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FQHC team-based cervical cancer screening
Working with providers, medical assistants and nurses in community health centers to build a team-based model that raises screening rates.
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Making cancer prevention and vaccines work for every community.
We partner with safety-net clinics, care teams and community organizations to close gaps in cancer screening and childhood vaccination for medically underserved communities.
Explore our research
Michelle B. Shin, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN leads the collaborative as Assistant Professor in the Department of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing.
What we're working on
Prevent Cancer Foundation
Rural team-based cervical cancer screening
Working with providers, medical assistants and nurses in community health centers to build a team-based model that raises screening rates.
Read moreUW Population Health Initiative
The Somali Vaccine Project
Partnering with Neighborcare Health and the Somali Health Board to co-design vaccine communication with East African families.
Read moreFred Hutch Cancer Consortium
Colorectal cancer screening
Helping frontline staff in safety-net clinics across Washington and Alaska lead their own screening improvements.
Read moreThe people behind the work
Meet the whole team-
Michelle Shin
Principal Investigator
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Kinzie Warne-McGraw
Research Study Assistant
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Debora Ferede
Medical Student
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Lily Luu
Medical Student
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Noah Pham
Medical Student
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Mia Dang
Undergraduate
“My determination to pursue cancer research stems from losing family and friends to screenable, preventable cancers in my community and witnessing similar outcomes among patients as a nurse care manager in safety-net settings.”
Funded by
National Cancer Institute · Prevent Cancer Foundation · Fred Hutch Cancer Consortium · UW Population Health Initiative · Royalty Research Foundation · Kaiser Permanente Washington