# Community Outreach and Engagement

> **NIH NIH P30** · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · 2021 · $308,986

## Abstract

COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT PROJECT SUMMARY 
The Mayo Clinic Cancer Center (MCCC) is fully committed to addressing cancer-related determinants and 
outcomes through its leadership in basic, translational, and population sciences cancer research. The MCCC 
has re-defined its catchment areas (CAs) at its 3 sites as the counties where Mayo Clinic has a physical 
presence (clinic/hospital), plus the geographically contiguous counties that these sites serve. The Community 
Outreach and Engagement (COE) effort is led by Dr. Carmen Radecki Breitkopf, Associate Director for Cancer 
Disparities and Community Outreach. COE Specific Aims include: (1) Assess needs through ongoing 
community outreach and engagement efforts to prioritize initiatives and research in our catchment areas. We 
monitor the cancer burden, needs, opportunities, and challenges in each catchment area; assess the impact of 
the MCCC's and institutional investment in outreach and cancer disparities infrastructure; and extend 
meaningful partnerships with our community-based affiliations and engage our Community Advisory Boards to 
help set priorities. (2) Implement and facilitate evidence-based programs and research to reduce cancer 
burden in our catchment areas (CAs). We identify COE-inspired opportunities for cancer research by MCCC 
investigators, especially where needs for data to support impactful change and implementation can be 
encouraged; enhance communications strategies to increase awareness of CAs among MCCC investigators 
(messaging, MCCC newsletters, seminars); promote use of COE research expertise and infrastructure 
resources (community outreach workers, study coordinators, partnership opportunities) to increase diversity of 
participants in research; and promote cancer research strategies that address barriers and disparities in the 
rural populations of our CAs. (3) Evaluate the impact of MCCC and monitor needs for research and expertise 
in the MCCC CAs and beyond. We contribute leadership and participation in our state cancer plans and 
facilitate academic and community collaborations to effect policy change; and foster MCCC relationships with 
Native American tribes across the US. 
Through COE, MCCC is committed to decreasing cancer incidence and mortality in its catchment areas. Our 
research in cancer risk assessment, prevention, screening, treatment, and survivorship enhances activities that 
address community needs. Through our research and engagement in our catchment areas we have an impact 
at all levels, from the individual to providers to policy.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10113621
- **Project number:** 5P30CA015083-47
- **Recipient organization:** MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Chyke Abadama Doubeni
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $308,986
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-04-25 → 2024-02-29

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10113621

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10113621, Community Outreach and Engagement (5P30CA015083-47). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10113621. Licensed CC0.

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