# Community Outreach and Engagement (COE)

> **NIH CA P30** · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · 2026 · $498,296

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT - COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
The St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center (SJCCC) self-defined Catchment Area (CA) includes a 180-mile
radius around Memphis, Tennessee, where SJCCC is located, and a 100-mile radius around each of eight
Affiliates in Charlotte, North Carolina; Baton Rouge and Shreveport, Louisiana; Huntsville, Alabama; Johnson
City, Tennessee; Peoria, Illinois; Springfield, Missouri; and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Within the CA, patients are
accepted regardless of eligibility for open interventional treatment trials. Outside the CA, any patient who qualifies
for open trials may be treated at SJCCC. SJCCC Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) spans the CA,
the United States (US), and globally. As SJCCC is the only NCI-Designated Cancer Center focused solely on
pediatric cancer, its resources, infrastructure, and mission uniquely enable it to significantly affect the CA, US,
and global pediatric cancer care and outcomes. The SJCCC COE is led by Co-Associate Directors Heather
Brandt, PhD and Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD who direct overall COE efforts and operationalize a unified
orientation and vision for COE. Functionally, Brandt focuses on the CA and national efforts and RodriguezGalindo
on global activities and programs. Building on the 2022-2027 SJCCC Strategic Plan, the COE's Aims
are focused on the SJCCC's distinctive ability to reduce the burden of pediatric cancers in the CA, US, and
globally. COE is committed to three communities of children it serves (i.e. children with cancer, children who
have survived cancer, and all children in the CA) and has convened and supported Community Advisory Boards
representing these priority populations. COE addresses clinical and research needs by facilitating community
education on cancer prevention behaviors among children and facilitates thoughtful and responsive scientific
research, community engagement and advocacy, and access to care. Additional efforts focusing on clinical trials
educ

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 11265055
- **Project number:** 2P30CA021765-47
- **Recipient organization:** ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL
- **Principal Investigator:** Heather M Brandt
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** CA
- **Fiscal year:** 2026
- **Award amount:** $498,296
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 1997-04-01T00:00:00 → 2031-03-31T00:00:00

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11265055

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 11265055, Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) (2P30CA021765-47). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-18 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/11265055. Licensed CC0.

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