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Moving from mandate to mission: Community outreach and engagement at NCI-designated cancer centers

“COE is broken.”

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Acting Director Dr. Krzysztof Ptak’s words reverberated throughout the meeting room—and the heads of several of us—during the National Cancer Institute’s Office of Cancer Centers update on the final day of the 2024 Association of American Cancer Institutes/Cancer Center Administrators Forum Annual Meeting in Chicago.

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Monica L. Baskin, PhD
Professor of medicine, Deputy director, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Assistant vice chancellor for community health equity, Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Nadine J. Barrett, PhD
Professor, Department of Social Science and Public Health Policy, Associate director, Community Outreach and Engagement, Atrium Health/Wake Forest Comprehensive Cancer Center/Levine Cancer Institute
Kim F. Rhoads, MD, MS, MPH
Associate professor of epidemiology & biostatistics, University of California San Francisco; Director, Office of Community Engagement, Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Hayley S. Thompson, PhD
Associate center director, Community Outreach & Engagement, Director, Center for Health Equity & Community Knowledge in Urban Populations, Faculty supervisor, Office of Cancer Health Equity & Community Engagement, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Professor, Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Kimlin Tam Ashing, PhD
Professor, Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope; Deputy director, Division of Health Equities, Associate cancer center director, Community Outreach and Engagement, Founding director, Center of Community Alliance for Research & Education, City of Hope
Folakemi T. Odedina, PhD
Enterprise deputy director, Community Outreach and Engagement, Cancer Prevention, Survivorship & Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center
Vanessa B. Sheppard, PhD
Interim founding dean, School of Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Associate director, Community Outreach Engagement and Health Disparities Research, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Byline
Monica L. Baskin, PhD
Professor of medicine, Deputy director, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Assistant vice chancellor for community health equity, Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Nadine J. Barrett, PhD
Professor, Department of Social Science and Public Health Policy, Associate director, Community Outreach and Engagement, Atrium Health/Wake Forest Comprehensive Cancer Center/Levine Cancer Institute
Kim F. Rhoads, MD, MS, MPH
Associate professor of epidemiology & biostatistics, University of California San Francisco; Director, Office of Community Engagement, Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Hayley S. Thompson, PhD
Associate center director, Community Outreach & Engagement, Director, Center for Health Equity & Community Knowledge in Urban Populations, Faculty supervisor, Office of Cancer Health Equity & Community Engagement, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Professor, Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Kimlin Tam Ashing, PhD
Professor, Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope; Deputy director, Division of Health Equities, Associate cancer center director, Community Outreach and Engagement, Founding director, Center of Community Alliance for Research & Education, City of Hope
Folakemi T. Odedina, PhD
Enterprise deputy director, Community Outreach and Engagement, Cancer Prevention, Survivorship & Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center
Vanessa B. Sheppard, PhD
Interim founding dean, School of Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Associate director, Community Outreach Engagement and Health Disparities Research, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
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