# ACCESS: Accelerating Cervical Cancer Elimination through the integration of Screen-and-treat Services

> **NIH NIH U01** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · 2023 · $125,000

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
My proposal is a submission in response to the Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) identified as NOT-CA-23-038.
I am an Assistant Professor of Medical Sociology and Anthropology and a Research Fellow at the Center for
Translation and Implementation Science (CTAIR) at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. My research focuses on
palliative care (PC), cancer and women’s health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This
administrative supplement mentor award will provide me with the support needed to achieve the following 3 key
career development objectives for research in LMIC settings: (1) Sharpen my skills in community based
participatory research, stakeholder’s engagement and program integration especially in PC clinical settings; (2)
Acquire in-depth knowledge of implementation frameworks and methods to help close the gap between
implementation science and implementation practice; (3) Acquire skills and content expertise in PC research. I
will conduct research and work with my mentors for a minimum of 40% of my time within the Nigerian
Implementation Science Alliance-Model Innovation and Research Centers (NISA-MIRCs), a practice-based
research network across the six geographical regions in Nigeria. To accomplish these objectives, I have put
together a mentoring team including: (1) a US Primary Mentor, Prof. Gregory Aarons from University of California,
San Diego who is an expert in Implementation Science; (2) a LMIC Primary Mentor, Prof. Echezona Ezeanolue
from the University of Nigeria, who is an expert in community-based participatory research and clinical research;
(3) a LMIC Co-Mentor, Dr Tonia Onyeka from University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital [UNTH], who is an expert
in PC research and practice; (4) a LMIC Peer-Mentor, Dr John Olawepo from Center of Translation and
Implementation Research [CTAIR], who is an expert in health systems integration. My team of mentors will
support my capacity building and research project, which includes a pilot study to explore the feasibility and
acceptability of a culturally adapted and integrated PC package to promote wellbeing of women living with HIV
(WLHIV) and cervical cancers. My specific aims are to: (1) Co-create and develop feasible, culturally adapted,
and sustainable PC service package with WLHIV and cervical cancer from the NISA-MIRCs. We will adapt core
elements of PC services recommended in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guideline using
well-established mixed method approaches; and (2) Pilot the adapted multicomponent PC package to determine
feasibility and acceptability at two NISA-MIRCs facilities. During the year of this administrative award, my Nigeria-
and US-based mentors, co-mentor, and peer-mentor will provide additional training and guidance in their areas
of expertise including implementation science, community based participatory research, PC, and health systems
integration.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10846404
- **Project number:** 3U01CA275118-02S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
- **Principal Investigator:** GREGORY AARONS
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $125,000
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2022-09-07 → 2024-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10846404

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10846404, ACCESS: Accelerating Cervical Cancer Elimination through the integration of Screen-and-treat Services (3U01CA275118-02S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10846404. Licensed CC0.

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