# Planning and Evaluation Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · 2021 · $540,515

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT 
The objectives of the Planning and Evaluation Core (PEC) are to facilitate strategic planning, monitoring, and 
evaluation of the Partnership activities designed to close the gap in information needed about precision 
medicine, and ultimately reduce Hispanic/Latino (H/L) cancer health disparities. An Internal Advisory 
Committee (IAC) and an external advisory board, the Program Steering Committee (PSC), provide guidance 
and recommendations. In addition to the IAC and PSC, the PEC consults with Dr. Caprice Knapp, an 
evaluation and process expert from Pennsylvania State University. She is external to both PHSU and MCC 
and can provide objective and formal systematic evaluations. The PEC team will also conduct systematic 
evaluations of all Partnership activities and projects. These evaluations will contribute toward identifying the 
strengths and weaknesses of the Partnership and its individual components, as well as to provide data to the 
Administrative Core (AC) in guiding the direction of the Partnership. This will be achieved through the following 
Specific Aims: (1) To collect and evaluate results on the progress of all Partnership components with the goal 
to initiate, terminate, or modify new and on-going initiatives using a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) 
approach to achieve the Partnership goals and objectives. This will be achieved through on-going collection 
and evaluation of process and outcome data using a web-based system; (2) To facilitate and evaluate 
communication between the senior leadership of both institutions regarding progress and future directions of 
the Partnership; and (3) To maintain and grow a pipeline of new initiatives and competitive research projects.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10249954
- **Project number:** 5U54CA163071-10
- **Recipient organization:** PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** Harold I Saavedra
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $540,515
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2012-09-25 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10249954

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10249954, Planning and Evaluation Core (5U54CA163071-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10249954. Licensed CC0.

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