# NCCU-LCCC Partnership in Cancer Research

> **NIH NIH U54** · NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $596,000

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
Title of Parent Award: NCCU-LCCC Partnership in Cancer Research
Grant #: U54CA156735
PI: MICHELER Ricardo RICHARDSON, PHD
This is a request for bridge funding toward the resubmission of the competing renewal application to continue
the Comprehensive Partnership to Advance Cancer Health Equity (CPACHE) between North Carolina
Central University (NCCU) and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC) at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) entitled “NCCU/LCCC Partnership in Cancer
Research”.
Abstract for competing renewal of our existing NCI U54CA156735-10.
The North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC)
at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) will continue their effective and mutually beneficial
partnership focusing on African-American health disparities. During the past decade, NCI funding has firmly
established the Partnership building on complementary institutional strengths, conducting molecular and
population-based cancer research and training of junior faculty and students. This Comprehensive
Partnership to Advance Cancer Health Equity (CPACHE) application builds upon the foundation already
established through the previous U54 funding to meet the challenge of disparities in cancer incidence and
mortality in North Carolina and the US through cancer research, education and community outreach.
Our goals are to: (1) strengthen cancer research capacity at NCCU providing NCCU scientists mentorship
and collaborative opportunities to compete for NCI grants; (2) enrich the capacity of NCCU and LCCC to
further explore mechanisms underlying the disproportionate incidence of cancer mortality and morbidity
between African Americans and Caucasian Americans, using both molecular and population-based
approaches; (3) increase the number of NCCU scientists focused on cancer research as well as the
education of minority undergraduate and graduate students in cancer research; (4) increase the faculty at
the UNC LCCC focused on minority disparities research; and (5) create long-term collaborations between
basic, public health, and translational scientists from NCCU and UNC LCCC. The strengths of each
institution are uniquely positioned to overcome the weaknesses found in the other to achieve these priorities.
Specific collaborative components of the proposal include: One full and one pilot projects in community
intervention and population science, one full and one pilot project in basic/translational cancer research in
diseases with a higher incidence in African Americans, and 3 cores: Outreach, Research Education, and
Histopathology. The partnership combines the expertise and resources of LCCC in population/public health
sciences emphasizing disparities in North Carolina, genomics, cancer biology and cancer education and
NCCU's demonstrated interest and facility with minority health disparities research particularly in Durham
NC, the state-funded NCCU units ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10461628
- **Project number:** 3U54CA156735-10S2
- **Recipient organization:** NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** MICHELER Ricardo RICHARDSON
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $596,000
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2010-09-29 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10461628

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10461628, NCCU-LCCC Partnership in Cancer Research (3U54CA156735-10S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10461628. Licensed CC0.

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