# Community Outreach and Engagement

> **NIH NIH P30** · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $282,778

## Abstract

ABSTRACT-COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
A core mission of the Lurie Cancer Center (LCC) is to reduce the burden of cancer across all populations, with
special focus and emphasis on the immediate catchment area. The LCC defines its catchment area (LCC-CA)
as the nine (9) counties located in northeastern Illinois (IL) that constitute the metropolitan Chicago area. This
is a dense area of 8.6 million people, accounting for more than two-thirds of the Illinois population, and where
~90% of the LCC patient population hails from.
The LCC works closely with state agencies, communities and local partners to define health challenges and
barriers to cancer care, address cancer disparities that are among the highest in the nation and emphasize
basic, population, clinical and translational research for cancers that exhibit higher incidence and/or mortality in
the LCC-CA. The LCC employs a community-focused approach to engagement and outreach activities with
key stakeholders across the catchment area and catalyzes and supports a broad portfolio of research that is
driven by key needs and issues specific to our catchment area’s cancer burden. This research drives scientific
discoveries across the translational research spectrum from basic science to clinical trials, up to
implementation and community-engaged science, aiming to minimize cancer incidence, mortality and
disparities. In parallel, the LCC engages local, state and national policy makers in advocacy and policy
development, modification and implementation. This comprehensive LCC-CA approach directly addresses the
cancer health inequities that have existed in populations in our catchment area for decades and has resulted in
significant strides over the years, and especially within the current funding period. Going forward, the LCC will
continue to seek to champion the voices of underserved communities, provide tailored cancer education and
outreach, increase access to cancer care that is consistently high quality, and develop hypotheses and
research approaches that target populations facing the highest cancer burden in our catchment.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9982882
- **Project number:** 5P30CA060553-26
- **Recipient organization:** NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** ALEXIS A THOMPSON
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $282,778
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9982882

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9982882, Community Outreach and Engagement (5P30CA060553-26). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9982882. Licensed CC0.

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