# Community Engagement Core

> **NIH NIH P50** · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · 2022 · $481,259

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
Health disparities in the burden of multiple chronic conditions for low-income and racial and ethnic minority
groups are pervasive and have their roots in social determinants of health and unequal access to evidence-
based health care services during critical periods of life. The Chicago region suffers from severe chronic
condition disparities for its African American and Latinx populations that can be mapped to specific
geographies due to the long history of racial segregation that has contributed to inequities in neighborhood
conditions, income, and access to high quality health resources and healthcare. Addressing disparities
in multiple chronic conditions in the Chicago region will require engaging diverse stakeholders committed to
overcoming gaps in the healthcare system, gaps in the traditional approach to delivering preventive and
management services, and gaps generated by a reductionist approach to science. We propose taking a
holistic approach to health disparities research that includes health care delivery systems, community health
centers, public health agencies and community-based organizations. The Community Engagement Core of
the Chicago Chronic Condition Equity Network (C3EN) aims to address these gaps by developing partnerships
between authentic community voices and researchers to co-design research interventions in the multi-
county Chicago region. We will engage multiple systems of clinical and social care that typically work in silos,
to collectively address research gaps in order to promote health equity for the African American and Latinx
populations in the Chicago region. In addition, these diverse stakeholders will facilitate the dissemination
of the findings of these research interventions to their constituents.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10494183
- **Project number:** 5P50MD017349-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
- **Principal Investigator:** Doriane Clarice Miller
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $481,259
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2021-09-24 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10494183

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10494183, Community Engagement Core (5P50MD017349-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10494183. Licensed CC0.

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