About Us
Our Mission
To meaningfully engage the community in UNC Lineberger cancer research, clinical care and programmatic efforts to better understand and serve the population’s needs.
Our Vision
To develop and sustain a community that actively partners with UNC Lineberger to reduce the burden of cancer and eliminate cancer disparities in North Carolina and beyond.
Goals and Guiding Principles
Our Goals
Monitoring the cancer burden and identifying disparities in North Carolina
Amplify cancer outreach and supportive care efforts with diverse stakeholders
Synergize institutional and community efforts and engage diverse stakeholders in addressing the cancer burden and reducing cancer health disparities in North Carolina
Facilitate impactful and equity-focused cancer research in North Carolina and beyondGuiding Principles
Equity: promoting/advocating for it within the office, partners, researchers, community; focused on diversity & inclusion
Respect: for community, science & scientific process, internally for each other, how we do our work, acknowledging other’s assets/value/opinions
Collaboration: nurturing relationships, bridging internal & external partners
Communication: bidirectional, transparent, clear
Accountability: to NC citizens, UNC Lineberger Cancer Center faculty researcher-members, partners, Community Advisory Board, our office; & responsive to needs
Empowerment: amplifying the voice of the patients and communities we serve
2022-23 COE Action Plan
- Conduct community health assets & needs assessments
- Synthesize COE-related information for UNC Lineberger reports
- Catalyze effort regarding cancer in American Indians (SAICEP)
- Train patient advocates on working with researchers
- Train T32’s and others on how to work with community (PEER)
- Train communities on using evidence-based practices (P30)
- Actively promote/co-sponsor training regarding CBPR for researchers and community
- Respond to technical assistance requests from researchers, staff, other centers
- Support HBCU, community college and Cancer Network lecture series
- Design, populate and strategically use the Salesforce relational database
- Coordinate UNC Lineberger Community Advisory Board
- Develop, maintain infrastructure to support patient and community engaged research
- Increase awareness regarding outreach/engagement and COE Office across Cancer Center
- Network and collaborate with other COE groups
- Collaboratively increase awareness of Cancer Center with external audiences
- Support Patient And Researcher Together (PART) initiative
- Support cancer prevention and control efforts at Ft. Bragg
- Support expansion of Carolina Cancer Screening Initiative screening services
- Increase access to clinical trials for underrepresented individuals
- Create and launch community activities strategy
- Support and increase collaboration between patient navigation efforts
- Implement COE Community Pilot Grant Program (including P30 funds)
- Support targeted RFA’s for COE and catchment areas
- Support Team Science initiatives
- Support the UNC Linberger Equity Council’s efforts to infuse DEI into 6 priority areas
- Support expansion of cancer health disparities research and training infrastructure
- Develop COE strategy to support UNCHCS affiliate sites
- Develop and implement evaluation plans for COE and CAB
- Manage student infrastructure