# Core to Support Underserved or Health Disparity Populations

> **NIH NIH P30** · EMORY UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $107,488

## Abstract

PROGRAM SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
There are significant disparities that influence prevalence, metabolic control, complication rates, and outcomes
in diabetes. Disparities in diabetes are experienced on the basis of: race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic
status, age-related vulnerabilities across the lifespan (both young and older adults), presence of co-morbidities
(e.g., depressed persons with diabetes), and geography (e.g., rural vs. urban). Inequities in diabetes are
especially pervasive and persistent in the Southeastern United States. Disparities occur, at least in part, due to
inadequate capacity building for translating successful diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic modalities for
individuals and communities at greatest risk. The Atlanta metropolitan area has a rich and diverse population
of Black, Hispanic, and South Asian minorities, low socioeconomic status, and low-access communities who
have the highest burdens of diabetes in the country. Therefore, the overall goal of the Georgia Diabetes
Translation Research Center's Core D (Disparities) is to facilitate more combined diabetes-disparities
translation research that can identify ways to improve engagement in evidence-based diabetes prevention and
management interventions among vulnerable populations, and reduce the disproportionately higher risks of
morbidity and mortality from diabetes in these groups. To accomplish these goals, Core D has assembled a
talented and expert team of Faculty that have tremendous experience in conducting federally-funded
disparities and translation research. Core D will expand the spectrum of disparities addressed by including the
well-known gender and race/ethnic inequities, but also diabetes throughout the lifespan (e.g., adolescent
challenges in medication adherence, gestational diabetes, and older adults that contend with multiple co-
existing morbidities), and people with diabetes who have a variety of co-morbidities that dramatically increase
their risk of adverse outcomes, including cardiovascular disease, depression, cognitive decline, and HIV. Core
D provides methodological expertise, sociocultural competencies, access to populations in community and
clinical settings, and relevant databases, tools, and technologies that help investigators explore the drivers of
disparities and avenues to address them. Core D leverages Emory University, Georgia Tech, and Morehouse
School of Medicine's impressive history of collaboration and longstanding work in disparities research. In
particular, these institutions have successfully established large research and community platforms for health
equity research with funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, and the American Heart Association. All of these will be leveraged as platforms for new and
ongoing diabetes translation research. Core D offers a comprehensive and diverse set of clinical research
environments, ranging from hospitals and clinics, a Veterans Admi...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10007859
- **Project number:** 5P30DK111024-05
- **Recipient organization:** EMORY UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** ARSHED A QUYYUMI
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $107,488
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-09-16 → 2021-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10007859

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10007859, Core to Support Underserved or Health Disparity Populations (5P30DK111024-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10007859. Licensed CC0.

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