# Behavioral and Community-based Shared Resources

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · 2023 · $201,618

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY: BEHAVIORAL AND COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH SHARED
RESOURCE
The Behavioral and Community-Based Research Shared Resource (BCSR) facilitates behavioral,
psychosocial, community, translational, and population-based research for Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer
Center (Sylvester) investigators. These services are fundamental to Sylvester’s strategic efforts to address the
cancer burden within South Florida, Sylvester’s four-county catchment area (Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe,
and Palm Beach counties)  one of the most multicultural and multilingual regions in the US. Olveen
Carrasquillo, MD, MPH, a nationally recognized expert in cancer disparities and health equity, leads the BCSR
and is supported in this endeavor by a highly qualified Assistant Director, Natasha Schaefer Solle, PhD.
Together, they oversee two Co-Managers and ten staff members whose backgrounds reflect catchment area
racial/ethnic and cultural diversity and who have extensive experience providing a wide array of research
services in clinical and community settings critical for Sylvester investigators. The BCSR’s services aim to:
1) coordinate the recruitment and retention of diverse study participants (e.g. gender, race, ethnicity, sexual
orientation, language, and socioeconomic status) representative of Sylvester’s catchment area;
2) support the development of culturally and linguistically tailored study materials; 3) facilitate data and
biospecimen collection in clinical and community settings; and 4) assist with the development and delivery of
research interventions across the cancer continuum from prevention to survivorship. In 2017, the BCSR served
36 investigators, 23 of whom are Sylvester members (comprising 64% of BCSR usage), in the development
and/or conduct of 48 cancer relevant studies, half of which were extramurally funded. In the same year, the
BCSR aided in the recruitment of 1,885 research participants primarily from the four counties that comprise
Sylvester’s catchment area. The BCSR provides guidance to investigators on culturally-appropriate
approaches for study implementation and supports the translation of study materials, such as informed consent
forms and research protocols, into Spanish and/or Haitian Creole to accommodate South Florida’s linguistic
diversity and enhance broad-based recruitment potential. In 2017, the BCSR translated approximately 150
study documents for 28 investigators across 35 studies. In the future, the BCSR will continue to work together
with Sylvester’s Clinical Research Service and developing Biospecimen Shared Resource to develop more
robust approaches to engage and maintain community participation in Sylvester research studies.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10670840
- **Project number:** 5P30CA240139-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** Olveen Carrasquillo
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $201,618
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-07-10 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10670840

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10670840, Behavioral and Community-based Shared Resources (5P30CA240139-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10670840. Licensed CC0.

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