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Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH, San Antonio, TX, is Professor of Medicine and Deputy Director, Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Research Center (formerly the Center for Cancer Control Research), at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. As a behavioral science and health communications investigator, she directs and participates in several research projects involving Latinos and such issues as breast cancer genetics, cancer risk factors, impact of breast cancer on families, breast cancer survivorship, and smoking prevention and cessation. Dr. Ramirez is a former member of both the National Cancer Advisory Board and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council of the National Institutes of Health. She serves on the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation's National Health Advisory Council and is Chair of the Komen Foundation National Hispanic/Latino Advisory Council. She also is a member of the Media and Counter Marketing Panel of the American Legacy Foundation, Board of Directors of the Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco, Physician Oncology Education Program of the Texas Medical Association, and the Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition of the Texas Department of Health. Dr. Ramirez also serves as Associate Director of Community Research for the San Antonio Cancer Institute. In addition, she is a member of the Executive Committee for the Baylor College of Medicine Cancer Center. | 