# Project 2: Smokers

> **NIH NIH P20** · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $158,693

## Abstract

PROJECT 2: PROJECT SUMMARY
Physiological stress responses are among the multilevel determinants of cancer health disparities that need to
be examined within the context of other SES, psychosocial, and structural factors. Project 2 will be the first to
examine racial differences in HPA-axis functioning between African American/Black and white male smokers at
increased risk for lung cancer morbidity and mortality by measuring acute cortisol responses to a laboratory
stressor and evaluating racial disparities in daily cortisol patterns among these men in their neighborhoods and
communities. Together with contextualized data on acute and chronic stress responses based on SES,
psychosocial, and structural factors, Project 2 will generate novel empirical data that can be leveraged into
precision strategies for lung cancer prevention through smoking cessation and other intervention approaches.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10290162
- **Project number:** 1P20CA252717-01A1
- **Recipient organization:** VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Chanita A. Hughes-Halbert
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $158,693
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-09-20 → 2024-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10290162

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10290162, Project 2: Smokers (1P20CA252717-01A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-14 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10290162. Licensed CC0.

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