Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD) and The Community Networks Program

1. Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD)and The Community Networks Program María Teresa Canto, DDS, MS, MPH Program Director Disparities Research Branch Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities

2. New CRCHD Goals • Strengthen NCI’s cancer health disparities portfolio in basic, clinical, translational and community-based participatory research • Lead NCI’s efforts in the training of students and investigators from diverse populations that will be part of the next generation of competitive researchers in cancer and cancer health disparities

3. New CRCHD Organization

4. Disparities Research Branch

5. Diversity Training Branch NRSA Emerging Technology Training Grants T32, F31

6. Training • Current • CURE Program (Basic, Clinical and Population-based) • MI/CCP pilot projects (Basic, Clinical and Population-based) • CNP pilot projects (Population-based and Clinical) • PNRP training (Clinical) • Future Possible Programs • R03 • Basic Research • Training of Researchers from Diverse Populations • Emerging Technology CURE program • Intramural and extramural training opportunities • CCR training for diverse populations (Basic Research)

7. Basic Research • Current • Minority Institution/Cancer Center Program (MI/CCP) (U54 and U56 grants) • Feasibility studies for new MI/CCP (P20 grants) • Investigator-Initiated Grants (Cancer Disparities) • Future Possible Programs • Continuation of MI/CCP grants • Estrogen Receptor Negative Concept

8. Clinical Research • Current • Patient Navigation Research Program • Efficacy Studies • Investigator-Initiated Grants (Cancer Disparities) • Future Possible Programs • Patient Navigation Research Program • Effectiveness studies

9. Population-based Research • Current - Community Networks Program - Investigator-Initiated Grants (Cancer Disparities) • Future Possible Programs - Continuation of Community Networks Program - New Community Networks Program grantees

10. Community Networks Program • Purpose: Reduce cancer disparities through community-based participatory education, research, and training • Goal: Significantly improve access to and utilization of beneficial medical cancer interventions

11. Colditz Graham Laura Beebe Siteman Cancer Center Beti Thompson Judith Kaur University of Oklahoma Health Services Fred Hutch Cancer Center Mayo Clinic ▲ Grace Ma ▲ Dedra Buchwald Temple University Terrance Albrecht University of Washington Karmanos Cancer Center Howard Koh Harvard School of Public Health ▲ ▲ ▲ Moon S. Chen, Jr. Mark Dignan ▲ University of Kentucky Lexington UC Davis Cancer Center ▲ Claudia Baquet ▲ ▲ ▲ University of Maryland Sora P. Tanjasiri ▲ California State Fullerton Elmer Huerta ▲ ▲ MedStar Research Institute ▲ ▲ Paul Godley Paula Espinosa ▲ ▲ Lineberger Cancer Center- Chapel Hill ▲ ▲ University of Colorado ▲ ▲ James Hebert University of South Carolina ▲ Kathryn Coe Margret Hargreaves Inter Tribal Council of Arizona Meharry Medical College Ronda Henry-Tillman David Satcher ▲ Amelie Ramirez Morehouse School of Medicine Victor Tofaeono ▲ University of Arkansas Cancer Research Center Cathy Meade LBJ Tropical Medical Center, Samoa Clayton Chong Baylor College of Medicine H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Papa Ola Lokahi, HI Edward Partridge ▲ University of Alabama Birmingham Cancer Center Community Networks Program African AmericanUnderservedAmerican Indian/Alaskan NativeAsianHispanic/Latino Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

12. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Phase I: Capacity Building and Education Phase II: Disparities Research and Training Phase III: Establish Credibility and Sustainability CNP Program Phases

13. Phase I – Capacity Building and Education • Establish (and maintain) organizational infrastructure • Develop (and maintain) partnerships - Including local communities, primary and secondary prevention facilities, diagnosis and treatment facilities, government and non-government programs • Develop participation in community-based primary & secondary prevention activities

14. Phase II – Disparities Research and Training • Address spectrum of research issues necessary to reduce disparities in the community • Develop community-based interventions • Assessing policies on reducing disparities • Train researchers from minority/underserved populations in disparities research • Develop pilot projects to reduce cancer disparities, including assessment of health policy

15. Phase III – Establish Credibility and Sustainability • Reduce cancer disparities in the community • Obtain non-CRCHD funding for continuing Community Network activities • Inform policymakers of community-based research that reduces cancer disparities

16. Things To Think About • What are the key interventions you have been able to identify that will impact on reducing cancer disparities in your communities? • How are these interventions being tested or measured to address the disparities? • What is the dissemination plan for this research (presentations, publications, etc)? • What is the proposed plan for replication of the interventions found to be successful?

17. Where to Find Information? • CRCHD Web site • http://crchd.cancer.gov • OER website (http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm) • The NIH Guide • Program Announcements (PA) • Requests for Applications (RFA) • Notices • Application forms and instructions • CSR website (http://www.csr.nih.gov) • SRG Structures and Rosters (http://era.nih.gov/roster/index.cfm) • Institute websites (http://www.nida.nih.gov) • Institute-specific PAs and RFA • Institute Divisions and Offices • SRG Structures and Rosters (http://era.nih.gov/roster/index.cfm)

18. CRCHD Tools & Resources • CRCHD Web site • http://crchd.cancer.gov • CRCHD Cancer Disparities E-Bulletin • http://crchd.cancer.gov/news/ebulletin.html • Brochures • CRCHD, CNP, PNRP • CURE, MI/CCP • Special Populations Network (SPN) Monograph in CANCER • http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jissue/113386997

19. María Teresa Canto (Mayté) cantom@mail.nih.gov 301-496-8589