Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center

Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center

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The National Cancer Institute has renewed funding for an alliance between Meharry Medical College, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Tennessee State University to study and eliminate health disparities in cancer patients. 

The partnership has received funding from the cancer division of the National Institute of Health for 22 years now, with the most recent grant to extend another five years. The money will be used to strengthen the existing infrastructure and capabilities of Meharry and TSU to engage in cancer and health disparities research within Vanderbilt’s Ingram Cancer Center.