The Cancer Control Research Program has been organized into five research foci: 1) smoking and substance-abuse prevention; 2) HIV-transmission prevention; 3) diet and exercise; 4) chemoprevention; and 5) patient-care and survivorship research.
The five foci of the Cancer Control Research Program are tied together under two larger umbrellas, cancer control with an emphasis on behavioral interventions, and cancer control with an emphasis on modifying biologic risk factors.
Two additional important cancer center activities are incorporated in the Cancer Control Research Program: the Cancer Control and Epidemiology Research Training Grant and community outreach, which largely focuses on serving the Spanish-speaking community through the Cancer Information Service and the Statewide Hispanic Tobacco Education Network.
The Cancer Control Research Program has 30 members from four departments at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC School of Social Work. It includes faculty on the Health Sciences Campus, the University Park Campus and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.