Florida-California Cancer Research Education & Engagement (CaRE2) Health Equity Center

INTRODUCTION: The Florida-California Cancer Research, Education, and Engagement (CaRE2) Health Equity Center is funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health from 2018 to 2023. It is a partnership among Florida A&M University (FAMU), the University of Florida (UF), and the University of Southern California-Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center (USC-NCCC). The long-term goals of the CaRE2 Center are to reduce cancer disparities in Blacks and Latinos, to train and increase the pool of underrepresented Black and Latino scientists conducting health disparity research, to increase research capacity at FAMU, and to increase cancer disparity research at UF and USC-NCCC. The bi-coastal location offers access to uniquely diverse populations of Blacks and Latinos, facilitating, in an unprecedented way, the study of cancer disparities in these incredibly heterogeneous populations. This triad brings together investigators and institutions in the two US states that currently have the highest cancer incidence and mortality. The main scientific focus of the center is translational disparities research among heterogeneous minority populations focusing on cancers known for high mortality.

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FAMU RESEARCH EDUCATION CORE (REC)

              Core Leader: Bereket Mochona, Ph.D.

Funding period:       Funding period I       2018 - 2023        Completed

                                  Funding period II      2023 - 2028        Active                     

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Aim: To support a 12-week early and focused exposure of Under-Represented Minority (URM) undergraduate students at FAMU CaRE2 Center to cancer health disparities research and academic/career opportunities.   2018 - 2021   Completed

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Eligibility . Full-time FAMU, UF or USC students seeking degrees in Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Psychology, Sociology, Allied Health with a GPA of 3.0 or better are invited to apply to the FAMU Undergraduate CaRE2 program. U.S. citizen or permanent resident applicants are only invited to complete an application and submit a copy of their complete transcripts (unofficial transcripts), along with two letters of recommendation and a one-page essay defining their career interests/goals and a statement explaining why they are interested in the program or biomedical sciences. The letters are addressed to Dr. Bereket Mochona (beket.mochona@famu.edu), FAMU-Undergraduate CaRE2 program.

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