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          Project CommunityOncology Center of Excellence Project Community
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              OCE 2023 Project Community**Project Community**is a public health outreach initiative established by the FDA Oncology Center of Excellence for patients living with cancer, survivors, advocates, families, and people living in underserved urban and rural communities who are at greater cancer risk.

Our goal is to increase communication between the underserved and medical professionals in communities nationwide, to foster understanding, and awareness to reduce cancer risk and increase survival.

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Featured Community Engagement

OCE's Engaging the Generations is a YouTube video encouraging cancer awareness





2020 Project Community COVID- 19 Listening Sessions
	The Oncology Center of Excellence recognized the opportunity to conduct unique external outreach soon after the coronavirus pandemic began. OCE reached out to oncology stakeholders to better understand COVID-related experiences and the pandemic’s impact on cancer patients, advocacy groups and oncology product development. OCE COVID-19 Listening Sessions occurred with 11 patient, advocacy, and community groups.

LUNGevity: April 17, 2020
	Pancreatic Cancer Action Network: April 20, 2020
	Fight Colorectal Cancer: April 21, 2020
	Project Community Stakeholders: April 24, 2020
	National Brain Tumor Society: May 1, 2020
	Cancer and Aging Research Group: May 5, 2020
	AACR Scientist Survivor Program: May 27, 2020
	Melanoma Research Alliance: June 4, 2020
	National Organization of Rare Diseases: June 6, 2020
	National Breast Cancer Coalition: June 9, 2020
	Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance: September 14, 2020

2019 Project Community In-Person Events
	Project Community Chicago, IL

More than 100 Chicago-area residents attended the Project Community meeting “Community Engagement with the Community in Mind: A Conversation about the Facts, Figures, and Diversity in Oncology” during Black History Month, organized in conjunction with PeerPlus Education and Training Associates and the University of Illinois Patient Brigade.

Chicago
Project Community Orangeburg, SC

Project Community participated in a community meeting collaboration with the Medical University of South Carolina during a “MOVENUP Train the Trainer” cancer education session at the Williams Chapel AME Church in Orangeburg, SC.

South Carolina
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Meet the Team

Rea Blakey
Project Lead: Rea Blakey, OCE Associate Director for External Outreach and Engagement

Ms. Blakey joined the FDA OCE in July 2018. Before coming to FDA, her career centered on TV dissemination of public health information. She reported on air as a CNN Medical Correspondent, hosted medical programs at Discovery Channel, and worked 13+ years as a News Anchor and Health Reporter at Washington, DC’s WJLA-TV, winning two Emmy Awards.



Ginneh Stowe
Ginneh Stowe, Senior Regulatory Project Manager, OCE Oncology Program Project Management Team

Ms. Stowe earned her undergraduate degree from Hampton University and a Master of Science degree from Georgetown University. She is also alumni of a W.K. Kellogg Fellowship at the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and earned a Master’s Certificate in Project Management from The George Washington University.



OCE's Project Community is the winner of the
2021 FDA Excellence in Diversity, Inclusion and Excellence Award



Connect With Us

Twitter: #OCEProjectCommunity
Twitter:#BlackFamCan
Email: OCE-Engagement@fda.hhs.gov

Additional Information:

Upcoming OCE-Stakeholder Meetings

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                                                                                  Content current as of:
      02/24/2023Project Community                
                          

                        


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