# ITCA NARCH Admin Core

> **NIH NIH S06** · INTER TRIBAL COUNCIL OF ARIZONA, INC. · 2021 · $181,450

## Abstract

Project Abstract/Summary 
American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN) compared to non-white Hispanics (NHW), suffer from 
disparately higher levels of health problems such as liver disease and motor vehicle deaths. American 
Indians in the southwest are more likely to be diagnosed with late stage cancers than NHW, especially 
the “screenable” cancers of cervix, colorectal and breast, and survival is lower than among NHW as a 
result. Contributing factors to these disparities include social determinants of health, cultural beliefs and 
values, health care system policies, and a lack of information, embedded in a history of oppression 
leading to distrust of research and medicine. 
The American Indian Research for Health (AIRCH) was established in 2000 partnership between the 
Inter Tribal Council of Arizona (ITCA) and the Native American Research and Training Center (NARTC) 
at The University of Arizona (UA) to reduce health disparities among American Indians and Alaska 
Natives by engaging tribes in research that is scientifically sound and culturally respectful. ITCA works 
to improve the capacity of Tribes in Arizona, including areas related to health. With over 60 staff and 30 
projects, ITCA provides on-going technical assistance and training to Tribes in program planning and 
development, research and data collection, and resource development. The Administrative Core of the 
American Indian Research Center for Health will provide oversight of all AIRCH activities; coordinate 
communication between the various projects and project staff and to guide the evaluation activities. 
Over the past 16 years, we have involved thousands of participants in research education activities, 
and in the last eight years we have trained over 300 students and community members in research, 
mentored more than 120 AIAN trainees including 13 Jr. Faculty. We have published 57 papers and 
given more than 90 presentations. The faculty have published 16 additional papers and given 50 
poster and oral presentations. 
During the 2017-2021 project period, we will include three aims to ensure an effective program that 
meets the NARCH objectives in research, training and capacity building to support Tribes in health and 
health research to reduce AIAN health disparities. The AIRCH Administrative Core will use a culturally 
respectful approach in partnership with our Arizona Indian Tribes to provide oversight of all AIRCH 
activities to ensure responsible fiscal and programmatic activity and culturally competent research, to 
coordinate communication between the various components of AIRCH partnership for organizational 
and managerial correspondence, resource development and dissemination and implementation of key 
findings; and to plan and implement an

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10244909
- **Project number:** 5S06GM127980-04
- **Recipient organization:** INTER TRIBAL COUNCIL OF ARIZONA, INC.
- **Principal Investigator:** Travis Lane
- **Activity code:** S06 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $181,450
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-09-14 → 2023-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10244909

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10244909, ITCA NARCH Admin Core (5S06GM127980-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10244909. Licensed CC0.

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