# Community Outreach and Engagement

> **NIH NIH P30** · BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE · 2022 · $111,306

## Abstract

Community Outreach and Engagement
ABSTRACT
The City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center (COHCCC) is a freestanding cancer center whose main
campus is located in Duarte, California. The COHCCC Catchment Area includes the entirety of Los Angeles and
Orange Counties and portions of Ventura, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties. The Catchment Area is
bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the south and west; Antelope Valley to the north; Santa Clarita and Simi Valley
to the west; the metropolitan areas of Riverside and San Bernardino to the east; and the communities of Palm
Desert, Murrieta, and San Clemente to the south. The COHCCC Catchment Area covers 9,365 square miles
and includes the heart of the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area and more inland communities. We serve a
multi-racial, multi-ethnic community of over 17.1 million individuals, which represents approximately 40 percent
of all Californians. Remarkably, the population of our Catchment Area is greater than the individual populations
of 46 states and greater than the populations of 14 states combined.
The COHCCC seeks to use its research and resources to improve the lives of the men, women, and children
who live in our Catchment Area, particularly in the more inland regions. The residents we serve face challenges
that impact cancer survival, including poverty, obesity, and lack of access. These challenges are uniformly faced
whether an individual comes from urban or more rural environments. To achieve this goal, COHCCC has three
themes:
 1. Identify and pursue challenging questions in cancer research relevant to the people of our
 Catchment Area.
 2. Develop and implement strategies for including underserved populations in our programmatic
research.
 3. Take advantage of research discoveries, collaborations, networks, and affiliates to extend our
 reach and to implement creative interventions to increase access and health equity within our
 Catchment Area, as well as nationally and internationally.
To reduce the incidence of cancer in the unique populations we serve within our Catchment Area, we identified
the following priorities:
 • Biologically aggressive cancers that impact diverse populations in our COHCCC Catchment Area
 • Viral-related cancers, including hepatocellular carcinoma and HIV-related malignancies
 • Impact of pollution on cancer incidence, with a focus on breast and lung cancer
 • Cancers of aging in Asian- and Latino-Americans

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10328535
- **Project number:** 5P30CA033572-39
- **Recipient organization:** BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE
- **Principal Investigator:** RICK A. KITTLES
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $111,306
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-08-01 → 2023-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10328535

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10328535, Community Outreach and Engagement (5P30CA033572-39). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10328535. Licensed CC0.

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