# Community Engagement and Dissemination Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · 2021 · $164,190

## Abstract

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND DISSEMINATION CORE ABSTRACT 
The Community Engagement and Dissemination (CED) core of the Chicago Center for Health Equity Research 
(CHER) will facilitate collaborative relationships with a wide array of Chicago-based stakeholders, allied in the 
shared goal of advancing the science of health disparities, through a range of community-informed and 
community-engaged dissemination activities. There is a persistent and troubling gap between the production of 
health science research and its dissemination, translation and eventual uptake and use by relevant 
stakeholders. When it comes to the issue of health inequities, closing the gap between research and practice is 
all the more urgent, in the face of enduring disparities, particularly among communities of color. While there 
has been some progress in reducing health disparities among racial groups, inequalities in many health 
outcomes have actually increased in Chicago. Thus, the translation of research findings into sustainable 
community and systems-level changes, which will address, mitigate, and ultimately prevent health inequities 
and structural violence, is especially significant in Chicago. To accomplish this goal we propose the following 
aims: Aim 1: Coordinate, monitor and evaluate community engagement and dissemination activities across the 
Administrative Core, the Investigator Development Core, and all research projects. Aim 2: In collaboration 
with four community dissemination partners, develop dissemination strategies and products, and provide 
community-based venues for community engagement and dissemination activities Aim 3: Develop and guide a 
dissemination seed grant program for community-based partners to promote community-responsive research 
products, and facilitate contextually relevant dissemination activities across sectors.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10215262
- **Project number:** 5U54MD012523-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
- **Principal Investigator:** Angela Ellison
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $164,190
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-23 → 2026-02-28

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10215262

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10215262, Community Engagement and Dissemination Core (5U54MD012523-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10215262. Licensed CC0.

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