Persistent Poverty Initiative Annual Meeting

The NCI Persistent Poverty Initiative (PPI) is the first major program to address the structural and institutional factors to alleviate the cumulative effects of poverty on cancer outcomes by building research capacity, fostering cancer prevention research, and partnering with communities to promote the implementation of community-based programs. It is coordinated by the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS), National Cancer Institute (NCI). These awards created five new Centers for Cancer Control Research in Persistent Poverty Areas to advance key priorities to reduce inequities in the structural drivers of cancer.  

The Persistent Poverty Initiative’s second annual meeting was held on September 13, 2024, at Stanford University and was open to the public virtually. The goal of the meeting was to promote the aims and work being conducted at each of the five Centers for Cancer Control Research in Persistent Poverty Areas. Participants discussed issues, shared insights, and devised strategies to combat the role of systemic poverty on cancer outcomes. This full-day public meeting featured keynote speaker Alonzo Plough VP, Research-Evaluation-Learning and Chief Science Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation , and panel sessions on policy advocacy and leveraging real-world data to reduce cancer disparities in persistent poverty areas.