The UCLA COmmunity Research In CAncer (CORICA) Network is a five year project funded by the Centers for Disease Control Prevention and the National Cancer Institute.
The aim of the UCLA CORICA Network is to build community-university partnerships to conduct cancer prevention and control research in underserved communities in Los Angeles and surrounding areas. It aims to conduct research that will help eliminate socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in cancer.
The UCLA CORICA Network is one of eight Cancer Prevention and Control Research Networks in the United States and is located within the UCLA School Public Health and the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Through the UCLA Division of Cancer Prevention and Control we hold annual symposia about various cancer prevention issues. This year's symposium titled, Making Healthier Choices Easier Choices: Lessons From Tobacco Control, will focus on how tobacco control successes and failures may apply to other public health problems such as obesity prevention and control.