Overview
We welcome you to join us at the second annual Advancing Cancer Control Engaged Research through Transformative Solutions (ACCERT) Year 2 Annual Grantee Meeting on September 14 – 15, 2026 in-person in Chicago, IL. This will bring together awarded ACCERT Center investigators and teams, NCI project scientists, community partners, and working group members.
ACCERT is a consortium of four centers investigating and developing interventions to address the impact of SDOH on adverse cancer control and prevention outcomes by:
- developing interventions targeting multilevel pathways by which SDOH impact cancer outcomes
- developing measures and methods and assessing community-level SDOH, community engagement, and cancer control processes and outcomes
- building capacity among scholars and community partners to implement interventions that incorporate the lived experiences
2026 Meeting Theme: Collaboration toward Building Capacity for Multilevel SDOH Research and Community Engagement
The goals are to discuss priority components of the ACCERT consortium including 1) scientific methods and measurement of community engagement in cancer control; 2) multilevel methods and approaches in cancer prevention and control interventions; 3) science of social determinants of health and multilevel intervention designs; and 4) planning and evaluation of strategies towards sustainability through research and capacity building tools.
For further information or questions about the meeting program, contact ACCERT@icf.com.