# Community Outreach and Engagement

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · 2022 · $82,600

## Abstract

5.0 Abstract: Community Outreach and Engagement
The University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC)
serves a catchment area of 5.4 million Marylanders living in a 10-county region of central Maryland that surrounds
the Cancer Center, reflects the Baltimore-DC corridor, and includes the Maryland State capital of Annapolis.
Eighty percent of our analytic tumor registry cases originate in this area, which is notably 32% African American.
Baltimore City is 62% African American and has a median income substantially lower and tobacco use rates
considerably higher than averages in Maryland and the United States. These factors make racial/ethnic and
socioeconomically rooted cancer disparities a critical priority for the Cancer Center. UMGCCC brings
considerable infrastructure to support community outreach and engagement (COE) activities, including an
experienced core team, a highly engaged and cancer-focused Community Advisory Board, a cadre of lay Cancer
Health Ambassadors recruited from the catchment area, and a host of longstanding community partnerships that
facilitate and support our work. We apply this infrastructure to the overall goal of COE: apply community
outreach and engagement strategies to inform UMGCCC research and make an impact along the cancer
continuum in the catchment area, with a particular focus on eliminating cancer disparities. The aims of COE are
to describe the UMGCCC catchment area using a data-driven approach, conduct evidence-based and impactful
cancer control activities, and apply COE strategies to inform research and support integration of COE throughout
the UMGCCC Programs. This involves communicating community needs to UMGCCC leadership and ensuring
that clinical trial enrollments reflect the demographics of our catchment area and that research priorities are
aligned with our COE strategic planning process. Our four-pronged strategic planning process used to identify
COE priorities, activities, and metrics includes analysis of catchment area data, community needs assessment,
Community Advisory Board engagement, and UMGCCC leadership and program inreach. This process guided
UMGCCC activities during the past grant cycle and drives our future plans with regard to priority populations,
partnerships, cancer risk factors, and cancers of focus. Therefore, we are well positioned to make a significant
impact along the cancer continuum in our catchment area in the years ahead.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10492062
- **Project number:** 5P30CA134274-15
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE
- **Principal Investigator:** Cheryl L Knott
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $82,600
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2008-08-08 → 2026-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10492062

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10492062, Community Outreach and Engagement (5P30CA134274-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10492062. Licensed CC0.

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