Yale Cancer Center Outreach

06/02/2026

We were proud to attend the 3rd Annual Knowledge and Wellness Fair in New Haven organized by Community Action Agency of New Haven (CAANH)!

The YCC COE team shared cancer education and awareness materials with community members. Opportunities to connect with community members are always valuable and provide us with an opportunity to promote health, education, and well-being.

05/30/2026

Watch Teri Carson, one of YCC's Community Advisory Members, talk about her experience at the 2026 SoCOE (Science of Community Outreach and Engagement) Conference in Detroit. Teri highlights her desire to bring what she learned back to her community to support health equity and advocacy through community engagement!

05/30/2026

Congratulations to Tracy Battaglia, MD, MPH, who was invited to serve as the keynote speaker at the 13th Annual Harvard Cancer Consortium (HCC) Cancer Disparities Research Symposium. The symposium is held annually as part of National Minority Cancer Awareness Week, and this year’s program focused on patient navigation.

Dr. Battaglia’s talk, “Progress and Persistence: Patient Navigation and Access to Cancer Care,” is now available to watch: https://www.dfhcc.harvard.edu/cancer-disparities-symposium.

05/30/2026

Yale’s Early Onset Cancer Program will join the Fair Haven Community Health Care team for their Get Checked Women’s Health Expo tomorrow!

🗓️ When: Saturday, May 30, from 12 pm - 4 pm

📍Where: 374 Grand Avenue in Fair Haven, CT

What:
🩺 Health screenings
🥗 Wellness vendors
💬 Educational sessions
🎪 Family-friendly fun

Be sure to stop by the Early Onset Cancer Program’s table and add to our community creative project: Self-Care in Cancer is Women’s Health

You can also learn more about:
🧬 Cancer in adults under age 50
🔬 Who should get cancer screenings & when
🚲 Steps for preventing cancer
🎗️ Support for younger adults diagnosed with early onset cancer @ Yale Cancer Center

05/28/2026

Earlier this week, we celebrated  to honor the clinical research professionals, patients, and caregivers who help advance medical science and bring new treatments to the world.

Clinical trials are built on hope — hope for better treatments, earlier detection, longer survivorship, and ultimately, cures. That hope becomes reality because of the important work accomplished every day.

Please enjoy a few screenshots from a video created by the Yale Cancer Center Clinical Trials Office in celebration of their team!

05/26/2026

We are still feeling inspired after attending the 2026 SoCOE (Science of Community Outreach and Engagement) Conference in Detroit! Speakers, including other COE leaders and staff, researchers, and patient and community advocates, shared best practices in strengthening community outreach, advancing equity in cancer research, and sustaining meaningful partnerships. Community Members such as YCC's Community Advisory Member, Teri Carson, attended Community and Patient Master Cancer Advocate Training. We are ready to move collaborative cancer outreach and engagement forward together!

05/22/2026

Clinical trials move forward because of the patients, caregivers, researchers, and clinical teams who make this work possible every day. Proud to support this important work. Happy

05/13/2026

Check out this amazing story about Sisters' Journey Inc.!

Since 2014, a unique community initiative has been meeting women where they are – inside trusted neighborhood spaces like salons, bookstores and local businesses – to talk openly about breast health and lifesaving screenings.

Led in partnership with Sisters' Journey Inc. and Yale New Haven Health, these informal “beauty salon chats” aim to reduce long-standing health disparities affecting African American women by making education and access to care more approachable and accessible.

“At Sisters’ Journey, our goal has always been to meet the community where they are,” said Dawn Bracey-White, president of Sisters’ Journey. “By bringing these conversations into familiar, trusted spaces, we are helping to diminish the health disparities that continue to exist among African American women.”

To read more, visit http://ynh.care/1kz.

Smilow Cancer Hospital

05/08/2026

The Yale Cancer Center Community Outreach & Engagement team was honored to attend the American Cancer Society Women Leading the Way to Wellness Luncheon with community partners including Sister-Girl Foundation Inc-Empowering Women with Endometriosis and Cancer

This inspiring event highlighted the importance of cancer prevention, early detection, survivorship, and continued investment in cancer research, especially during a time when federal funding priorities continue to shift. Events like this remind us how critical community-led philanthropy and advocacy are to advancing health equity and supporting lifesaving research for future generations.

Thank you to the American Cancer Society, Sister Girl Foundation, and the powerful honorees and speakers who shared their stories of resilience, healing, and hope.

05/05/2026

Happy May! Yale New Haven Hospital is coming to several locations over the course of this month with their brand-new Mammovan (schedule on second slide).

Other than days indicating "screening only," they will be providing mammograms (screenings) and ultrasounds, with additional education being provided on 5/27.

Please review the participation requirements, and call the number on the flyer to schedule an appointment!
833-772-0003