Division of Population Science

Reducing Cancer Disparities by Engaging Stakeholders (RCaDES)

Funding was recently awarded by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to support the Reducing Cancer Disparities by Engaging Stakeholders (RCaDES) Project. Beginning November 1, 2015, the RCaDES Project aims to form a new “collective impact learning community” to advance the identification, adaptation, and use of evidence-based interventions that reduce cancer screening disparities in health systems.

The RCaDES Learning Community includes a coordinating team from the Center for Health Decisions (CHD) at Thomas Jefferson University (Jefferson - the “backbone organization”); a Steering Committee (SC); a Lehigh Valley Health Network patient and stakeholder advisory committee (LVHN-PASAC); a Delaware Valley Accountable Care Organization patient and stakeholder advisory committee (DVACO-PASAC); and other key stakeholders.