<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>News &amp; Milestones | Carlos A. Silvera</title><description>Awards, publications, research progress, and life updates.</description><link>https://carlosasilvera.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>Graduate Student Research Support Award: funding for the next step in my research</title><link>https://carlosasilvera.com/news/graduate-student-research-support-award/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://carlosasilvera.com/news/graduate-student-research-support-award/</guid><description>I received $1,398 in research support for advanced methods training to strengthen my master&apos;s thesis on prostate cancer survivorship.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Award</category></item><item><title>A GLMA scholarship to connect with the LGBTQ+ health community</title><link>https://carlosasilvera.com/news/glma-conference-scholarship/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://carlosasilvera.com/news/glma-conference-scholarship/</guid><description>I received a $290 conference scholarship from GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Award</category></item><item><title>Support for training in technology and cancer care</title><link>https://carlosasilvera.com/news/technology-cancer-supportive-care-training-award/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://carlosasilvera.com/news/technology-cancer-supportive-care-training-award/</guid><description>A $1,000 award will support my training in digital approaches to psychosocial oncology and supportive cancer care.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Award</category></item><item><title>Building my qualitative research toolkit</title><link>https://carlosasilvera.com/news/qualitative-research-summer-intensive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://carlosasilvera.com/news/qualitative-research-summer-intensive/</guid><description>I completed 40 hours of advanced qualitative methods training through ResearchTalk and the UNC Odum Institute.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Training</category></item><item><title>Sharing REDCap workflows at Sylvester Innovates</title><link>https://carlosasilvera.com/news/sylvester-innovates-redcap-presentation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://carlosasilvera.com/news/sylvester-innovates-redcap-presentation/</guid><description>An invited talk at the Sylvester Innovates Healthcare Showcase focused on reducing administrative burden in participant recruitment and tracking.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Presentation</category></item><item><title>Mary Staudt Goodyear Scholarship supports my graduate studies</title><link>https://carlosasilvera.com/news/mary-staudt-goodyear-scholarship/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://carlosasilvera.com/news/mary-staudt-goodyear-scholarship/</guid><description>A $2,000 scholarship from Texas Tech University will support my studies during the 2026–2027 academic year.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Award</category></item><item><title>Bringing a patient-centered perspective to research review</title><link>https://carlosasilvera.com/news/pcori-stakeholder-reviewer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://carlosasilvera.com/news/pcori-stakeholder-reviewer/</guid><description>From May through July, I served as a stakeholder reviewer for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Service</category></item><item><title>Selected for the Monica Baskin Diversity Institute for Emerging Leaders</title><link>https://carlosasilvera.com/news/monica-baskin-emerging-leaders-fellow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://carlosasilvera.com/news/monica-baskin-emerging-leaders-fellow/</guid><description>I was named a fellow of SBM’s Monica Baskin Diversity Institute for Emerging Leaders, with $570 in support.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Award</category></item><item><title>A scholarship to Write To Change The World</title><link>https://carlosasilvera.com/news/oped-project-scholarship/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://carlosasilvera.com/news/oped-project-scholarship/</guid><description>The OpEd Project awarded me a $530 scholarship to develop my public writing and share research beyond academia.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Award</category></item><item><title>Beginning my graduate research journey at Texas Tech</title><link>https://carlosasilvera.com/news/beginning-graduate-research-texas-tech/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://carlosasilvera.com/news/beginning-graduate-research-texas-tech/</guid><description>A new chapter in Human Development and Family Sciences, working with Ryan L. Brown in the STAR Lab and Wonjung Oh in the CARE Lab.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Life update</category></item><item><title>New publication on psychosocial care for Hispanic cancer survivors</title><link>https://carlosasilvera.com/news/hispanic-cancer-survivorship-meta-analysis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://carlosasilvera.com/news/hispanic-cancer-survivorship-meta-analysis/</guid><description>I co-authored a meta-analysis in Annals of Behavioral Medicine examining psychosocial interventions and quality of life in Hispanic cancer survivors.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Publication</category></item><item><title>A Whitacre Fellowship for the next chapter at Texas Tech</title><link>https://carlosasilvera.com/news/whitacre-graduate-recruitment-fellowship/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://carlosasilvera.com/news/whitacre-graduate-recruitment-fellowship/</guid><description>I received a $20,500 Whitacre Graduate Recruitment Fellowship for the 2025–2029 fellowship period.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Award</category></item></channel></rss>