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The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has created a new center to address inequities in cancer care.
The Center to Eliminate Cancer Inequity (CinEQUITY) will work to pioneer research that addresses biological, social and structural factors that adversely affect excluded or marginalized people in the Chicagoland area. The goal is to ultimately create solutions for eliminating disparities that can be implemented by communities, healthcare systems and policymakers.
CinEQUITY is pronounced like “see inequity.” The center’s launch, announced Feb. 16, comes five months after the academic health system broke ground on an $815 million project to build Chicago’s first free-standing facility dedicated to cancer care and research. The new pavilion, slated to open in 2027, is designed to dramatically improve cancer patients’ experience, reduce health disparities in underserved communities and accelerate scientific discoveries.