# Community Outreach and Engagement

> **NIH NIH P30** · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $108,174

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
One of the major functions of the COE is to build capacity for academic health centers and community-based
organizations to collaborate in research, program delivery, evaluation and dissemination. To accomplish these
functions, we rely on active Community Advisory Councils composed of key stakeholders representing the
community agencies in the LCCC catchment area. The leading cancers in our catchment area are breast,
prostate, colorectal, lung, pancreas, and liver and bile duct cancers. Behavioral and systemic risk factors linked
to these cancers include obesity, physical inactivity, tobacco use, and limited access to cancer screening.
Other issues include high prevalence of comorbidities such as metabolic syndrome, exposure to potentially
carcinogenic environmental hazards, underutilization of genetic risk assessment and HPV vaccination, and
health issues related to cancer survivorship. The disproportionate impact of these cancers and their risk factors
on underserved minority populations, primarily Non-Latino Blacks (NLB) and Latinos (H/L), make cancer health
disparities a major issue in our catchment area. COE leaders partner with basic/translational and clinical
researchers to overcome barriers to access to cutting-edge clinical trial research that benefits all patients in the
LCCC catchment areas. The specific aims of community outreach and engagement (COE) are:
Aim 1: Identify and assess the cancer burden and risk factors within the LCCC Consortium catchment area.
Aim 2: Foster research that addresses the cancer burden in the LCCC Consortium catchment area with
special emphasis on community-based research on vulnerable and underserved populations.
Aim 3: Enhance and strengthen community-based partnerships and programs to deliver evidence-based
cancer education and resources with impact within and beyond the LCCC Consortium catchment area.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10400660
- **Project number:** 5P30CA051008-29
- **Recipient organization:** GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Chiranjeev Dash
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $108,174
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-08-15 → 2024-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10400660

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10400660, Community Outreach and Engagement (5P30CA051008-29). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10400660. Licensed CC0.

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