# Community Outreach and Engagement

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · 2020 · $96,497

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT 
 The National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated University of Kentucky (UK) Markey Cancer Center (MCC) 
defines its catchment area as the Commonwealth of Kentucky, with a special focus on the underserved 
communities of Appalachian Kentucky. There is no greater need for a Comprehensive NCI Cancer Center than 
in Kentucky, which is recognized for the highest overall cancer incidence and mortality rates in the United 
States, significantly elevated rates of cancer risk factors such as tobacco use and obesity, and severe 
socioeconomic disparities. The MCC has been at the forefront of combatting cancer and its related disparities 
in Kentucky for over 40 years through innovative cancer research, clinical care, and community outreach. Led 
by Dr. Robin Vanderpool (CP), Director of MCC Community Outreach and Engagement, MCC’s community 
outreach and engagement infrastructure includes: the MCC Network, consisting of the MCC Research Network 
(MCCRN, 6 community sites) and MCC Affiliate Network (MCCAN, 18 community hospitals); the developing 
Behavioral and Community-Based Research Shared Resource Facility (BCBR SRF); the Kentucky Cancer 
Registry; multiple cancer center and state outreach programs; well-aligned MCC cancer research projects; 
UK’s rurally placed health care, professional education, and community resources; and other vested local, 
state, national, and international stakeholders. Utilizing this unique infrastructure and diverse network of 
partners as well as data- and context-driven approaches to working with communities, MCC has an extensive 
portfolio of innovative and impactful projects focused on effective cancer control practices and health policy 
recommendations that have reached thousands of Kentucky residents and health care professionals. With 
continued CCSG funding, the MCC is well positioned to use this remarkable and expanding infrastructure to 
impact cancer within and beyond Kentucky and respond to emerging public health issues. The MCC’s 
overarching goal for community outreach and engagement is to accelerate science-to-practice translation 
across the cancer care continuum by leveraging and expanding its outreach and engagement infrastructure 
and network of partners within and beyond the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Specific Aims are: (1) to enhance 
the MCC’s ability to define and characterize its catchment area using cancer surveillance data, cancer registry 
and health insurance data linkages, and locally derived population health assessment data; (2) to increase 
dissemination and implementation of evidence-based clinical practices and cancer control programming within 
and beyond MCC’s catchment area; and (3) to enrich bidirectional relationships and structures for conducting 
community outreach and engagement within and beyond MCC’s catchment area. In achieving these aims, 
MCC is solidly positioned to enhance and expand its existing community outreach and engagement initiatives 
over the ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9962324
- **Project number:** 5P30CA177558-08
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
- **Principal Investigator:** Bernard Mark Evers
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $96,497
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9962324

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9962324, Community Outreach and Engagement (5P30CA177558-08). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9962324. Licensed CC0.

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