First Lady Touts UArizona Cancer Center’s Tribal Outreach

March 9, 2022
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First lady Jill Biden, EdD, spoke with members of the UArizona Cancer Center and the Tohono O’odham Nation during her visit to the San Xavier Health Center to promote the Cancer Moonshot initiative on March 8, 2022.

First lady Jill Biden, EdD, spoke with members of the UArizona Cancer Center and the Tohono O’odham Nation during her visit to the San Xavier Health Center to promote the Cancer Moonshot initiative on March 8, 2022.

First lady Jill Biden, EdD, and Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, visited the San Xavier Health Center in the San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation on Tuesday to highlight the work being done by the University of Arizona Cancer Center as part of the Cancer Moonshot initiative.

In 2020, the Cancer Center received a $3 million, three-year award from the initiative to increase colorectal cancer screening in Arizona’s American Indian communities.

“The University of Arizona Cancer Center is so pleased that the Biden Administration has reignited the Cancer Moonshot,” said Joann Sweasy, PhD, director of the UArizona Cancer Center. “Funding for this initiative is essential to prevent and cure cancer.”

At the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center headquartered in Arizona, UArizona Cancer Center researchers are working to reduce disparities by expanding the use of proven cancer prevention and early-detection strategies.