# Community Engagement Core

> **NIH ES P42** · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · 2026 · $184,226

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY (Community Engagement Core: Hoover, Chief, Carroll, Lim) 
The University of Arizona (UA) Superfund Research Center (SRP) has successfully translated research 
findings focused on the health and environmental impacts of mining on communities and engaged affected 
citizens to reduce and mitigate exposure through learning modules, outreach activities, workshops, capacity 
building, and developing community engaged participatory research. The objective of the UA SRC Community 
Engagement Core (CEC) is to foster impactful collaborations between Center investigators and community 
partners in identifying and mitigating human exposures to dust (including metals and mold) from mine waste 
and material. Recognizing that reducing chronic metal(loid) exposure remains a priority, congruent with NIEHS 
SRP’s fourth mandate, we will establish and maintain space for multi-directional communication to 1) 
Implement community engagement training activities that prepares UA SRC members to engage communities 
in multi-directional dialogue; 2) Develop educational and informational materials that support efforts by 
Indigenous Peoples to reduce environmental exposures in their communities; and 3) Enhance community based 
capacity to reduce dust exposure via co-created data collection and monitoring activities. Accomplishing 
these activities will be achieved through existing, long-term collaborations with The Tohono O’odham Nation, 
The Navajo Nation, Diné College, San Carlos Apache College, and Black Mesa United community 
organization. CEC activities will emphasize co-development of educational and information materials to build 
community capacity to address and reduce environmental dust exposures. In collaboration with the Research 
Experience and Training Coordination Core (RETCC), the CEC will 1) develop educational and informational 
materials to support community decision-making about issues including particulate matter, mold, and lung 
disease with support from 

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 11375958
- **Project number:** 5P42ES004940-37
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
- **Principal Investigator:** Joseph Hamilton Hoover
- **Activity code:** P42 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ES
- **Fiscal year:** 2026
- **Award amount:** $184,226
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-04-01T00:00:00 → 2030-01-31T00:00:00

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11375958

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 11375958, Community Engagement Core (5P42ES004940-37). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-10 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/11375958. Licensed CC0.

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