# Arkansas Center for Health Disparities (ARCHD): An NIMHD COE

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · 2021 · $1,435,036

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
Health disparities are a significant problem in Arkansas, arguing for research to eliminate them. The
development and support of researchers and communities who can conduct research to elucidate the
mechanisms underlying these disparities and test the effectiveness of strategies to achieve health equity is
essential. We will continue to complete research in minority health disparities, promote the training of a diverse
research workforce, disseminate research findings, and foster collaborations and partnerships through the
activities of the proposed Arkansas Center for Health Disparities (ARCHD). The proposed Center builds on 9.5
years of strong, collaborative work as an Exploratory Center of Excellence, continuing its thematic focus
developing multidisciplinary, multilevel research that reduces chronic disease risk factors for which
there are significant health disparities among socially disadvantaged African American communities,
with a goal of improving health and quality of life and ultimately eliminating health disparities. ARCHD
will maintain three core units – an Administrative Core to provide overall coordination and management of
Center activities, including the coordination of common data elements, evaluation, and methods expertise; an
Investigator Development Core, to develop a pilot project program for early stage investigators and to provide
mentorship and guidance; and a Community Engagement and Dissemination Core, to expand and facilitate
equitable, sustainable, collaborative relationships with community and other stakeholders and to coordinate
dissemination of research findings to diverse audience segments. The Center will implement two full research
projects, both using a community health worker model to deliver interventions to disadvantaged African
American populations, i.e., female African American tobacco users in rural communities and recently
incarcerated African Americans at high risk of contracting HIV. We seek to foster additional research
addressing minority health disparities, both within and outside the Center, the dissemination of which may
inform efforts to create systematic change in policies, programs, and environments to reduce and eliminate
health disparities.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10147766
- **Project number:** 5U54MD002329-15
- **Recipient organization:** UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS
- **Principal Investigator:** Carol Ellen Cornell
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $1,435,036
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2007-09-30 → 2024-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10147766

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10147766, Arkansas Center for Health Disparities (ARCHD): An NIMHD COE (5U54MD002329-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10147766. Licensed CC0.

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