I had a lovely time speaking with breast cancer advocates at the National Breast Cancer Coalition about the impact of redlining on breast cancer today

It was a pleasure to share our findings on the influence of redlining on breast cancer today with Spectrum News 1. Article and interview below spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...

And the good news continues — paper 1 from my dissertation is officially out! We found living in a redlined neighborhood is associated with lower breast cancer survival, regardless of treatments or health insurance. More evidence that neighborhoods matter for health and breast cancer.

Thrilled to say I successfully defended my dissertation on historical redlining and #breastcancer survival yesterday! Still getting used to the “Dr. Lima.” Thanks so much to my amazing committee, Heather Ochs-Balcom, @tiapalermo.bsky.social, Lili Tian, Henry Louis Taylor Jr! @ubuffalo.bsky.social

I had an amazing time presenting one of my dissertation papers at ASPO! Big thank you to the reviewers and programming committee for selecting this as part of the Best of ASPO for Place and Policy and giving me the opportunity to share the importance of neighborhood on breast cancer survival.

Policies and programs that address poverty can have positive spillover effects – in a recent study we showed that US programs like TANF, EITC, SNAP, and Medicaid expansion reduced child abuse & neglect. Read a short overview in Public Health Post below. publichealthpost.org/health-equit...