UC San Diego has received a five-year, $16 million grant from NIH Common Fund’s Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation Program will enable the University of California San Diego to recruit 12 diverse, early-career research faculty in the biomedical sciences. This is the largest grant received by UC San Diego to enhance faculty diversity.
People of African ancestry (Black/African American) have some of the worst cancer incidence and greatest mortality, compared to white and other racial and ethnic populations in the U.S. On average, Black persons are 1.5 times more likely to have cancer and >2X more likely to die from cancer compared to whites. xxx:more
