Pilot Subcommittees

The Communications Subcommittee:

• Supports the National Cancer Institute and pilot sites in achieving program goals
• Provides communications leadership to NCI around public announcements
• Builds public support locally and regionally around pilot sites

Community awareness of the goals and benefits of the NCCCP pilot is critical to its success. The Communications Subcommittee works with public affairs and communications representatives from the 16 participating hospitals to educate pilot communities about the local availability of the latest evidence-based cancer care and the importance of patient participation in cancer research.

At the program level, the NCCCP pilot is a communications-intensive undertaking with major goals including outreach to underserved and underrepresented patient populations, educating communities about the importance of clinical trials, raising awareness and understanding of the role of biospecimens in research, and addressing patient concerns associated with the use of electronic medical records.

The Communications Subcommittee provides materials, resources, media and outreach support, and counsel to the pilot leadership, other subcommittees, principal investigators, and pilot site communications representatives to address communications issues that are critical to achieving specific program goals.