# The Virginia Advancing Cancer Control Equity Research Through Transformative Solutions (ACCERT) Center

> **NIH NIH U19** · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $365,918

## Abstract

RESEARCH METHODS, MEASURES, AND DATA MANAGEMENT (RMMDM) CORE: PROJECT SUMMARY
Evaluations of interventions that target the numerous social drivers of health (SDOH) factors experienced by
marginalized communities require multiple methods and lenses grounded in transdisciplinary team science. The
Research Methods, Measures, and Data Management (RMMDM) Core for the Virginia Advancing Cancer
Control Equity Research Through Transformative Solutions (VA-ACCERT) Center consists of an interdisciplinary
group of quantitative and qualitative researchers from the Virginia Commonwealth University and the Eastern
Virginia Medical School experienced in community-engaged cancer research, with deep knowledge of multi-
level, multi-stakeholder data and analysis. These experts will provide both quantitative and qualitative design
and analytical services to VA-ACCERT Center investigators, including but not exclusive to data management,
best practices for community engagement, measure development, study or methods adaptation, guidance on
ethical considerations, and data sharing in support of the planning, completion, and dissemination of results for
a signature SDOH Research Project, four Community Responsive Research Projects as well as future
Consortium-wide pilots projects. The RMMDM Core, in collaboration with project leads, is ultimately responsible
for the quality, validity, and replicability of scientific results. Centralized services will ensure that necessary
expertise is available across all projects and permit a cost-effective use of resources via shared use of software
and hardware infrastructure. It will also allow individual project activities to build on other efforts, synergistically
and adaptively, and provide a central hub for investigators and community partners to access data related to the
goal of this Center – to improve dissemination and implementation of health promotion and cancer prevention
services to individuals and families living in Virginia’s income-based housing communities. Finally, the RMMDM
Core is committed to complementing its service mission with the provision of training for early-career
investigators in quantitative and qualitative methods used in community-engaged projects focused on cancer
health equity. Both formal (seminars, short-courses) and informal (one-on-one consultation) approaches will be
used to share best methodological practices.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10929741
- **Project number:** 1U19CA291433-01
- **Recipient organization:** VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Alexander H Krist
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $365,918
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2024-08-01 → 2029-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10929741

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10929741, The Virginia Advancing Cancer Control Equity Research Through Transformative Solutions (ACCERT) Center (1U19CA291433-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10929741. Licensed CC0.

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