# Community Outreach and Engagement

> **NIH NIH P30** · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · 2021 · $230,990

## Abstract

ABSTRACT, Community Outreach and Engagement
The Office of Community Outreach and Engagement (OCOE) supports the integration of research, clinical care
and dissemination of research findings to our catchment area, which we have defined as the state of Indiana.
Although, the incidence of cancer in Indiana is equivalent to national averages, mortality is significantly higher
(181.0 vs 163.5 per 100,000) and our underserved populations suffer the greatest cancer burden; thus, they are
the primary focus of our collaborative efforts. The OCOE is led by the AD of Community Outreach and Population
Science Research, Dr. Champion, who has 34 years of NIH funded research in the community and has played
critical roles in the development and dissemination of cancer control science within the IUSCC. The OCOE
includes two interactive arms: 1) Research, and 2) Outreach and Engagement. Building on the strategic plan of
IUSCC, the OCOE acts as the primary structure to integrate IUSCC researchers and community partners to
develop, implement and disseminate research targeting our catchment area and beyond to improve cancer
outcomes and enhance cancer health equity. The following four aims are the focus of our community outreach
and engagement activities: Specific Aim 1: To define, understand and monitor the cancer incidence, mortality,
determinants and disparities in Indiana; Specific Aim 2: To conduct and implement impactful research
(prevention, screening, treatment and survivorship) that targets issues relevant to catchment area; Specific Aim
3: To develop and disseminate evidence-based strategies for prevention, screening, treatment and survivorship
in our catchment area and beyond; and Specific Aim 4: To promote health policy that will decrease the cancer
burden in Indiana. The Research arm of the office is led by Dr. Susan Rawl, Co-Leader of the CPC program,
and focuses on Aims 1 & 2 from the COE. The Outreach and Engagement arm is led by Drs. Clint Cary (CPC)
and Sarah Wiehe who oversee the collective efforts that pertain to the development and dissemination of
evidence-based strategies, and to the promotion of cogent health policy, particularly, tobacco control (Aims 3 &
4). This arm also coordinates urban and rural community outreach activities and thus includes the managers for
tobacco control and Community Operations, clinical trial specialists and a statewide cancer liaison that leverages
cancer education and outreach with all community outreach programs within the iCTSI. The Health Disparities
Advisory Board (HDAB) meets semiannually to advise the AD of Community Outreach and Population Science
Research on relevance of, and future directions for, research and dissemination that focuses on underserved
populations in our state.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10247618
- **Project number:** 5P30CA082709-22
- **Recipient organization:** INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS
- **Principal Investigator:** Victoria Lee Champion
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $230,990
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1999-09-22 → 2024-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10247618

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10247618, Community Outreach and Engagement (5P30CA082709-22). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10247618. Licensed CC0.

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