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Fox Chase Cancer Center/ Lincoln University
Cancer Center Collaboration

Fox Chase Cancer Center and Lincoln University propose to develop an effective, sustainable, and mutually beneficial partnership in cancer research and education that focuses on African-American cancer disparities.

This application focuses on planning and developing a partnership by building on complementary institutional strengths and conducting joint planning in cancer research and cancer education. The partnership will plan, prioritize, and implement a series of linked pilot initiatives that will lead toward the development of significant collaborative competitive research projects and educational programs aimed at faculty, fellows, and students.

Specific collaborative components of the proposal include:

• pilot research projects
• pilot education programs to mentor students in cancer research, and cancer education.

This process will enhance career development for faculty and students and provide infrastructure enhancement.

Community Advisory Council

In order to foster and support cross division coordination & create synergy among varied programs within Fox Chase (both service and research), addressing minority populations, there needed to be mechanism established to build and support ongoing, systematic collaboration, External Community Advisors to help measure the successes of our efforts. The council shall consist of 20 members appointed by the steering committee at Fox Chase, all local community leaders and activists with a strong interest in community-based research.

The council meets quarterly to review programming goals established by the Fox Chase Cancer's Steering Committee, and the significant policy decisions rendered by this group. The council delegates other responsibilities, as determined by the governing body of Fox Chase Cancer Center. The council advises the Executive body of Fox Chase with respect to whether the programming and other policies of such are meeting the specialized educational and cultural needs of the communities served by Fox Chase Cancer Center, and makes such recommendations as it considers appropriate to meet such needs.

The role of the council is solely advisory in nature. The Chair of the Community Council is Dr. Keith Reeves and the Co-Chairs are Jenny Chung and Dr. Debbera Peoples-Lee.

Fox Chase National External Advisory Board

The EAB includes18 members and is Chaired by Dr. Edward Partridge. Dr. Partridge is the Director of the University of Alabama, Birmingham Cancer Center and has focused much of his academic career in the study of health care disparity. The EAB has visited Fox Chase Cancer Center in June 2006 and June 2007, and provided important advice to the Center Leadership. At the recommendations of the EAB, we have pursued the expansion of community outreach activities to now include a formal collaboration with Lincoln University.

The next External Advisory Board Meeting is June 3-4th 2008 at Philadelphia's Penn's View Hotel