Dr. Jenna Hatcher receives funding for her project “Using Texting and Social Media to Reduce Multiple Risk Factors for CRC in Rural Appalachians”

Associate Professor Jenna Hatcher received a one-year, $25,000 award, for her project “Using Texting and Social Media to Reduce Multiple Risk Factors for CRC in Rural Appalachians,” from the Markey Cancer Center's Center Support Grant Pilot Funding mechanism. With this award, Dr. Hatcher and her team (Drs. Elisia Cohen, Emily Dressier, Fran Feltner and Terry Lennie) plan to look at using social media to reach rural Appalachians with information and strategies to reduce multiple risks factors for colorectal cancer, one of the most devastating chronic diseases with marked disparities in rural Appalachians.