# Cancer Prevention and Control

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · 2021 · $45,303

## Abstract

ABSTRACT 
The overall goal of the Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) Program of the University of Chicago Medicine 
Comprehensive Cancer Center (UCCCC) is to promote novel cancer population science discoveries through 
interdisciplinary research focused on the themes of Cancer Risk and Prevention, and Outcomes and 
Survivorship, and to translate the knowledge into clinical and public health practice. This goal will be 
accomplished by the following Specific Aims: 1) To apply population research approaches to identify the 
biological, environmental and behavioral factors that contribute to cancer risk, thereby augmenting the 
prevention and early detection of cancer; 2) To improve outcomes and survivorship for cancer patients by 
identifying important economic and psychosocial issues, and designing and implementing interventions that 
address these issues; 3) To foster transdisciplinary interactions by organizing programmatic and thematic 
Working Group meetings, supporting Pilot Projects and shaping UCCCC Shared Resources, and leveraging 
other institutional research resources; 4) To assess the needs of our catchment area to inform the conduct of 
research and interventions relevant to these needs; and 5) To facilitate and coordinate training and mentorship 
of students at all levels, fellows, and junior faculty to grow the next generation of cancer population health 
scientists. The CPC Program, with 38 members from 11 Departments and two Divisions (Divisions of Biological 
Sciences and Social Sciences), is the home to the majority of epidemiological and cancer control and 
prevention research for the UCCCC. Program members, whose work can be categorized into Scientific 
Themes of Cancer Risk and Prevention, and Outcomes and Survivorship, are leading initiatives in UCCCC 
strategic areas, such as local and global health disparities, genetic epidemiology, survivorship, and cancer 
economics, and fostering population research across UCCCC Research Programs. In the current funding 
period (2013-2016), Program members published 510 cancer-focused papers (20% intraprogrammatic, 26% 
interprogrammatic, and 64% interinstitutional). In 2016, our Program members were supported by $4.8 million 
(direct costs) in peer-reviewed funding, including $1.22 million from the NCI, and $2.6 million in other NIH 
support, as well as $3.08 million (direct costs) in non-peer-reviewed funding. Importantly, the Program provides 
evaluation and dissemination of cancer control activities through collaborative efforts in our local community in 
collaboration with the UCCCC’s Office of Community Engagement and Cancer Disparities (OCECD), as 
reducing or eliminating cancer disparities is an overarching goal and cross-cutting theme across all of these 
activities. With support from UCCCC, CPC members established the Chicago Multiethnic Prevention and 
Surveillance Study (COMPASS) – the first population-based urban multiethnic cohort in the US Midwest - and 
led efforts to se...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10162528
- **Project number:** 5P30CA014599-46
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
- **Principal Investigator:** Tara Olive Henderson
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $45,303
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-09-01 → 2023-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10162528

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10162528, Cancer Prevention and Control (5P30CA014599-46). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10162528. Licensed CC0.

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