Community Outreach & Engagement
The UF Health Cancer Center is proud to be a part of a community that moves cancer care and research forward. It is this community that helps shape and guide our mission — to prevent, detect and treat cancer — and brings new therapies to patients through philanthropic investments. Together, we have unstoppable momentum.
Community Outreach and Engagement Office
The overarching goal of the UF Health Cancer Center’s Community Outreach and Engagement, or COE, office is to partner with community members, patients, families, clinicians, health system leaders, policymakers and Cancer Center scientists to reduce the cancer burden in the 22 counties we serve through novel outreach and engagement programs that span the cancer care continuum — from prevention to survivorship.
The Community Outreach and Engagement Office is guided
by the principles of Community-Engaged Research, which aim to form equitable collaborations and shared leadership among the community and researchers, with emphasis on transparent bi-directional communication, mutual benefit and sustained commitment to change. These principles mirror those of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) and emphasize reciprocal relationships, mutual co-learning, collaborations, transparency, honesty and trust.
Meet the COE Team
Jodian Blake, M.P.H., CTTS
Community Health Resource Coordinator
LaTrina Massey, M.P.H.
Community Health Resource Coordinator