# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $68,748

## Abstract

The North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and the Lineberger Comprehensive 
Cancer Center (LCCC) at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) will continue 
their effective and mutually beneficial partnership focusing on African-American health 
disparities. During the past 13 years NCI funding has firmly established the Partnership 
building on complementary institutional strengths, conducting molecular and population-based 
cancer research and training of junior faculty and students. This Comprehensive Partnership to 
Advance Cancer Health Equity (CPACHE) application builds upon the foundation already 
established through the previous U54 funding to meet the challenge of disparities in cancer 
incidence and mortality in North Carolina and the US through cancer research, education and 
community outreach. Our goals are to: (1) strengthen cancer research capacity at NCCU 
providing NCCU scientists mentorship and collaborative opportunities to compete for NCI 
grantst; (2) enrich the capacity of NCCU and LCCC to further explore mechanisms underlying 
the disproportionate incidence of cancer mortality and morbidity between African Americans 
and Caucasian Americans, using both molecular and population-based approaches; (3) 
increase the number of NCCU scientists focused on cancer research as well as the education of 
minority undergraduate and graduate students in cancer research; (4) increase the faculty at the 
UNC LCCC focused on minority disparities research; and (5) create long-term collaborations 
between basic, public health, and translational scientists from NCCU and UNC LCCC. The 
strengths of each institution are uniquely positioned to overcome the weaknesses found in the 
other to achieve these priorities. Specific collaborative components of the proposal include: 
Two full and one pilot projects in community intervention and population science, one full and 
one pilot project in basic/translational cancer research in diseases with a higher incidence in 
African Americans, and 3 cores: Outreach, Research Education, and Histopathology. The 
partnership combines the expertise and resources of LCCC in population/public health sciences 
emphasizing disparities in North Carolina, genomics, cancer biology and cancer education and 
NCCU’s demonstrated interest and facilty with minority health disparities research particularly 
in Durham NC, the state-funded NCCU units that allow faculty release from teaching and the 
emphasis on reaching minority populations and developing the careers of , faculty and students. 
These complementary institutional strengths will assure that the Partnership builds the 
infrastructure necessary for a lasting collaborative research, effective community outreach and 
a substantial contribution to our understanding of minority disparities..

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10247141
- **Project number:** 3U54CA156735-10S1
- **Recipient organization:** NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** MICHELER Ricardo RICHARDSON
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $68,748
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2010-09-29 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10247141

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10247141, Administrative Core (3U54CA156735-10S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10247141. Licensed CC0.

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