Community Advisory Board – CAB
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Community Advisory Board (CAB) is a representative group of volunteer advisors who want to improve cancer care and cancer outcomes within their communities throughout North Carolina. The CAB provides their critical perspective to UNC Lineberger leaders to enhance quality and quantity of accessible patient-centered cancer care.

Activities
As well-informed advisors, CAB members are routinely solicited for their views and opinions to influence decisions impacting their communities.
CAB Working Groups
Clinical Trial Enrollment
- Community Pilot Funding Program
- Provided feedback on the development of the program
- Served as application reviewers
- Community Health Assets and Needs Assessment
Grants and Requests
Developmental Awards Review
- Reviewed 2 rounds (’20 and ’21), a total of 14 applications in clinical & translational sciences as well as population sciences
- Completed researcher requests
Presentations
Biology of Cancer Lecture Series
- UNC Lineberger Board of Visitors
- Conference Presentation
Other UNC Lineberger Groups
Patients and Researchers Together (PART)
Words from a CAB member
Dr. James Smith, CAB member since 2020, discusses his involvement in the UNC Lineberger Community Advisory Board