# Community Outreach Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · 2021 · $223,868

## Abstract

COMMUNITY OUTREACH CORE
SUMMARY
One of the most important values within SC CADRE is to ensure that principles of community engagement are
incorporated at every level within the Center. To realize this value, the SC CADRE leadership has charged the
Community Outreach Core, a highly qualified team of community engagement experts, to facilitate ongoing, bi-
directional communication between community members, SC CADRE investigators and Scholars to address
cancer disparities in South Carolina (SC). This Core will build upon existing community partnerships and
collaborations to further develop and sustain a community outreach infrastructure to support and expand the
outreach activities associated with SC CADRE-generated research. Core leaders will also engage community
and academic (SCSU students, staff, and faculty) stakeholders in the development and deployment of
evidence-based approaches to communicate, disseminate, and promote implementation of National Cancer
Institute (NCI) recommendations for cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment. The Community
Outreach Core also aims to employ lay navigators to assist underserved patients in receiving timely
interventions for cancer early detection and treatment, as well as recruit and retain racially and ethnically
diverse patients in cancer research. Additionally, the Community Outreach Core will establish an innovative,
cancer-focused Community-Engaged Scholars Program to enable the capacity of community-academic
partnerships to conduct cancer disparities research. Community outreach, as practiced in the SC CADRE, will
be a collaborative effort among partner institutions, communities, and health systems to effectively reach
individuals and health care providers with information and tools to improve cancer health outcomes, with the
goal of reducing cancer disparities in South Carolina and beyond.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10246910
- **Project number:** 5U54CA210962-05
- **Recipient organization:** MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
- **Principal Investigator:** Gayenell Smith Magwood
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $223,868
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-21 → 2024-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10246910

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10246910, Community Outreach Core (5U54CA210962-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10246910. Licensed CC0.

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