Sister Study in the News and Media
- October 5 , 2009: "Sister Study Exceeds Recruitment Goal: Now the Real Work Begins"
Read the Sister Study Recruitment News Release here. (read release)
- March 16 , 2009: "First Sister Study Results Reinforce the Importance of Healthy Living"
Read the first Sister Study results News Release here. (read release)
- June 25, 2008: "Saving Sisters - Marilyn Norby in Washington State"
Marilyn Norby's sister story was featured on SouthWhidbeyRecord.com's web site.
For the entire article (read article
- December 2007: Woman's Day Magazine
United in Hope
After my sister Olivia battled breast cancer, I signed up for the landmark Sister Study and convinced our sisters to join. Then the unthinkable happened: I was diagnosed, too
Cruz Mireles, as told to Cheryl Platzman Weinstock
For the entire article (read article)
- September 2007: The First Lady of
Puerto Rico, Mrs. Luisa Gándara, announced her enrollment in the
Sister Study during a Press Conference event at Fortaleza, San Juan, and
she exhorts other Latina women to take action and enroll in this important
study. (download pdf)
(Requires Adobe Acrobat - download here)
- 2007 Yoplait Champion: Sister Study recruiter Sara Williams honored as 2007 Yoplait Breast Cancer Champion. (more)
- May 5, 2007: Ms. Mary Anderson wrote
a wonderful article about Sister Study participants in the Courier-Tribune
newspaper of Asheboro, NC. (download pdf)
(Requires Adobe Acrobat - download here)
- January 10, 2007: Champion Sisters
of Houston chime in to help the Sister Study in an article from Houston
Community Newspapers by Valerie Clifton.
(read article)
- January 2007: Coping Magazine included “The Value of Sisterhood,” an
article about Sister Study participant Wish Martin.
(download pdf)
(Requires Adobe Acrobat - download here)
- November/December 2006: United Auto
Workers' Solidarity
Magazine highlighted the Sister Study in an article called “Understanding
Breast Cancer: Study Seeks Factory Workers.”
(download pdf)
(Requires Adobe Acrobat - download here)
- November 2006: The Sister Study was
featured in Ladies Home Journal in a sidebar written
by Karen Bruno, which was included in an article by Susan Brody.
(download pdf)
(Requires Adobe Acrobat - download here)
- Fall 2006: Every Woman Magazine published an
article about the Sister Study, “Sister
Power - Sisters Fighting The Battle Against Breast Cancer.”
(download pdf)
(Requires Adobe Acrobat - download here)
- July 25, 2006: The Sister Study was featured WABC-New York's Seven's On Call with Dr. Jay Adlersberg. (watch video)
- June 6, 2006: The Sister Study was featured in the Lexington Herald-Leader. (read article)
- April 25, 2006: The Tampa Tribune published an article
about the Sister Study.
(read page 1, page 2)
- January 24 and April 10, 2006: The Sister Study was featured on UNC-TV's North Carolina NOW. Watch the video to meet some of our sisters and recruiters, and hear why they are so committed to the Sister Study. (watch video)
- January 2006: The Dowegiac Daily
News featured a story about the Sister
Study.
(read story)