SUNY Downstate to receive ‘Cancer Moonshot’ grant from feds
EAST FLATBUSH — SUNY Downstate Health Science University in East Flatbush is one of three health institutions in the New York metro area, and five nationwide, to receive funding from the federal government as part of its Cancer Moonshot program to reduce inequities in cancer treatment.
The other two institutions in New York city are Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University. The $9.8 million five-year grant, to be spread among the three above-named institutions, will focus on intergenerational cancer awareness, prevention and control, and cancer survivor care among African-American and Hispanic communities where persistent poverty exists.
In Brooklyn, the program, to be led by Weill Cornell’s Center for Social Capital, will focus on the North-Central part of the borough. It is slated to work for reduced cancer health inequities by promoting educational programs for youth and training programs for fellows, research coordinators and faculty.