# Outreach Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · 2024 · $188,157

## Abstract

OUTREACH CORE – ABSTRACT 
Cancer incidence and mortality rates for minorities and under-resourced populations are 
significantly higher in Chicago than the national average for most cancers (Illinois State 
Cancer Registry). Addressing these disparities requires community-driven, solution-oriented 
approaches. In 2015, a consortium comprised of community members and three major 
academic institutions in Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Northeastern Illinois 
University (NEIU), and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern 
University (NU-LCC), secured NCI U54 funding to establish the Chicago Cancer Health 
Collaborative (ChicagoCHeC), which aims to foster rigorous and meaningful research, 
education, training, and community outreach/engagement to address cancer health 
disparities. Through the original U54 award, the Outreach Core identified community needs, 
and provided leadership and programmatic support for community-based cancer education, 
engagement, and outreach activities. In this renewal, the proposed activities of the 
ChicagoCHeC Outreach Core will build upon the existing strengths, prior and ongoing work, 
accomplishments, and lessons learned from the first U54 award to elevate ChicagoCHeC’s 
collective impact on reducing cancer health disparities. A major area of the Outreach Core’s 
focus for the next five years will be to develop targeted cancer support efforts for populations 
experiencing cancer health disparities, including people with disabilities, Black men, and low income cancer survivors. Proposed community engagement approaches span the cancer 
continuum, encompassing prevention, screening and early detection, community-based 
education, and cancer treatment and survivorship. Specific aims of the Outreach Core are to: 
(1) Foster community partnerships and conduct ongoing needs assessment to identify new 
and innovative areas of opportunity, including outreach research, for community-engaged 
activities that will reach individuals from populations experiencing cancer health disparities; 
(2) Implement outreach and education activities across the cancer continuum; (3) Foster 
opportunities for building cancer health disparities research capacity among community 
partners, investigators, and students; (4) Plan, implement, and evaluate NCI National 
Outreach Network activities locally; and (5) Rigorously evaluate achievement and progress of 
the Outreach Core’s stated aims using a comprehensive evaluation strategy. A highly effective 
tri-institutional leadership team with complementary expertise will lead these activities, 
supported by experienced Community Health Educators with strong clinical and community 
networks. A Community Steering Committee will guide the development and implementation 
of the proposed outreach and engagement activities. The Outreach Core will leverage each 
ChicagoCHeC partner academic institution’s numerous ties to Chicago’s many 
neighborhoods and community...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10919812
- **Project number:** 5U54CA202997-10
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
- **Principal Investigator:** Keith Brian Naylor
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $188,157
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2015-09-24 → 2026-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10919812

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10919812, Outreach Core (5U54CA202997-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10919812. Licensed CC0.

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