Massachusetts Community Network to Eliminate Cancer Disparities Through Education Research and Training (MassCONECT) is an NCI funded community networks program (CNP). We are one of 25 such funded sites around the country that is working with and within local communities to eradicate inequalities in the use of cancer control services. Additionally, we are one of only three CNPs that is primarily focused on working with underserved populations of low socioeconomic position.

The focus of MassCONECT activity is based in the two largest cities in Massachusetts, Boston and Worcester, as well as the city with the greatest level of poverty, Lawrence. Our primary goals are to develop and increase the capacity of these communities by supporting community-based education, research, and training to reduce cancer health disparities.

MassCONECT is a comprehensive program that unites the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC) with multiple community partners in the three urban Massachusetts communities.  In these communities, MassCONECT will unite key partners, including major policy makers, to develop effective ways to reduce cancer disparities.