Projects and Activities

The Office of Community Outreach and Engagement works to bring cancer research, prevention opportunities, and education directly to people and communities across Colorado. As the community-facing arm of the University of Colorado Anschutz Cancer Center, our mission is to ensure that advances in cancer research translate into real benefits for residents throughout the state. We collaborate with local organizations, health departments, health systems, and community leaders to make cancer information and resources easier to access and understand.

Through our projects and activities, we focus on helping people lower their cancer risk, detect cancer early, and get connected to care and support when they need it. Cancer risk can be influenced by many factors including tobacco use, sun exposure, and screening. So, we work to provide programs that address multiple ways to prevent cancer. Early detection is equally important, as cancer is more treatable when found at early stages.

Our efforts include programs to provide free at-home colorectal cancer screening kits for eligible adults, raise awareness about radon and its link to lung cancer, support people who want to stop using tobacco or vaping products, promote HPV vaccination to prevent HPV-related cancers, and increase access to cancer screening and clinical trials. These efforts are designed to address both individual behaviors and systems-level barriers that make it harder for people to get the care they need.

Together, these programs help bring cancer prevention, early detection, and connection to care to communities across Colorado, with the goal of improving health outcomes and reducing cancer disparities statewide.