# Population Science and Cancer Control Scientific Program

> **NIH NIH P30** · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · 2020 · $28,221

## Abstract

Harold C. Simmons Cancer Center 
Population Science and Cancer Control Scientific Program 
Project Summary/Abstract 
A developing research program in the 2009 application, the Population Science and Cancer Control (PS) 
Scientific Program has grown substantially in peer-reviewed funding from less than $500,000 to $5.6 million in 
2013. Of that amount, $2.5 million represents funding from the NCI, $1.5 million from other NIH divisions, and 
close to $1 million from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Total prevention and 
screening projects from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) currently totals $2.4 
million. 
Intra-programmatic collaborations are strong, representing 44% of the Program's 2013 publications; 13% are 
inter-programmatic. Program members meet quarterly for updates and research presentations, with topic- 
focused bi-monthly works-in-progress sessions. Our large catchment area is the Dallas-Ft. Worth statistical 
metropolitan area, with a special focus on uninsured Dallas county residents cared for by the Parkland Health 
and Hospital System . Thus, the program has a heavy focus on cancer disparities and conducts research 
among large numbers of traditionally underserved individuals. To address the needs of this catchment area, 
the PS Program functions along the following themes: 
Theme 1: Cancer prevention research includes study of biomarkers and behaviors 
1.a. Biomarkers for colon and hepatocellular cancers 
1.b. Risk prevention behaviors 
Theme 2: Screening for early detection of colon, hepatocellular, and esophageal cancers 
2.a. Population-based screening for colon cancer 
2.b. Screening for hepatocellular cancer 
2.c. Screening for esophageal cancer 
Theme 3: Survivorship (Developing) 
We have focused on programmatic grants allowing for discoveries across processes of care that can be 
translated into improved care in our catchments' health systems. Sixteen of 24 members have been recruited 
to Dallas since the arrival of Co-Leader Dr. Celette Sugg Skinner in 2007: six PhDs in the Department of 
Clinical Sciences with strong and diverse skills in mixed-methods, geo-spatial, biomedical, and multi-level 
research; a psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry; five MDs in the Department of Medicine with 
expertise in clinical epidemiology and health services research; and four PhDs in cancer-related health 
promotion and epidemiology in the UT School of Public Health's Dallas Campus.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10260732
- **Project number:** 3P30CA142543-10S3
- **Recipient organization:** UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Carlos L Arteaga
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $28,221
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2010-08-03 → 2021-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10260732

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10260732, Population Science and Cancer Control Scientific Program (3P30CA142543-10S3). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10260732. Licensed CC0.

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