# Core-002

> **NIH NIH UL1** · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · 2020 · $712,920

## Abstract

The Community Engagement and Collaboration Core (CECC) supports the UMass Center for Clinical and
Translational Science’s (UMCCTS) overarching vision of creating a robust and transformative clinical and
translational research and education enterprise across the 5 UMass campuses by leading programs and services
and conducting educational activities that facilitate the integration of community engagement and team
science approaches in translational research endeavors. Community engagement and team science are central,
guiding tenets to all UMCCTS Core activities and programs, and support the CTSA goal of responding to
unmet health needs with efficient, effective, high-quality research that is relevant, practical, and valuable to the
populations it serves. By supporting a culture of collaboration across disciplines, campuses, and communities,
the UMCCTS drives innovation in research and education across the spectrum of clinical and translational research.
We define community broadly to include all stakeholders with a vested interest in addressing the unmet
health needs of our community. This includes members of our local communities and clinical, public
health, and community-based providers/practitioners, organizations, and industry partners. We foster transdisciplinary
collaborations across the 5 UMass campuses, leveraging unique strengths of each campus, and engage
in CTSA consortium collaborations that advance the reach and impact of science. UMCCTS activities are
founded on key principles of trust, respect, bi-directional communication and mobilization of community
strengths and assets by fostering productive collaborative relationships that achieve mutually identified goals.
The CECC has been highly productive in supporting teams from across the 5 UMass campuses. Our programs
and services have been integrated throughout our UMCCTS Cores. Our Specific Aims build upon these successes
and incorporate lessons learned. Guided by the UMCCTS Community Advisory Board (CAB), the
CECC will lead activities that are vital resources for investigators and teams across the translational research
spectrum, addressing pressing community-identified health priorities and advancing science. The CECC Specific
Aims are to: (1) Further integrate principles and practices of collaboration and community engagement
throughout UMCCTS activities to impact health; (2) Implement educational and workforce development programs
and mentoring to promote transdisciplinary collaboration, team science, and community engagement
across the UMCCTS; (3) Expand our Community-based Research Network (CBRN) as a means of enhancing
the scale, scope, and impact of collaborative academic/community research, and (4) Contribute to the advancement of the science and practice of collaboration and community engagement across the CTSA hubs.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10183423
- **Project number:** 2UL1TR001453-05A1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Katherine F. Luzuriaga
- **Activity code:** UL1 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $712,920
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10183423

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10183423, Core-002 (2UL1TR001453-05A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10183423. Licensed CC0.

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