Giving Compass' Take:

• Experts at Fred Hutch discuss prevalent racial health gaps in breast cancer and other diseases, as well as strategies to narrow these gaps.

• How can funders work to close health gaps in cancer and beyond? 

• Learn about a health funder putting women of color first. 

Public health research has long shown that cancer and other diseases tend to hit minorities and other underserved groups harder, mostly because of socioeconomic challenges, lack of insurance, reduced access to care and other addressable issues.

Fred Hutch’s Health Disparities Research Center, led by Dr. Beti Thompson, works to pare down those disparities through embedded research programs like the longstanding Center for Community Health Promotion in lower Yakima Valley and research partnerships with Latinos, Asian Americans, African Americans, Native Americans, the LGBTQ community, rural residents and other vulnerable populations.

Read the full article about breast cancer health gaps at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.