Screen to Save: NCI Colorectal Cancer Outreach and Screening Initiative

Increasing colorectal screening rates is one of the 10 recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Panel for the Cancer Moonshot and endorsed by the National Cancer Advisory Board. In response to these recommendations, the NCI Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD) launched the national Screen to Save (S2S): NCI Colorectal Cancer Outreach and Screening Initiative.

Screen to Save aims to increase colorectal cancer screening rates among men and women age 45 and older from racially and ethnically diverse communities and in rural areas, including: American Indians and Alaskan Natives, Asians, Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.

Through Screen to Save, community health educators funded by the NCI’s National Outreach Network (NON) and Partnerships to Advance Cancer Health Equity (PACHE) provide culturally tailored, evidence-based colorectal cancer information, education, and screening resources within racially and ethnically diverse and rural communities nationwide.

Collaboration

Located at NCI-designated Cancer Centers, community health educators works with a diverse partner network on national, regional, and community levels to deliver NCI-approved colorectal cancer screening information to communities who need it the most.

Screen to Save, in collaboration with the Comprehensive Cancer Control National Partnership, identifies and provides local communities with evidence-based resources to promote CRC screening awareness and access to care. 

The Geographic Management of Cancer Health Disparities Program’s (GMaP) Regional Coordinating Directors also play a key role in assisting the community health educators in identifying and connecting with colorectal cancer screening information and resources within their regions.

Education and Outreach Activities

Tailored education and outreach activities will take place throughout the year in diverse communities across the country, and are combined with additional community engagements during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

Detailed assessments conducted throughout the initiative are used to track and monitor progress. An overall assessment of Screen to Save measures the effects of the education and outreach efforts on increasing knowledge, awareness and colorectal screening behaviors among racially and ethnically diverse and rural communities.

Screen to Save Locations

NON- and PACHE-funded community health educators (CHEs) participating in the Screen to Save initiative are located at sites across the country.

The following table lists CHEs by region and location (*Denotes PACHE CHE).

Region 1 North - DE, KY, MD, ME, NH, VT, VA, WV, DC

Institution & Location	Community Health Educators
Markey Cancer Center University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky	Mindy Rogers
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland	Theron Scott James Zabora
University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center Baltimore, Maryland	Rhonda S. Boozer-Yeary
Norris Cotton Cancer Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, New Hampshire	Jenna Schiffelbein
Massey Cancer Center Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia	Katelyn Schifano
University of Virginia Cancer Center Charlottesville, Virginia	Betsy Grossman Lindsay Hauser

Region 1 South - NC, SC, TN

Institution & Location	Community Health Educators
North Carolina Central University Durham, North Carolina	Amber E. Burgin*
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Veronica Carlisle
Hollings Cancer Center Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina	Kimberly Cannady Kendrea D. Knight
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee	Claudia Barajas Caree R. McAfee*

Region 2 - AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MO, MS, PR

Institution & Location	Community Health Educators
University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center Birmingham, Alabama	Claudia Hardy
Tuskegee University Tuskegee, Alabama	Mary Brooks*
Moffitt Cancer Center Tampa, Florida	Khaliah Fleming
Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri	Saffiyah Poole
Ponce School of Medicine Ponce, Puerto Rico	Jomar López*
University of Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico	Adrianna I. Acevedo Fontánez*

Region 3 - AZ, CA, CO, KS, NE, NM, OK, TX

Institution & Location	Community Health Educators
Arizona Cancer Center University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona	Desiree Jones
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center Duarte, California	Marisela Huerta Mayra Serrano
University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center La Jolla, California	Giovanna Perez
San Diego State University San Diego, California	Carolina De La Torre*
The University of Kansas Cancer Center Kansas City, Kansas	Marina Carrizosa-Ramos
University of New Mexico Cancer Research and Treatment Center Albuquerque, New Mexico	Laura Nervi Erika Robers
New Mexico State University Las Cruces, New Mexico	Karoline Sondgeroth* Eugena Armijillo*
Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas	Veronica Landa
MD Anderson Cancer Center The University of Texas Houston, Texas	Terrence Adams Cassandra Harris
Cancer Therapy and Research Center University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, Texas	Sneha Prabhu

Region 4 - CT, IA, IL, IN, MA, MI, MN, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, WI

Institution & Location	Community Health Educators
Yale Cancer Center Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut	José Dejesus
The University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center Chicago, Illinois	Lisa Hinton Helen Lam
Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, Illinois	Elena Navas*
University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, Illinois	Melinda Monge*
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Meagan Schorr
Dana–Farber Cancer Institute Boston, Massachusetts	Rebecca Jackson*
Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, New York	Christy Widman
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center Columbia University New York, New York	Andria Reyes
Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center New York University Langone New York, New York	David Brown
Memorial Sloan Kettering Counseling Center New York, New York	Jeralyn Cortez-Weir*
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Columbus, Ohio	Meghan Cleland Jacquelin Holland
Abramson Cancer Center University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Brenda Bryant
Fox Chase Cancer Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Evelyn González Rosa Ortiz Armenta Washington
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center Madison, Wisconsin	Rebecca Linskens Cody Fredrick

Region 5 - AK, CA, HI, OR, WA, American Samoa, Guam

Institution & Location	Community Health Educators
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science Los Angeles, California	Juana Gatson*
University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center Sacramento, California	Julie Dang
University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center San Francisco, California	Michelle Moseley Marynieves Diaz-Mendez Ching Wong
University of Guam Mangilao, Guam	Angelina Mummert*
University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii	Megan Hagiwara*
Knight Cancer Institute Oregon Health and Science University Portland, Oregon	Katie Bernay Niyati Desai Erin Solomon
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center University of Washington Cancer Consortium Seattle, Washington	Katherine Briant

Region 6 - ID, MT, NV, ND, SD, UT, WY

Institution & Location	Community Health Educators
Huntsman Cancer Institute University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah	Jennyffer Morales