# CHER-Institute

> **NIH NIH R25** · CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH · 2020 · $383,630

## Abstract

Project Summary
Developing a well-trained workforce interested in, and prepared for, conducting health equity
research is an important national priority. The goal of the proposed Center for Health Equity
Research (CHER) Institute at California State University, Long Beach is to provide educational
experiences to enhance the readiness of early career faculty at Minority Serving Institutions
(MSIs) to conduct community-based, social and health behavior research to achieve health
equity among racial and ethnic minority populations, and to increase the number of scientists
from MSIs represented among National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded investigators. The
CHER Institute will feature the following: (1) The CHER Institute Training Program, an in-
person, six-day, intensive research training and mentoring experience for early career faculty on
theory-based, culture-informed methods for effective community engagement in health equity
research with the purpose of developing specific aims leading to a NIH research proposal, and
(2) Single topic webinars held 4-6 times annually for interested faculty on theory-based, culture-
informed methods for effective community engagement in health equity research. The CHER
Institute Training Program will be held once per year for 15 faculty members who are interested
in conducting health equity research targeting minority populations. Faculty at sister MSIs
across the U.S. will be given priority, but interested faculty from other institutions may also
apply. Outreach for the research webinars will be administered to MSI campuses nationwide
using the CHER Institute Faculty who represent MSI campuses and their respective networks.
The specific aims of the CHER Institute are to:
Specific Aim 1: Increase the number of early career faculty members (with an emphasis on
MSI faculty) who are better prepared to become NIH principal investigators in the field of
community-based health equity research.
Specific Aim 2: Increase the quantity and quality of health equity research targeting
vulnerable ethnic minority populations developed by CHER Institute Training Program
participants.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10001988
- **Project number:** 5R25GM121266-05
- **Recipient organization:** CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH
- **Principal Investigator:** Laura Hoyt D'Anna
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $383,630
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-09-20 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10001988

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10001988, CHER-Institute (5R25GM121266-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10001988. Licensed CC0.

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