Meet Our Team

Tomi Akinyemiju, PhD

Professor of Population Health Sciences, Global Health, and Ob/Gyn

Associate Director for Community Outreach, Engagement and Equity

Expertise: Cancer epidemiology; integrative molecular epidemiology; social determinants of health

Role (Since February 2021): Program vision and strategy; executive leadership engagement; alignment of DCI
research and catchment area priorities; catchment area cancer burden analyses

COEE Team Members

The Community Outreach, Engagement, and Equity (COEE) team at DCI is a dynamic group of community-facing patient navigators, program managers, and analysts. COEE facilitates bi-directional engagement of 7 DCI research programs, 12 Disease Groups and 5 Interdisciplinary Centers in addressing catchment area (CA) priorities through inreach, such as community engagement training, COEE pilot grants, community scientist roundtable panels, as well as continuous monitoring of cancer burden in the CA. COEE also promotes sustained engagement and support of cancer-related health needs in diverse CA communities through outreach via community partnerships including cancer screening, health fairs, community health ambassadors, and community-facing patient navigation.