Title |
Charles Drew University/UCLA Cancer Center Partnership to Eliminate Cancer Health
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Institution |
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES, LOS ANGELES, CA
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Principal Investigator |
FARIAS-EISNER, ROBIN
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NCI Program Director |
Carmen Moten
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Cancer Activity |
Comp Min Biomed Prog
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Division |
CRCHD
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Funded Amount |
$485,113
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Project Dates |
09/29/2009 - 08/31/2014
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Fiscal Year |
2012
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Project Type |
Grant
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Research Topics w/ Percent Relevance |
Cancer Types w/ Percent Relevance |
Basic Behavioral and Social Science (4.0%)
Behavioral and Social Science (25.0%)
Cancer (100.0%)
Diabetes (1.0%)
Digestive Diseases (8.0%)
Metastasis (6.0%)
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Breast (41.0%)
Colon/Rectum (8.0%)
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Research Type |
Cancer Initiation: Alterations in Chromosomes
Exogenous Factors in the Origin and Cause of Cancer
Technology Development and/or Marker Discovery
Systemic Therapies - Discovery and Development
Behavior
Resources and Infrastructure Related to Cancer Control, Survivorship, and Outcomes Research
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Abstract |
The proposed partnership between Charles Drew University (CDU) and UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center
seeks to "Eliminate Cancer Health Disparities in iVIinority and Underserved Populations". This objective will
continue to strengthen the CDU cancer research and training infrastructure by enhancing the participation of
minority students, fellows and faculty engaged in Cancer Research, Training, and Cancer Outreach. The
partnership will continue to recruit new faculty with career focus in cancer research, education or outreach.
Likewise, UCLA and the investigators in the JCCC will have the important opportunity to address, issues
related to the unequal burden of cancer in minority populations. The partnership developed during our U56
funding has made a significant impact on our ability to develop strong pilots and partnership programs. A key
new and important addition to our U54 program is the development of strong Cancer Outreach Program and
Projects. Thereby, we will train more minority investigators addressing issues in cancer research, education,
training and outcome iri our communities. In view of the rapidly changing demographics of Los Angeles and
the state of California, the CDU-UCLA Partnership is ideally situated and will have an opportunity to have a
positive impact on reducing cancer incidence and improving survival in minority and underserved
populations.
The overarching goals of the CDU-UCLA Cancer Partnership Program are to significantly increase the
number of minority scientists in cancer research and to enhance the cancer outreach programs at CDU to
address significant disparities in cancer among minority populations. Supported and implemented by an
Administrative Core, Planning and Evaluation Core, and Developmental Core, the basic program
components are 1) research projects; 2) the mentoring of students and junior investigators; 3) the training
seminar series; 4) enhance CDU's integrated clinical and tissue biorepository data base on minority subjects;
5) enhance community participation; 6) improve our clinical trials resource; and 7) increase faculty
recruitment. We plan to submit 2 full projects and 2 pilot projects. |