Our Mission:
The goal of the Cancer Research and Education to Advance HealTh Equity (CREATE) Partnership is to further increase SDSU’s cancer research capacities and expand SDSU’s and UCSD’s emphasis on cancer health disparities research.
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Community Partnerships
- Through the work of the Outreach Core, our Partnership fostered impactful community-academic partnerships with all 18 Community Health Centers (CHC) in its region.
- Our Partnership obtained funding to assess rates of abnormal fecal immunochemical test (FIT) and to characterize colonoscopy referral and completion among 1,229 patients with abnormal FIT from 8 CHCs
- We implemented an evidence-based, best practices focused patient navigation program for abnormal FIT follow-up (N=137 patients were navigated, and the abnormal FIT follow-up rate improved by 17% (from 25% to 42%)
- Our Partnership provided no-cost colonoscopies for uninsured patients in collaboration with UCSD’s Colon Health Program. In the past year alone, 15 patients have been referred.
Partnership Applications for 2021 Summer Scholar Program
Our remote Summer 2020 Program was a success!! Undergraduates, click below for important upcoming dates for Summer 2021.
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Our Programs
outreach
Fostering community-academic partnerships to support cancer disparities research and dissemination of evidence-based cancer prevention recommendations to underserved communities and their providers.Read more
education
Expanding and implementing cancer, cancer disparities, and community-engaged research education with a focus on under-represented students across SDSU and UCSD undergraduate, graduate, and medical programs.Read more
research
Conducting catchment-area relevant research and pilot research projects aligned with identified cancer priorities for the underserved communities in the region.Read more
