# Planning and Evaluation Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · 2023 · $319,178

## Abstract

PLANNING AND EVALUATION CORE – ABSTRACT 
Our Chicago Cancer Health Equity Collaborative (ChicagoCHEC) Planning and Evaluation Core (PEC) is 
comprised of an exceptional team with complementary expertise and responsibility to lead the core’s monitoring 
and evaluation activities. PEC members include: Drs. Kristi Holmes and Brian Hitsman from NU-LCC; Raymond 
Fuller and Dr. Wamucii Njogu from NEIU; and Drs. Timothy Johnson and Lisa Sanchez-Johnsen from UIC. This 
Renewal application for the ChicagoCHEC PEC proposes to build on the infrastructure created, program 
progress, and lessons learned from our first U54 award and continue to improve our integrated and responsive 
foundation to support planning, monitoring and evaluation. The PEC will continue to monitor progress through 
ongoing evaluation processes, maximize resources, identify novel directions for the Partnership in ongoing 
consultation with the Administrative Core, and report progress to institutional leaders and the NCI on a continual 
basis. The PEC team will work closely with the Internal Advisory Committee (IAC) and the Program Steering 
Committee (PSC) and is composed of two teams: The Evaluation Action Team (EvAT) and the Mentoring and 
Project Team. The decisions made by the PEC will be guided by data systematically collected and organized by 
the EvAT while the PEC’s Mentoring and Project Team will monitor the provision of support and mentorship of 
ChicagoCHEC’s early career faculty, in addition to working closely with the Administrative Core to seed 
collaborative, tri-institutional cancer research projects and developmental pilots over the next five-year grant 
period. The overall specific aims of the PEC are to: (1) Conduct ongoing tracking and evaluation of all Partnership 
activities to inform planning, improve processes, maximize resources, and communicate impact to stakeholders 
over the duration of the ChicagoCHEC Partnership, with support of the IAC, PSC, and NCI; (2) Create and 
sustain an ongoing Incubator and Catalyst Research Grant Program, encouraging tri-institutional partnership 
and a focus on cancer health equity; and (3) Bolster a pipeline of faculty focused on cancer research by 
coordinating and monitoring career enhancement, mentoring, and professional development activities for early 
career faculty.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10694131
- **Project number:** 5U54CA202997-09
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
- **Principal Investigator:** Caryn E. Peterson
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $319,178
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2015-09-24 → 2025-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10694131

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10694131, Planning and Evaluation Core (5U54CA202997-09). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10694131. Licensed CC0.

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