Research grants provided by the Community Foundation of Broward have helped Memorial Cancer Institute, in collaboration with Florida Atlantic University, establish a patient registry and biorepository (tumor bank) for minority cancer patients.
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.
