Stephanie Quintero Chaconhad already spent two weeks navigating a life-threatening brain hemorrhage and multiple hospital visits when she began NYU Langone’s Scientific and Technical Education Pathway Programs for Students (STEPPS) as a college junior. Her deeply personal health care experience—marked by delayed diagnosis and the need to self-advocate for life-saving brain surgery—became a turning point […]
Keeping Our Heroes Safe: A Team Effort to Fight Cancer in the Fire Service
For years, the firefighting community has faced a grim reality: firefighters develop cancer and other chronic illnesses at significantly higher rates than the public. To tackle this crisis, the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center established the Sylvester Firefighter Cancer Initiative (FCI), a program designed to bridge the gap between scientific discoveries in a […]


