Office of Community Outreach and Engagement
The Office of Community Outreach and Engagement is dedicated to understanding the burden of cancer in the 26-county catchment area, forming partnerships with the community and scientists, conducting outreach, and facilitating implementation of evidence-based cancer risk reduction and screening to ensure that catchment area needs and disparities are addressed.
Message from the Associate Director
“Together, we will expand education and access to evidence-based cancer screening and prevention services to address our catchment area’s needs and eliminate disparities.”
The team is a group of passionate and highly qualified professionals with years of experience in health care disparities, health equity, health system redesign, community-based health education, translational research, program evaluation, biostatistics and geographical information systems. The Community Outreach and Engagement team is also supported by clinical community navigators, community health resource coordinators and community health workers. All work together to connect community members to needed clinical and social services, as well as provide community education and outreach. Community scientists, research coordinators and research assistants link investigators and community members and facilitate access to interventional research trials, particularly for communities that are traditionally underrepresented.
Leadership
Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement
Ramzi G Salloum Ph.D.
Director of the Office of Community Outreach and Engagement
Jennifer N Woodard
Clinical Director, Mobile Cancer Screening Connector
Brenda W Dyal PhD, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Cancer Screening and Care Navigation
Jamie Hensley MHCM, CCRP
Mel Hernandez
Community Outreach and Research Engagement
Antwan D Brinson MPH, MS, CHES®
Evaluation
Administration
Shantavia Webb
Guided by local stakeholders
GOVERNANCE
Community Advisory Board
The UF Health Cancer Institute's Community Outreach and Engagement office is guided by a Community Advisory Board, which plays a vital role in collaborating with our leadership team, program directors and Cancer Institute members to ensure that our work focuses on cancer-related issues that are critical to the communities we serve. The success of the Cancer Institute and the CAB hinges on members’ expertise working with diverse communities and stakeholder groups in North Central Florida.
Innovating through collaboration
fostering collaborations
Community Scientists
Community scientists collaborate with researchers to ensure community perspectives are incorporated throughout the research continuum, from topic identification to study design and dissemination of findings.
Engaged with our community
PARTNERING FOR A GREATER IMPACT
Community partners
The UF Health Cancer Institute's Community Outreach and Engagement office partners with a range of academic, clinical, community and UF organizations.
