# (1/2) Pacific Island Partnership for Cancer Health Equity (PIPCHE)

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · 2024 · $1,491,969

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY: OVERALL
The Pacific Island Partnership for Cancer Health Equity (PIPCHE) is a 17-year collaboration between the
University of Guam (UOG) and the University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center (UHCC) that continues to advance
cancer health equity, increase the cancer research and education capacity, and decrease significant cancer
disparities in Pacific Islands Populations. Americans of Pacific Islander ancestry are a highly underserved and
vulnerable minority with a disparate cancer burden, including significant underrepresentation among cancer
and biomedical researchers and healthcare providers, which further exacerbates the disparities. The
overarching goal and long-term objective are to promote cancer health equity and mitigate the impact of cancer
on Pacific Island Populations through increasing cancer research leadership and capacity in Hawai‘i, Guam
and the United States Affiliated Pacific Islands, which comprise the Pacific Island Populations addressed by
this project. As the only National Cancer Institute-funded Partnership serving the underrepresented Pacific
Island region, PIPCHE will accomplish its goals through the following specific aims: (1) Continue to develop a
diverse portfolio of Pacific Island Population-focused cancer research projects that include clinical, basic, and
population health sciences, (2) Collaborate with local and regional Pacific Island community organizations that
work with underrepresented Pacific Island Populations to promote cancer health equity and enhance
opportunities for research training and workforce development, (3) Sustain, strengthen, and continuously
evaluate of all the Partnership’s research, core activities, and research education programs, (4) Enhance and
implement evidence-based, relevant, cancer-related public health interventions and cancer, prevention and
control strategies with and within underrepresented communities, and (5) Expand the scientific collaboration
among PIPCHE members and other faculty within the two institutions, with an emphasis on recruiting Early
Stage Investigators of Pacific Island ancestry. PIPCHE will carry out these aims by continued investment in
four Cores (Cancer Outreach, Research Education, Planning and Evaluation, and Administration), which
provide the infrastructure and governance of the Partnership. The proposed Shared Resources (Biostatistics,
Epidemiology, Information Technology, and Cancer Registry) will provide essential technical and scientific
support to the PIPCHE student scholars, trainees, and the proposed full research projects and pilot projects
that specifically address the cancer disparities of the Pacific Island Populations. Using its arc of cancer equity,
PIPCHE has identified 10 major domains (education/health literacy, policy, environment, lifestyle,
culture/community, biology, treatment, healthcare access, psycho-social, and socio-economic status) that
influence Pacific Islander cancer health disparities/equity. Each of the research proj...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10907480
- **Project number:** 5U54CA143727-15
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA
- **Principal Investigator:** Brenda Yukari Hernandez
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $1,491,969
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2009-09-28 → 2026-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10907480

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10907480, (1/2) Pacific Island Partnership for Cancer Health Equity (PIPCHE) (5U54CA143727-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10907480. Licensed CC0.

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