Contact Information

Cruz M. Nazario Delgado, BS, MS, PhD Professor & Interim Department Chair Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology Graduate School of Public Health University of Puerto Rico PO Box 365067 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-5067 Office A-463 (787)758-2525 (ext. 1429) cnazario@rcm.upr.edu

Interests

Environmental and occupational epidemiology; research in cancer and other chronic diseases; research methods.

Research

• 1999-present: Epidemiological Study of Cancer in Vieques: Principal Investigator; Funded by Puerto Rico Legislature
  
• 1997-present: Cancer in Vieques: Cluster Investigation
  
• 1999-2002: Mammogram Compliance among Low-income Middle-Aged Women in Pueto Rico. Co-Principal Investigator. DOD, Breast Cancer Research Program, USAMRC
  
• 1995-2000: Transversal Study of Hispanic Women with Breast Cancer: Multi-Center Study. Steering Committee Member and Co-Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, and COSSMHO
  
• 1995-2000: Barriers for the Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Hispanic Females with an Abnormal Mammogram: Multi-Center Case-Control Study. Steering Committee Member and Co-Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, and COSSMHO
  
• 1998-1999: Distance Learning: Teaching Epidemiology using Telecommunications. Principal Investigator. Central Administration, UPR
  
• 1997: Is Breast Cancer Really Diminishing in Puerto Rico? Principal Investigator, Puerto Rico Cancer Center Seed Money
  
• 1996-1997: Lifetime risk of breast cancer in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Cancer Center Seed Money
  
• 1995-1997: Older Puerto Rican women's Knowledge and Beliefs of Breast Cancer. (Conocimientos y creencias de cáncer de mama en mujeres puertorriqueñas de 65 años o más). Consultant in Epidemiology. Department of Defense; Breast Cancer Research Program, US Army Medical Research and Material Command (USAMRMC)
  
• 1995-1996: An Update of Breast Cancer: Analysis of Two Hospital's Cancer Registries in Puerto Rico. Principal Investigator, Committee on the Integration of Scientific Research Development (CIDIC)
  

Recent Publications

• Journal Articles:
  • Cruz María Nazario, PhD, Nayda Figueroa-Vallés, MD, MPH, Rosa Rosario MSc. Breast Cancer Patterns and Lifetime Risk of Developing Breast Cancer among Puerto Rican Females. PRHSJ Vol 19 No. 1, March 2000, 7-13.
  • Lymaris González, MHSN, Cruz María Nazario, PhD, Michael J González, PhD. Nutrition-Related Problems of Pediatric Patients with Neuromuscular Disorders. PRHSJ Vol. 19 No.1 March 2000, 35-38.
  • Jaime L. Matta, PhD, Cruz M. Nazario PhD, Roy A. Armstrong, PhD and Juan Navas, BS. Epidemiological Trends of Melanoma in Puerto Rico from 1975-1991. Bol Asoc Médica de Puerto Rico 1998, Vol 90 (1-2-3), 221-224.
  • Erick Suárez, PhD, Melba Sánchez-Ayéndez, PhD, Marlén Oliver-Vázquez, EdD, Himilce Vélez Almodóvar, MSc, Rosa Rosario-Rosado, MSc, Cruz Nazario-Delgado, PhD. Knowledge and Beliefs of Breast Cancer Among Elderly Puerto Rican Women: Validation Process of Scales. PRHSJ 1998, Vol 17, 365-374.
  • Melba Sánchez-Ayéndez, PhD, Erick Suárez, PhD, Marlén Oliver-Vázquez, EdD, Himilce Vélez Almodóvar, MSc, Cruz Nazario-Delgado, PhD. Conocimientos y Creencias Sobre el Cáncer de Mama y Prácticas de Detección Temprana en Mujeres de Edad Avanzada en Puerto Rico. PRHSJ 1997, Vol 16, 265-270.
  
  
• Monographs:
  • Análisis Crítico del Informe Incidencia de Cáncer en Vieques del Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico. Preparado por Cruz María Nazario, PhD, Erick L. Suárez, PhD y Cynthia Pérez, PhD. Marzo de 1998.
  • El Cáncer de Mama. Preparado por Cruz María Nazario, PhD y Rosa Virgen Rosario, MSc. Marzo de 1996.
  • Análisis, evaluación crítica y recomendaciones sobre el Proyecto del Senado de Puerto Rico número 41, para autorizar en las agencias del Gobierno de Puerto Rico el establecimiento de programas de deteción de sustancias contraladas. Preparado y presentado en vistas públicas, por Cruz María Nazario, PhD. Febrero de 1997.
  
  
• Book Reviews:
  • Women as Healers, Women as Patients: Mental Health Care & Traditional Healing in Puerto Rico, by Joan Koss-Chioino. Reviewed by Cruz María Nazario, PhD. for The New West Indian Guide/ KITL Press, Vol 70, no.1&2, 1996.
  
  
• Letters to the Editor:
  • Michael J González, PhD; Cruz María Nazario, PhD. The Effect of Ascorbic Acid on Human T Cells. PRHSJ 1996, Vol 15 No. 4, 309.