The initiative is the first major program to address structural and institutional factors of persistent poverty in the context of cancer, according to a June 26 National Institutes of Health news release. The money was awarded to five centers that will conduct research, foster cancer prevention research and promote community-based programs.
The funds were awarded to:
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Stanford (Calif.) University
- Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University (New York City)
- Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (Salt Lake City)
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