Our Work
The Upstream Research Center is evaluating and scaling innovative income supplementation programs and policies that can address these fundamental causes. Results from this groundbreaking work will lay the foundation for transformative approaches to address cancer inequalities in Northern California and beyond.
The Upstream Research Center creates impact through two signature research projects and four core focuses in addition to pilot grant awards and fellowships.
Research Projects
Our work advances multiple conceptual and methodological innovations through two main research projects.
Project 1: Evaluation of California’s Guaranteed Income
Project 2: CalEITC and Colorectal Cancer
Cores
Upstream Research Center has identified four core areas in which it will address cancer inequalities.