As Robert A. Winn begins his two-year term as president of the Association of American Cancer Institutes, his presidential initiative of “Inclusive Excellence” aims to increase collaboration among cancer centers, their communities, and other cancer organizations in the United States and abroad.
A multidisciplinary team of experts in lung cancer screening and implementation science from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, an independent charitable organization, to spearhead a new initiative aimed at reducing disparities in lung cancer screening across Los Angeles County.
