Currently, the Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) program is recognized across the state for its state-supported screening programs, a novel virtual nurse program, smoking programs connected with a state policy prohibiting smoking in public places, trusted partnerships with community organizations, Federal Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), etc., and navigation to cancer clinical studies. The Cancer Center's executive home will be in New Orleans and will include campuses across the state that are active in cancer, including the world renown Pennington Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge where sentinel animal studies will be conducted through the state's only Veterinary Medicine School, and Louisiana State University, Shreveport.