US doctor discusses breast cancer in TT

“Quality of Life and Breast Cancer Survivorship in Trinidad” is the title of a presentation to be made by Dr Kimlin Ashing-Giwa on Wednesday at 12 noon. The seminar will be held at the Seminar Room of the Centre for Gender and Development Studies (CGDS), University of the West Indies.

Dr Ashing-Giwa, research psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, University College of Los Angeles, has been involved in women’s health research for the past ten years. At the seminar, data will be presented on women diagnosed and treated for breast cancer in Trinidad. Her work in Trinidad has been facilitated by the Cancer Registry of TT. The seminar is part of the lunchtime seminar series hosted by the University of the West Indies Centre for Gender and Development Studies, in collaboration this time with the Public Health and Primary Care Unit, Department of Paraclinical Sciences, in UWI’s Faculty of Medical Sciences.