Biography:
Lina Mayorga is a psychosocial researcher and educator for Oncology Research Education Consultants. Her educational background is in Epidemiology, Health Education and Biostatistics. She is a Certified Health Education Specialist. Her experience includes spearheading the development, evaluation of multiple educational programs for Spanish speaking patients and the community, including pain management, eating hints during cancer treatment and physical activity and nutrition. As well as, developing bilingual clinical educational materials and conducting research studies on educational interventions in collaboration with Nursing Research & Education. She's presented her findings and research at multiple national and international conferences as well as publications.
Title : Nursing research and education: Empowering Latina cancer survivors through development of an innovative “Nueva Luz” survivorship education program for Latina breast cancer survivors