# 1/2 Cherokee Nation/OSU and SCC Collaborative Partnership for Cancer Research

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · 2021 · $163,080

## Abstract

Abstract
Cancer disparities continue to impact the tribal nations within Oklahoma disproportionately. The proposed
Cherokee Nation/Oklahoma State University (OSU) and Stephenson Cancer Center (SCC) Collaborative has
four specific aims to achieve its overall mission of developing durable capacity in the context of an American
Indian tribal nation for research on cancer disparities:
 1. to strengthen administrative infrastructure, including a joint Internal Advisory Committee, capable of
 integrating research, research education and outreach efforts among the Cherokee Nation, OSU and
 the SCC;
 2. to conduct innovative pilot research in tobacco use and cancer risk capable of seeding large-scale
 research projects performed in the Cherokee Nation setting;
 3. to train the next generation of cancer researchers prepared to engage meaningfully with the Cherokee
 Nation and other tribal nations in the context of this research, focusing on early-stage investigators
 (ESIs), graduate, professional, and undergraduate students; and
 4. to evaluate our work in order to optimize the impact of pilot research projects and cancer research
 education and outreach activities, and guide continued expansion of Collaborative activities to address
 cancer disparities.
Our excitement about the Collaborative centers on the opportunity to expand tribal capacity for cancer
disparities research through a coordinated program of pilot research directly involving ESIs and students in
scholarly work to address cancer disparities, particularly those resulting from tobacco, and through specific
cancer research curriculum development and outreach activities. The addition of OSU, which has remarkable
assets in the education and training of American Indian students and ESIs, including a new medical school
created in partnership with the Cherokee Nation, provides a unique environment in which a tribe, a university
serving large numbers of AI students, and a research-intensive cancer center will work collectively to reduce
the unacceptable burden of cancer that continues to affect far too many AI people.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10264045
- **Project number:** 5P20CA253258-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** MARK P DOESCHER
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $163,080
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-09-15 → 2024-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10264045

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10264045, 1/2 Cherokee Nation/OSU and SCC Collaborative Partnership for Cancer Research (5P20CA253258-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10264045. Licensed CC0.

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