SDSU/UCSD Cancer Center Partnership

About the partnership

San Diego State University (SDSU) and the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego (UCSD-CC) share a longstanding collaborative history that elevates research, joint graduate programs, and outreach programs specifically targeting and enhancing the well-being of diverse communities.

Located in one of the most ethnically diverse regions of the country, the Partnership designs projects and programs that focus on a broad array of traditionally underserved communities. Its recent planning process has built the critical infrastructure necessary to implement strong, successful programs to address cancer disparities in ways that were not previously possible.

Partnership goals and objectives

• Enhance cancer research and research training at SDSU
• Increase the effectiveness of UCSD-CC in research, research training and career development related to minorities
• Advance the body of knowledge in cancer research relevant to underserved ethnic communities
• Educate and train promising minority scientists in cancer research
• Increase the number of faculty, scientists, and students engaged in culturally relevant cancer research and community outreach and education
• Expand community education and outreach programs and integrate these programs into the research

More information

• Meet the Team
• Research Supported by the Partnership
• Training (PDF)
• Community Outreach and Education
• Organizational Chart (PDF)
• Region 6 Biospecimen/Biobanking Geographic Management Program (BMaP) (PDF)

Contact Us

Research Projects/Grants, Training Program

Sharon Danoff-Burg, PhD., Program Director
sdanoff@projects.sdsu.edu

Community Outreach, Education, and Training

Elizabeth Santillanez, M.P.A., Program Manager
esantillanez@ucsd.edu

Schedule of Events and Meetings

Leanne Thiltgen, Program Assistant
lthiltgen@projects.sdsu.edu

Region 6 BMaP Initiative

Ebere Iweriebor, M.A., Program Coordinator
eiweriebor@projects.sdsu.edu

Note: The U54 Comprehensive Partnership builds on the U56 Cooperative Planning of the SDSU-UCSD Cancer Center Partnership supported by National Cancer Institute Grants #U56CA092079 and #U56CA092081 (Project Period: 8/01/2002 – 6/30/2008).