# Community Outreach and Engagement

> **NIH NIH P30** · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · 2022 · $158,613

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT–Community Outreach and Engagement
The SJCCC is committed to the community we serve and addressing its clinical and research needs through
education, thoughtful scientific research, community engagement and advocacy, and facilitation of access to
care. Our efforts in the community are led by Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, the SJCCC Associate Director for
Outreach. The SJCCC catchment area is defined as the geographic area around Memphis and each of our 8
affiliate sites in census-tract radii. Based on the 2010 United States census data, this area represents 6,633,683
persons aged 0–19 years, with an ethnic and racial distribution of 69% White, 21% Non-Hispanic Black/African
American, and 8% Hispanic. The diverse population in our catchment area includes a large proportion of low-
income groups with limited resources who are medically underserved. St. Jude's 56-year-old founding policy, to
which we continue to rigorously adhere, is that no patient be denied treatment based on race, ethnicity, religion,
or a family's inability to pay. The SJCCC is committed to addressing treatment disparities by making resources
readily available to offset not only the cost of treatment but also that of transportation and housing during clinic
visits and treatment. As the only NCI-designated Cancer Center focused exclusively on children, our outreach
area is further expanded beyond our local community; we also serve as a national and international referral
center for pediatric cancer. There is no known variation in childhood cancer incidence and outcomes by
geographic region in the United States, and relatively few discrepancies have been identified that
disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minorities. Thus, our SJCCC outreach efforts continue to investigate
disparities, provide cancer education for children and their parents, advocate at the state and federal level,
promote the implementation of health polices relevant to our population (e.g., HPV vaccination), address the
needs of an ever-growing population of childhood cancer survivors, and conduct innovative research in these
areas. We will also enhance provision of implementation tools locally through our Affiliates, nationally through
St. Jude–led collaborative multisite studies, and globally through capacity building and advancement of
knowledge to improve the level and quality of pediatric oncology care around the world.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10378579
- **Project number:** 5P30CA021765-43
- **Recipient organization:** ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL
- **Principal Investigator:** Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $158,613
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-04-01 → 2024-02-29

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10378579

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10378579, Community Outreach and Engagement (5P30CA021765-43). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10378579. Licensed CC0.

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