Training
COE offers ongoing training to support researchers, staff, and community partners in building the skills needed to conduct meaningful, community-aligned cancer research. Our trainings focus on strengthening understanding of Connecticut’s catchment area, addressing cancer disparities, and integrating community perspectives throughout the research process.
Participants learn practical approaches for partnering with communities, sharing research findings in accessible ways, and ensuring that cancer research is shaped by the needs and voices of the people it is meant to serve. Sessions draw on real examples from the Yale Cancer Center and collaborations across the region, with guidance from COE faculty and community experts.
These trainings are open to anyone looking to deepen their knowledge of community-engaged research and enhance the impact of their work.
Below is a brief summary of the three trainings held in 2026:
An Introduction to Community Engaged Research
00:50:55
An Introduction to Community Engaged Research
00:57:28
Catchment Area Cancer Data: Exploring Connecticut Communities
The focus of this lecture, by Sakinah Carter Suttiratana, PhD, MPH, MBA of YCC's COE faculty, is "Catchment Area Cancer Data: Exploring Connecticut Communities." The series aims to introduce core principles of community engaged research relevant to cancer prevention, detection, treatment, or care using case examples from YCC and elsewhere. This session, the second, will focus on catchment area data and datasources relevant for research projects across the cancer care and control continuum. Participants who attend all three sessions will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the program.
00:55:29
Community Engaged Research: Research Dissemination and Measuring Impact
National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP) Foundation of Community-Engaged Research
The Community Outreach & Engagement (COE) Program at Yale Cancer Center is pleased to announce an opportunity for four (4) investigators to audit the National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP) course, Foundations of Community-Engaged Research. The course may be of particular interest to early-career investigators and professionals interested in community-engaged research, health equity, and community–academic partnerships.
The course will meet weekly from July through December 2026 on Tuesdays from 2:30–4:00 PM at Sterling Hall of Medicine. Participants are expected to attend all sessions and participate in several community walking tours led by neighborhood leaders.
If interested, please send an application form along with a current CV to ycc_coe@yale.edu [with Subject: Application to Audit NCSP course] by April 15.