Key Initiatives
Working together across disciplines, Lurie Cancer Center’s physicians and scientists are translating discoveries into promising new approaches to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.
In addition to our eight basic, clinical and population sciences research programs, Lurie Cancer Center supports a number of research centers and initiatives focused on improving outcomes and the quality of patients’ lives, including:
- Brain Tumor SPORE (Specialized Program of Research Excellence)
- Cancer Survivorship Institute
- Cancer and Aging IDEAS Lab
- Center for Cancer Genomics
- Center for Global Oncology
- Center for Health Equity Transformation
- Illinois Cancer Collaborative
- Lou and Jean Malnati Brain Tumor Institute
- Northwestern Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
- Polsky Urologic Cancer Institute
- Prostate Cancer SPORE (Specialized Program of Research Excellence)
- VA Precision Oncology Program for Lung Cancer