{"id":5293,"date":"2019-08-09T14:28:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T20:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/?p=5293"},"modified":"2019-08-09T14:28:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T20:28:08","slug":"dr-diaz-cruz-elected-to-association-of-biochemistry-educators-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2019\/08\/09\/dr-diaz-cruz-elected-to-association-of-biochemistry-educators-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Diaz-Cruz Elected to Association of Biochemistry Educators Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-content\">\n<div class=\"td-featured-image-rec\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a class=\"td-modal-image\" href=\"https:\/\/news.belmont.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Edgar-Diaz-Cruz.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"entry-thumb alignright\" title=\"Edgar Diaz-Cruz\" src=\"https:\/\/722694.smushcdn.com\/1292217\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Edgar-Diaz-Cruz-696x1046.jpg?size=696x1046&amp;lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1\" sizes=\"auto, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) 1392px, (min-resolution: 192dpi) 1392px, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.belmont.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Edgar-Diaz-Cruz-696x1046.jpg 696w, https:\/\/news.belmont.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Edgar-Diaz-Cruz-1392x2092.jpg 1392w\" alt=\"Edgar Diaz-Cruz\" width=\"157\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a>Dr. Edgar Diaz-Cruz, associate professor in pharmaceutical, social and administrative sciences in the College of Pharmacy, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Association of Biochemistry Educators.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 7<sup>th<\/sup> International Conference of the Association of Biochemistry Educators was held May 5-9 in Tucson, Arizona. Dr. Diaz-Cruz also presented a podium and poster presentation entitled \u201cUsing Biochemistry to Educate Students on the Causal Link between Social Epigenetics and Health Disparities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Diaz-Cruz also has recently published two manuscripts. \u201cIf Cultural Sensitivity Is Not Enough to Reduce Health Disparities, What Will Pharmacy Education Do Next?\u201d was published in <em>Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning<\/em>. In collaboration with Dr. Chris Barton in the Department of Biology and others, Dr. Diaz-Cruz was the co-author on \u201cEnoxacin and Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG) Act Synergistically to Inhibit the Growth of Cervical Cancer Cells in Culture,\u2019 published in <em>Molecules.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Edgar Diaz-Cruz, associate professor in pharmaceutical, social and administrative sciences in the College of Pharmacy, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Association of Biochemistry Educators. The 7th International Conference of the Association of Biochemistry Educators &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2019\/08\/09\/dr-diaz-cruz-elected-to-association-of-biochemistry-educators-board\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pharmacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5294,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5293\/revisions\/5294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}