Population Health Assessment in Cancer Center Catchment Areas

  1. Behavioral Research Program
  2. Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch (HCIRB)
  3. Population Health Assessment in Cancer Center Catchment Areas

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HCIRB led an initiative supporting supplemental funding to conduct research to better characterize the populations and communities within the NCI-designated cancer center catchment areas. The funding opportunity aimed to enhance cancer centers’ capacity to acquire, aggregate, and integrate data from multiple sources, as well as plan, coordinate, and enhance catchment area analysis activities. The surveys conducted at each of the cancer centers included common demographic and behavioral measures to facilitate cross-site and local versus national comparisons on constructs relevant to cancer control.

The short-term goal of the supplemental funding was to support local research to better define and describe the cancer center catchment area using a multilevel population health framework. The long-term goal was to facilitate collaborations in which local area providers, public health practitioners, and nonprofit organizations utilize data to develop or expand applied cancer control research, planning, intervention, and implementation efforts.

Funded Sites

To explore funded sites, click on the icon in the top left corner of the map, click on any pin on the map, or scroll down to view a funded initiatives table.

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Pin Color Year
Blue
 2018
Blue
 2016
 
Cancer Center Project Directors Address Population Health Assessment Catchment Areas
FY 2016 FY 2018
Abramson Cancer Center Karen Glanz 3400 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA 19104 Check Mark  
Albert Einstein Cancer Center Bruce Rapkin 1300 Morris Park Ave., Bronx, NY 10461 Check Mark  
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center K. Vish Viswanath 450 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02215 Check Mark  
Duke Cancer Institute Nadine Barrett 2424 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710 Check Mark  
Fox Chase Cancer Center Nestor Esnaola,
Susan Fisher		 333 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111 Check Mark  
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Jason Mendoza  1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109   Check Mark
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center of Columbia University Mary Beth Terry 1130 St Nicholas Ave., New York, NY 10032   Check Mark
Huntsman Cancer Institute Jakob Jensen 2000 Circle of Hope, Salt Lake City, UT 84112   Check Mark
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center David Haggstrom,
Susan Rawl		 535 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202 Check Mark  
Masonic Cancer Center at the University of Minnesota DeAnn Lazovich 420 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455   Check Mark
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Joseph Osborne 1275 York Ave., New York, NY 10065 Check Mark  
Moores Cancer Center at University of California San Diego Health Maria Elena Martinez 3855 Health Sciences Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093   Check Mark
Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Tracy Onega One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756 Check Mark  
Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute Jackie Shannon 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239   Check Mark
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Elizabeth Bouchard Elm & Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263 Check Mark  
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University Grace Lu-Yao 233 South 10th St., Philadelphia, PA 19107   Check Mark
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center Electra Paskett 650 Ackerman Road, Columbus, OH 43202 Check Mark  
The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Nina Bickell One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029   Check Mark
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Sanjay Shete 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 91, Houston, TX 77030 Check Mark  
University of Alabama, Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center Wendy Demark-Wahnefried 1824 Sixth Ave. South, Birmingham, AL 35294   Check Mark
University of California San Francisco, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Bob Hiatt,
Urmimala Sarkar		 1450 3rd St., San Francisco, CA 94115 Check Mark  
University of Kentucky, Markey Cancer Center Robin Vanderpool,
Bin Huang		 800 Rose St., Lexington, KY 40536 Check Mark  
University of Colorado Cancer Center Cathy Bradley  13001 E. 17th Place, Aurora, CO 80045   Check Mark
University of Hawaii Cancer Center Kevin Cassel,
Hyeryeon Lee		 701 Ilalo St., Suite 600, Honolulu, HI 96813 Check Mark  
The University of Kansas Cancer Center Babalola Faseru 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66160   Check Mark
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Ken Resnicow 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109   Check Mark
University of Virginia Cancer Center Rajesh Balkrishnan,
Roger Anderson		 6171 West Complex, Charlottesville, VA 22908   Check Mark
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Hillman Cancer Center Jian-Min Yuan 5150 Centre Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15232 Check Mark  
Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center Bernard Fuemmeler 401 College St., Richmond, VA 23298   Check Mark

Population Health Assessment in Cancer Center Catchment Areas Meeting

A virtual meeting was held on March 20, 2020 to enable cancer centers to share best practices around conceptualizing and conducting cancer center catchment area assessments.

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Special Issues

Catchment Areas of NCI-Designated Cancer Centers Visualization Tool provides a geographic scope for monitoring cancer trends, identifying health drivers, informing high-impact translational science, and guiding the implementation of evidence-based interventions in clinical and community settings.