# 04 - Cancer Control and Population Sciences

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · 2023 · $68,083

## Abstract

ABSTRACT – CANCER CONTROL AND POPULATION SCIENCES (CCPS) PROGRAM
Overview and Goals: The cancer burden in Alabama exceeds that of the US, largely due to poverty and
prevalent risk factors (e.g., obesity, poor diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use, low HPV vaccination) and is higher
among rural, Non-Hispanic Black, and select immigrant populations. The CCPS Program goal is to advance high
impact, paradigm-shifting, multidisciplinary translational research across the cancer continuum to reduce the
cancer burden in our catchment area and beyond. Research Highlights: For primary prevention, CCPS
members developed and tested a culturally relevant intervention that increased HPV vaccination rates among
daughters of LatinX immigrants and partnered with the Alabama Department of Public Health to increase HPV
vaccination rates from 35 to 50 percent in one year. In cancer patients and survivors, CCPS study teams tested
and translated innovative strategies to promote medication adherence for dissemination in the Children’s
Oncology Group and promoted safe weight loss as well as improved diet and physical activity in rural, minorities
with obesity in a P01 project. CCPS members, experts in palliative care, disseminated an evidence based, end
of life intervention to 45 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers nationwide, and are adapting interventions to address
caregivers in rural Alabama and in 48 National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program
practices. Program Activities: CCPS research is catalyzed by bidirectional communication with the Office of
Community Outreach and Engagement, Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination office, intra- and
inter-programmatic subgroups, seminars, retreats, internal scientific peer-review and informal chaperoning of
transdisciplinary collaborations. Integral support is provided by Shared Resources (70% utilized by CCPS
members) and the O’Neal Invests Program ($638K from 14 pilot awards leveraged $2.4M in extramural funding).
The UAB-Tuskegee-Morehouse School of Medicine partnership and collaborations with other university centers
(e.g., Nutrition and Obesity Research Center, and Transdisciplinary Health Disparities Research Center)
facilitate our research that targets cancer disparities. Collectively, this support was integral to the awards that
drive our program goal, e.g., 1 P01, 3 U01s and 29 collaborative R01’s. Members: CCPS members include 36
faculty from 13 Departments and 5 Schools, who obtained a total of $8.2M annual program peer-reviewed direct
costs (2021) including a 22% increase in NCI funding ($5.1M). CCPS members are highly productive and
collaborative, as shown by its (704) cancer-focused publications in the current CCSG cycle (2016-2021), of
which 29% were intra-programmatic, 30% inter-programmatic, 77% inter-institutional, and 10% in journals with
an impact factor ≥ 9.0. Future Directions: We contribute to, and are guided by, the O’Neal Strategic Plan, and
have set benchmarks to advanc...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10629253
- **Project number:** 5P30CA013148-50
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
- **Principal Investigator:** Elizabeth E Brown
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $68,083
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-03-28 → 2027-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10629253

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10629253, 04 - Cancer Control and Population Sciences (5P30CA013148-50). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10629253. Licensed CC0.

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