The Center for Social Capital (SoCa) is a collaboration between Weill Cornell Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. SoCa advocates for cancer prevention by inventing solutions through membership in strong social networks.

Specifically, our mission is to reduce cancer health inequities in the South Bronx, Washington Heights, North-Central Brooklyn, and Western Queens communities.

Our projects are directly responsive to community priorities and have been identified through strong collaborations between our research teams and community stakeholders in all four neighborhoods.

SoCa is funded by the National Cancer Institute’s Persistent Poverty Initiative

(Grant Number U54 CA280808).