# Strengthening Stakeholder Engagement in Human Research Protections.

> **NIH NIH UL1** · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · 2021 · $159,900

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS)
seeks to catalyze translational research, locally and nationally, as part of a national network to
improve individual and population health. Since our initial funding by the NIH in 2009, the
overarching goal—and driving focus—of the CCTS is to improve population health, particularly
among minorities and underserved populations. Our high-quality multidisciplinary clinical and
translational research, spans the translational spectrum and includes strengths in community
stakeholder engagement. Building on our organizational foundation and record of success, the
UIC CCTS is well-positioned to make substantial contributions by collaborating with other hubs,
supporting national CTSA activities, and making unique contributions to community-engaged
research with vulnerable and underserved populations. Across academic research institutions,
community and patient stakeholder engagement is now increasingly incorporated into individual
research projects, yet it is not typically a part of ethical and regulatory oversight of research.
This may lead to under- or over-protection of research participants. Increased collaboration
between human research protections programs (HRPPs) and institution-level community
engagement activities could bring stakeholder perspectives to bear on research ethics
oversight, but there is much to learn about how relationships could be strengthened and efforts
better coordinated to enhance human research protections. This proposed bioethics supplement
to UIC’s Center for Clinical and Translational Science responds to NIH’s call for bioethics
research to develop an evidence base that may inform future policy directions, focusing on
patient/participant representation in research oversight and study design. The goals of this
project are to identify, prioritize, and disseminate strategies and resources for increasing
stakeholder engagement in research ethics oversight with a focus on strengthening
relationships between human research protections programs (HRPPs) and institutional
community engagement activities. The specific aims are to: 1) Generate a menu of strategies
that HRPPs could implement to increase the inclusion of stakeholder perspectives in research
ethics oversight; and 2) Foster consensus regarding priority strategies for HRPPs to increase
appropriate inclusion of stakeholder perspectives in research ethics oversight.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10363791
- **Project number:** 3UL1TR002003-06S2
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
- **Principal Investigator:** Robin J. Mermelstein
- **Activity code:** UL1 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $159,900
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2016-08-15 → 2025-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10363791

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10363791, Strengthening Stakeholder Engagement in Human Research Protections. (3UL1TR002003-06S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10363791. Licensed CC0.

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