# Community Outreach and Engagement Core (COEC)

> **NIH NIH P30** · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $348,673

## Abstract

The mission of the Center for Urban Responses to Environmental Stressors (CURES) is to enhance the well-
being of residents affected by chemical and nonchemical stressors in the Detroit metropolitan area. CURES
has developed a highly effective Community Outreach and Engagement Core (COEC). The COEC has
established several practices, including 1) creating and operating a Community Advisory Board (CAB), in
which leadership of the CAB is shared between the COEC Co-Leaders and CAB member co-chairs; 2)
providing forums that enhance bi-directional communication between CURES researchers and community
members; 3) initializing advocacy dialogue with community members and, through integration with the Wayne
State University Environmental Law Clinic, preparing for more intensive advocacy training; 4) integrating
COEC activities with all of the CURES cores; and 5) using our website, YouTube video production, and
newsletter to broaden the reach of CURES activities. The COEC is instrumental in achieving CURES short
term goals, including strengthening existing partnerships and continuing to develop new partnerships between
CURES and the Detroit community and, in collaboration with partners, identifying the chief environmental
health threats to Detroit's vulnerable populations. The COEC is also instrumental in achieving the long-term
goals of CURES including enhancing our community partners' efforts to increase community awareness and
facilitate programs for a healthier community and developing appropriate strategies, based on CURES
research, to inform policy so as to mitigate the risks associated with urban environmental exposures. To meet
the short and long term goals of CURES under this project, the COEC will work under four Specific Aims: 1)
Enhance the environmental health knowledge of our CAB of professionals and lay persons dedicated to
improving the health of our urban population; 2) Provide at least 130 educational forums and spin-off
“grassroots” sessions highlighting the main research themes of CURES investigators that intersect with the
main interests of the community; 3) Enhance community participation in research; and 4) To eliminate the
sources of health disparities, provide advocacy training to empower CAB members and Detroit residents to
influence policymakers.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10134341
- **Project number:** 5P30ES020957-08
- **Recipient organization:** WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** PETER A. LICHTENBERG
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $348,673
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2014-06-05 → 2024-06-19

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10134341

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10134341, Community Outreach and Engagement Core (COEC) (5P30ES020957-08). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10134341. Licensed CC0.

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