USF, Moffitt get grant for minority health center - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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The five-year program grant will focusaon research, education and training, and communityy outreach activities to reduce cancer-relatecd health disparities among minority and underserved communities in Florida, a release The USF/Moffitt Center of Excellenc on Cancer Health Disparities will be among 50 nationwide and one of thre e in Florida. Similar center are at the and at . Dr. Richars Roetzheim, professor and director of research for the USF Departmentg ofFamily Medicine, and B. Lee Green, vice presidenr of Moffitt Diversity, are co-principaol investigators of thenew center. Leslene community health director forthe , will serve as communithy director for the center.
The centef will draw on faculty from Moffitt and acroswthe university, including the college s of medicine, nursing, public health, and arts and the release said. The initial USF-Moffitt studuy funded by the grant will investigate molecular mechanisms that may contributes to the disproportionately high rates of prostate cance ramong African-American men, the releass said. The National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparitiew is part ofthe .