Mount Sinai is building a center committed to lowering cancer disparities in New York City. The organization announced in a press release that their Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine was granted $4.08 million by The American Cancer Society (ACS) to begin work on the Cancer Health Research Center.
The Center’s outreach has already started with the announcement of “three integrated research projects led by Jamilia Sly, PhD, Deborah Doroshow, MD, PhD, and Chris Woodrell, MD, MHS, with its full program expected to roll out over the next several months.” Additional projects will depend on the community’s care needs.
According to Mount Sinai, the Center’s main goal is “to conduct research focused on community-engaged navigation to address multi-level social determinants of health.” The initiative will serve as an educational model for “community-driven research that addresses disparities across the cancer care continuum, from prevention to end-of-life support.”
