Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center will be the national coordinating center for a new epidemiological cohort study among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
Miria KanoCurtis HenryMiria Kano and Curtis Henry were named associate director and deputy associate director of diversity, equity, inclusion, and access at the University of Colorado Cancer Center.
Cancer research centers conducting clinical trials could enroll more patients from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups by placing greater emphasis on relieving
Lifebit, gen-t, and Omica.bio have partnered to help diversify genomic research and reduce health inequality in Latin America.
Progress against cancer, as brought about by high quality academic cancer centers, requires individual excellence from experts who apply distinct, highly specific skill sets to a common goal within the cancer center. The cancer center coordinates and supports these efforts.
Brian D. Gonzalez was named the inaugural associate center director of Research Diversity and Workforce Development at Moffitt Cancer Center.
The Diversity in Cancer Research Internship Program, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, was established to give undergraduate college students from under-represented communities exposure and experience in the hopes of increasing diversity among cancer researchers.
Community Outreach and Engagement (COE), now augmented with the Plan to Enhance Diversity (PED), is critical and central to the impact of NCI-designated cancer centers, and both are set forth as required components for the NCI Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG).
On June 29, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling that reverses 45 years of legal precedent in admissions at institutions of higher learning, striking a death blow to affirmative action.
People experiencing racial discrimination are more reluctant to get vaccinations, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Office of Community Health & Research.
