Services for Researchers

Community Outreach and Engagement Consultations​

We help cancer researchers design their studies through the lens of community engagement. We educate and advise on best practices for community recruitment and building collaborative relationships with community leaders and members to ensure that your work is serving community needs. To schedule a community outreach and engagement consultation, please email communitycancer@uchicago.edu.

Catchment Area and Community Data​

Our team can pull data on the cancer burden within our catchment area to inform your work on the cancer disparities and opportunities for more equitable cancer outcomes. We can provide data from the county level or Chicago community area level. Our community cancer profiles can be used to provide insight into the areas most affected by certain kinds of cancers, cancer screening disparities, and other health-related behaviors (e.g. tobacco use). 

Community-Academic Partnerships​

Our office brokers relationships between community-based organizations and University of Chicago researchers to provide opportunities for bidirectional collaboration on research projects and mutual understanding of community research needs. To request help finding a community partner, please email communitycancer@uchicago.edu