Center for Asian Health Equity awarded $4.25 million CDC Grant to Prevent Colorectal Cancer

The University of Chicago Medicine’s Center for Asian Health Equity has received a five-year, $4.25 million federal grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to increase colorectal cancer screenings, particularly among underserved and rural communities in Illinois.

Illinois Colorectal Cancer Alliance to Reduce Mortality and Enhance Screening (IL-CARES) builds on CDC’s Colorectal Cancer Control Program, Cook County Colon Cancer Alliance to Reignite and Enhance Screening program (2015-2020), that worked with community health centers and select rural local health departments to address colorectal cancer disparities and increase screening rates up to 30% at partnering health systems.

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