# Core 1: Linguistic and Cultural Responsiveness Shared Resource Core (LCRSR)

> **NIH NIH U54** · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · 2020 · $158,554

## Abstract

Linguistic and Cultural Responsiveness Shared Resource Core
The Linguistic and Cultural Responsiveness Shared Resource Core (LCRSR) builds upon the U54 foundation
that was developed to reach large, at-risk communities who face linguistic and cultural barriers to cancer
education, services, and research participation. The LCRSR responds to the tremendous need for linguistic
and cultural inclusiveness to reduce cancer disparities, and to capitalize on the great strengths, expertise, and
tools of the U54 partners in this area. Cancer disparities are fueled, in part, by barriers to cancer information,
risk reduction, screening and care access, and by the insufficient participation of diverse populations in cancer
research. The goal of the LCRSR is to provide linguistically and culturally responsive support to the U54
Partnership Cores (Developmental/Research, Research Education, Partnership Community Outreach-
Research-Education (PCORE)), and build the capacity of U54-connected researchers and community
members to reduce cancer disparities by conducting community-engaged, culturally, and linguistically inclusive
translational research, outreach, education, and navigation. This crucial work leverages the strengths of the
CCNY Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, the CCNY Grove School of
Engineering, and the MSK Language Initiatives Program to support the U54. The specific aims of the LCRSR
are: 1) to provide research consultation support and training in the selection and/or design of specific
linguistically and culturally responsive quantitative survey tools, research study materials, educational
materials, and practices for the U54 Developmental, PCORE, and Research Education cores; 2) to assist
CCNY, MSKCC, and community U54 investigators in the design, implementation, and analysis of qualitative
research with diverse populations: to assist in the translation and transcreation of focus group and key
informant and in-depth interview guides; to provide multilingual facilitation of focus groups and key informant
and in-depth interviews; and to facilitate multilingual transcription and translation services for qualitative
studies; 3) to access the CCNY Grove School of Engineering expertise to enable U54-linked studies and
programs to utilize remote simultaneous medical interpreting (UN-style interpreting) to enable seamless
communication between limited English-proficient community members, researchers, and PCORE, including
those activities with a focus on precision medicine/precision prevention; and 4) to support the development
and implementation of the CCNY Certificate in Medical Translation and Interpretation program, to give bilingual
CCNY students the skills to provide translation and interpretation services for cancer outreach, education,
service delivery and research, and to build the LCRSR Core capacity in those areas. The LCRSR will improve
the way that translational cancer research activities and services reflect the ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10021582
- **Project number:** 5U54CA137788-12
- **Recipient organization:** SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH
- **Principal Investigator:** FRANCESCA M GANY
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $158,554
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2008-09-26 → 2024-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10021582

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10021582, Core 1: Linguistic and Cultural Responsiveness Shared Resource Core (LCRSR) (5U54CA137788-12). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10021582. Licensed CC0.

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