# Cancer Research Education Program

> **NIH NIH P20** · HOWARD UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $77,515

## Abstract

Abstract
The goal of the Cancer Research Education Program (C-REP) Core is to increase the training, educational and
research opportunities in the field of minority health and cancer disparities among students at various levels
(undergraduate, graduate, health professional) and research investigators. Howard University (HU) and
Georgetown University (GU) will create an academic home to achieve the key goal of a collaborative program,
building on their 40-year legacy of partnership. Together, the members of the C-REP leadership team bring many
years of experience in population, clinical, and translational research with a focus on cancer disparities and in
the successful development and implementation of training and mentoring programs. Their expertise spans
clinical, translational, behavioral, health services, and population sciences. The C-REP Core has three specific
aims. (1) To engage in curriculum development to support the proposed cancer research education training
experiences for students; (2) To promote the careers of students and research investigators who are pursuing
or planning to pursue a career in cancer disparities research; and (3) to engage and develop minority health and
health disparities cancer research investigators, particularly those who are members of populations with health
disparities, through targeted mentoring of research investigators. The first step in accomplishing this objective is
to develop and implement a student-center and faulty-centered cancer education curriculum, drawn partially from
existing courses with the addition of content developed specifically for the P20 cancer disparities educational
goals. Student and faculty scholars will be paired with research mentors to engage in cancer disparities research.
The overall goal is to develop long-term career trajectories in cancer disparities research. C-REP will conduct
annual tracking to obtain career development updates from prior C-REP participants. Evidence of student
success will be determined by tracking enrollment in a biomedical, health sciences, or public health graduate
program; further participation in mentored cancer research; and publication of a substantive mentored cancer
research project or application for a cancer focused training grant as the F31 and F99/K00 awards. Evidence of
faculty success will be determined by the observed career trajectory leading toward ongoing mentored or
independent research such as a strong publication record, conference presentations, pilot project research,
mentored career development awards, or independent investigator awards.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10251253
- **Project number:** 5P20CA242617-03
- **Recipient organization:** HOWARD UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Pamela Lynn Carter-Nolan
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $77,515
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-09-09 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10251253

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10251253, Cancer Research Education Program (5P20CA242617-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10251253. Licensed CC0.

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