# Center for the Promotion of Cancer Health Equity (CePCHE)

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MED SCIENCES · 2024 · $2,079,818

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: OVERALL
COBRE Center for the Promotion of Cancer Health Equity (CePCHE)
Profound cancer health disparities, in urgent need of being addressed, exist between Puerto Rico and
the mainland U.S. The University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center (UPRCCC), and the
University of Puerto Rico (UPR), through its two urban graduate centers, UPR-Rio Piedras and UPR-
Medical Sciences, propose here a new Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) to
immediately address cancer health equity for US Hispanics. The proposed Center for the Promotion of
Cancer Health Equity (CePCHE) will 1) focus on Hispanic health equity in cancer to benefit both PR
and the U.S. Mainland; 2) use a comprehensive research - basic, translational, clinical – plan to build
UPR capacity, and position the UPRCCC for NCI designation; 3) expand the pipeline -young
investigators, postdocs and graduate students - of competitive Hispanic cancer researchers to address
cancers that are disproportionately higher in PR and among mainland US Hispanics; and 4) provide a
model based on PR’s experience in outreach to help increase evidenced-based health equity strategies
among mainland U.S. Hispanics.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10931321
- **Project number:** 5P20GM148324-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MED SCIENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** Abel J Baerga-Ortiz
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $2,079,818
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2023-09-19 → 2028-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10931321

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10931321, Center for the Promotion of Cancer Health Equity (CePCHE) (5P20GM148324-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10931321. Licensed CC0.

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