Health Equity Programs
DISRUPT
DISRUPT is a project aimed at addressing the lack of diversity in cancer clinical trials. DISRUPT is working to improve representation of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, People of Color, people with health conditions and impairments, and LGBTQ+ persons in clinical trials by “disrupting” norms at the community, patient and provider, and research pipeline levels. DISRUPT was selected by Stand Up To Cancer (Su2C) as part of its Health Equity Initiative.
It brings together multidisciplinary teams from four New York City institutions: Columbia’s Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC), Mount Sinai’s Tisch Cancer Institute (TCI), Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center (MECC) and The City College of New York (CCNY). These cancer centers are charged with reducing cancer disparities that affect approximately two million people residing in some of the most diverse and underserved communities in the United States.
COMMUNITY Center
The Center to Improve Chronic disease Outcomes through Multi-level and Multigenerational approaches Unifying Novel Interventions and Training for health EquitY
The COMMUNITY Center brings together an interdisciplinary team of researchers, clinicians and community partners to reduce health disparities in multiple chronic diseases throughout New York City. This Center offers resources and support for community organizations and early-stage investigators, and hosts seminars and workshops on health equity and chronic disease. Current research projects focus on cancer, cardiovascular disease and related risk factors. Our partnering institutions include:
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health
- Hunter College- City University of New York
- Physician Affiliate Group of New York
- Weill Cornell Medical Center
- A network of community partners committed to health equity and community wellness.
COMMUNITY Center is funded by the National Institutes on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Contact: Nicole Bayne, nab2199@cumc.columbia.edu(link sends e-mail)
SOCA
The mission of the Center for Social Capital (SoCa) is to reduce cancer health inequities in persistent poverty census tracts throughout NYC by promoting multi-generational health and increasing workforce diversity through educational programs for youth and training programs for fellows, research coordinators, and faculty. More specifically, SoCa will test, disseminate, and sustain interventions that incorporate multiple levels of influence from an individual, interpersonal, community, and societal approaches in PPAs prioritized in the South Bronx, Washington Heights, North-Central Brooklyn, and Western Queens. Our Projects are directly responsive to community priorities and have been identified through strong collaborations between our research teams and community stakeholders.
The Center unites a large NYC based health system (the New York Presbyterian Hospital System (NYP) which has two medical centers with cancer centers– Cornell University (CU) and Columbia University Medical Center (CUIMC), Downstate Health Sciences University (Downstate), Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), representatives from the NYC Departments of Education and Health, the NYP Dalio Center for Health Justice, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and numerous community-based organizations.