MCC/VICC Partnership
U54 Cancer Outreach Core History
In 2006 the MMC-VICC Cancer Partnership recognized that fuller community engagement was critical to addressing cancer disparities in minority populations and supporting research to achieve this aim. With a clear focus on cancer prevention, the Cancer Outreach Core (COC) was developed as a shared resource for the partnership. Given that Tennessee State University had significant capacity in community-centered research it made sense for the MMC-VICC partnership to include this sister institution in the COC’s development.
Since its inception, the COC has become a vital component of the MMC-VICC partnership. Whether expanding the capacity of investigators to conduct community-based research, initiating engaged community-centered research, forging meaningful connections between community and academic partners or representing the MMC-VICC partnership, the COC is doing its part to eliminate cancer disparities in affected communities.
