# Community Engagement and Outreach Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · BROWN UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $410,162

## Abstract

ABSTRACT – COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH CORE
There is tremendous need to coordinate disparate activities with a focus on better aligning research with the
health needs and public policy priorities identified by the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), the
broader Rhode Island (RI) community and the Latinx community in particular. Too often, interventions tested in
traditional research studies and found to be effective do not translate into positive outcomes in practice or
cannot be practically applied in clinical and community settings. Addressing the challenges of translating
research findings into clinical practice must require the engagement of key stakeholders, community members,
health care teams, program managers, and policy-makers, who are integral to the success, sustainability, and
scalability of these efforts3. The goal of the Community Engagement and Outreach core (CEO) is to help ensure
that the research undertaken by the Advance-CTR team is relevant, accessible and impactful for the entire
state of Rhode Island. We further believe that we should support research projects that strive to reduce health
disparities in our small, but very ethnically and racially diverse state. Perhaps most importantly, we believe this
approach will help ensure that the translational research enterprise ultimately benefits communities that bear a
disproportionate share of the disease burden in Rhode Island, particularly Latinx communities in our urban
core surrounding Providence. RI is a small but racially and ethnically diverse state. Approximately 5% of Rhode
Islanders are Black/African American. RI is also home to sizable immigrant populations from Southeast Asia,
India, China and Lusophone Africa. Notably, Rhode Island is home to a large Latinx population; 18% of the
state is of Latinx and 44% of Providence, RI’s largest city, is Latinx. Addressing the health of our diverse state
requires culturally tailored approaches to integrate their participation into the translational research process,
and ultimately, to oversee research that responds to the health needs of these populations. Our approach will
contribute to research focused on helping reduce health disparities through elevating the health needs and
participation of communities and patients in all research activities, integrating community engagement
and a culture of reciprocity into all aspects of Advance-CTR, and creating a Community Engaged
Practice-based Research Network (CEPBRN). Our activities will be grounded in the philosophy and culture
of partnership and reciprocity. This is not a “research method” but a values system that informs and infuses all
elements of our research activities and our team culture. Community stakeholders participate in dissemination
of study results, including publication and dissemination of study findings to the general public and the
communities who stand to benefit from knowledge production. This culture and our commitment to community
participation a...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10466953
- **Project number:** 5U54GM115677-07
- **Recipient organization:** BROWN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Amy Stewart Nunn
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $410,162
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-07-01 → 2026-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10466953

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10466953, Community Engagement and Outreach Core (5U54GM115677-07). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10466953. Licensed CC0.

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