The Essex County Cancer Coalition (ECCC) is supported by a health services grant from the NJDHSS Office of Cancer Control Programs (OCCP). The current ECCC Coordinators are Mr. David Landry and Dr. Daniel M. Rosenblum, at telephone (973) 972-4623 [fax: 973 972-6556], both of whom report to Professor Stanley H. Weiss, MD, FACP, FACE at the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, who is the Founder, Director & Principal Investigator of the ECCC. Diana R. DeCosimo, MD is the co-PI.

The Essex County CEED Coalition was formed in order to encourage local partnerships to promote cancer screening services. It is a cooperative venture from the St. Michael's Medical Center CEED Project [formerly based at East Orange General Hospital] and the U.M.D.N.J. "S.A.V.E. Women and Men" CEED Project. These are coordinated, respectively, by Ms. Aretha Hill-Forte and Ms. Catherine Marcial.

As of September 9th 2004, it was agreed to hold all meetings of the Essex County CEED Coalition in conjunction with the (then newly formed) ECCC, the county-wide coalition mandated & supported by the NJDHSS. These meetings occur quarterly, are always public & open to all, and usually include talks by nationally recognized experts.

Please visit our website at www.umdnj.edu/EssCaWeb, which has undergone extensive updates; information on upcoming & past meetings and talks are posted there.

We actively maintain there a COMMUNITY CALENDAR of cancer-related events - especially screening & education. Information can be downloaded or printed in either of 2 formats.

We warmly welcome submission of information about relevant events & other timely news: CONTACT an ECCC coordinator (Mr. Landry, Dr. Rosenblum) or the Director (Dr. Weiss) so that we can consider it for possible posting to all members. BEFORE developing a new event, please check our calendar; contact us early so we can best assist.

The ECCC assists with local health fairs and dissemination of information.

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