# VCU Massey Cancer Center Support Grant

> **NIH NIH P30** · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $93,715

## Abstract

Project Summary
This supplement application is submitted in response to PA-20-272. Specifically, the application
addressed the requested area of research interest “ P30 Administrative Supplement to Cancer
Center Support Grant to Strengthen NCI-Supported Community Outreach Capacity through
Community Health Educators of the National Outreach Network.” The Virginia Commonwealth
University Massey Cancer Center (MCC) administrative supplement application builds on the
Parent Cancer Center Support Grant’s Aim 1 (to advance impactful scientific discovery) and 3 (to
reduce risk, occurrence and suffering due to cancer. This application builds on and extends past
program successes. Over the past 8 years, the MCC National Outreach Network Community
Health Educator (NON CHE) has focused outreach and education activities on the city of
Petersburg, which lies within the service area of MCC. These efforts resulted in the successful
development of an innovative training program that prepares community members to act as
ambassadors and advocates for cancer screening and lifestyle information. Initially, the lifestyle-
based program was directed towards breast health but has been expanded successfully as the
Colorectal Health Research Champion (CHRC) program, implementing the NCI Screen to Save
Program (S2S) as part of its curriculum. This proposal seeks to expand the CHRC program by
creating alternative program delivery modalities that facilitate program delivery in person or
virtually using short videos and e-health data capture, focus on rural communities within the
catchment and adapt and pilot the CHRC program for delivery in Spanish. Given the
extraordinarily high burden of colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality in rural, Southern
Virginia, and the growing population of Spanish-speaking residents, the expansion of our efforts
into this underserved area is critical. The proposed activities will build on the NON CHE S2S
program and ongoing community outreach initiatives that have been successful reaching
AA/Black residents of Petersburg and expand our model of community engaged outreach to
Latino and rural underserved communities.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10372750
- **Project number:** 3P30CA016059-40S2
- **Recipient organization:** VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Robert A. Winn
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $93,715
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 1995-12-01 → 2022-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10372750

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10372750, VCU Massey Cancer Center Support Grant (3P30CA016059-40S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10372750. Licensed CC0.

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