# Community Outreach and Engagement

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · 2024 · $192,680

## Abstract

ABSTRACT:
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center (HCCC) Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) is dedicated to
assuring that the efforts of the HCCC are relevant to the State of Iowa, and that the HCCC and the people of
Iowa, including minority and underserved populations, are engaged in HCCC cancer research. The
overarching goal of HCCC COE is to alleviate Iowans' cancer burden by activating researchers and the
population in assessing and addressing community-aligned priorities. Priorities include cancers in which Iowa
is a top 5 state in incidence, mortality, or is increasing over time (colorectal, kidney, leukemia, lymphoma,
melanoma, pancreatic); rural access to cancer screening and care; obesity-related cancers; environmental
exposures to radon and agricultural chemicals; HPV-related cancers; and racial/ethnic disparities in cancer
mortality.
HCCC COE includes three interrelated specific aims and associated activities: (1) to assess the catchment
area needs and understand health disparities; (2) to address these needs through strategic research across
the HCCC; and (3) to engage the community and disseminate and evaluate evidence-based interventions. At
the center of these aims is the HCCC Community Advisory Board whose advice guides priority-setting,
inclusion of under-represented populations in research, and assuring cancer control activities are aligned with
priorities. HCCC COE activities include providing data and geospatial visualizations to monitor goals and
support community health needs assessment; communicating with researchers about community-driven
priorities; pilot grants and technical assistance for researchers from any program for community-engaged
research; expansion of efforts to enhance inclusion of under-represented populations; expansion of a rural
cancer research network; and linking research to policy and disseminating information about cancer prevention
and control guidelines and policies.
HCCC Director George Weiner, MD and Associate Director of Population Science and Community
Engagement, Elizabeth Chrischilles, PhD conduct strategic planning in consultation with the 20-member HCCC
Community Advisory Board and three HCCC COE co-leaders Mary Charlton, PhD (Aim 1); Natoshia Askelson,
PhD (Aim 2); and Kelly Sittig (Aim 3). The Co-leaders implement the HCCC COE logic model which includes
a continuous cycle of interactions with the Community Advisory Board and associated activities, outcomes, and
evaluation metrics.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10814289
- **Project number:** 5P30CA086862-24
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
- **Principal Investigator:** Natoshia M. Askelson
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $192,680
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2000-07-14 → 2026-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10814289

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10814289, Community Outreach and Engagement (5P30CA086862-24). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10814289. Licensed CC0.

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