Community Outreach and Engagement Archives

Ana Salas, MPH, is a community outreach coordinator with the UNC Lineberger Office of Community Outreach and Engagement who is driven to educate rural communities in North Carolina.

UNC was recognized for its commitment to promoting skin cancer prevention and UV safety education on campus, including providing free sunscreen dispensers on campus.

Three NCCU students and a UNC Lineberger faculty member at a health fair

UNC Lineberger, North Carolina Central University develop internship program to promote students' interest in clinical research and cancer careers.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology and Conquer Cancer recognized UNC Lineberger’s Patty Spears with its Patient Advocate Award, the society’s highest honor, at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Marjory Charlot, MD, MPH, MSc, and colleagues report that a detailed analysis of intervention trials designed to address racial inequalities in timing from diagnosis to surgery for lung cancer showed a multi-faceted intervention resulted in timelier lung cancer surgery for Black patients.

Physician meets with patient in a clinic setting

UNC Lineberger’s Office of Community Outreach and Engagement has begun a major, new data-driven initiative that will comprehensively describe the cancer burden in North Carolina.

Katherine Reeder-Hayes, MD, MSc, MBA, and Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, MPH, have received a two-year, nearly $400,000 grant from to address racial disparities in breast cancer care quality in North Carolina.

UNC Lineberger’s Office of Community Outreach and Engagement works to better understand and serve the cancer needs of North Carolinians.

Tag: Community Outreach and Engagement

A few minutes with Ana Salas, MPH

UNC receives national honor for promoting sun safety on campus

Internship focuses on building a more diverse, robust cancer research and care workforce

American Society of Clinical Oncology honors Spears with Patient Advocate Award

Intervention reduces disparities in timing of lung cancer surgery between Black and white patients

Expanded community data project will improve understanding of cancer

ACS/Pfizer grant funds research into racial disparities in breast cancer care quality in North Carolina

It takes a community: Cancer care a team effort for UNC Lineberger outreach office