminate breast cancer screening and tobacco smoking cessation information to at-risk women. Health and wellness workshops will be offered in rural communities, and breast cancer screenings will be made available through mobile mammogram vans. Long-term goals include a decrease in breast cancer morbidity and mortality, reduction in the proportion of women in the area that smoke, and improved life expectancy among breast cancer survivors. 

• Justice Mbizo