DCI Community Outreach, Engagement, and Equity (COEE)

The DCI COEE program partnered with the national Prostate Health Education Network and Durham County Public Health in this community conversation held Sept. 13.

DCI surgeon scientist Tammara Lynn Watts, MD, PhD, role is strategic oversight of EDI across DCI’s clinical and academic workforce.

The DCI COEE co-hosted "Equitable Spaces: Advancing Equity for LGBTQ+ Individuals in Cancer Care & Treatment" — part of its mission to advance equity for the LGBTQIA+ community.

Race, and how people are treated differently because of it, leads to major differences in health outcomes for cancer. Tomi Akinyemiju, PhD, has built her career examining these disparities so we can learn how to fix them. 

The DCI COEE hosted "Cancer Chat: Colorectal Cancer, Perianal Conditions, and Beyond" — part of its mission to advance equity for the LGBTQIA+ community.

DCI cancer disparities and healthcare delivery researchers Steven Patierno, PhD, and Nadine Barrett, PhD, are part of national efforts to mitigate cancer health disparities.

"Sometimes we have to go on a journey we don't want to go on. But I'm getting better," said breast cancer survivor Vennice Roberts.

Join us at Lincoln Community Health Center (Sat.) and Duke Primary Care Croasdaile (Sun.) for the return of DCI's Men's Health Screening event.

DCI COEE moves the conversation forward on the barriers faced by sexual & gender minorities in accessing cancer care and why these barriers exist.

The Eighth Annual DCI Scientific Retreat was one for the books.

On Feb. 2 at noon, the Southeastern American Indian Cancer Health Equity Partnership hosts DCI breast surgeon Hannah Woriax, MD, for a virtual lecture (with CME credit available).

Watch this COEE Community Conversation to learn ways to keep the lungs healthy through tobacco cessation: "Helping You or Your Loved Ones Kick Tobacco, One Day at a Time."

In October, the DCI Office of Health Equity & the Mexican Consulate in Raleigh brought awareness to breast, uterine, and cervical cancer detection and prevention.

Community outreach & engagement teams from DCI, Wake Forest and UNC cancer centers have launched an initiative focused on the cancer-related health needs of American Indian communities.

Guest lecturer Rodney Haring, PhD, MSW, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, shares his expertise in "Building Cancer Care Collaboratives."