# Shared Resource: Epidemiology Research

> **NIH NIH P30** · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $109,282

## Abstract

ABSTRACT 
The Epidemiology Research Core (ERC) supports population-based cancer research in metropolitan Detroit. 
The ERC is grouped in the Population Research Core Cluster along with the Behavioral and Field 
Research Core. 
The ERC is located within the Metropolitan Detroit Cancer Surveillance System (MDCSS), an NCI-funded 
population-based Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program central cancer registry. The 
MDCSS is located at Wayne State University (WSU), under the umbrella of the Karmanos Cancer Institute 
(KCI). Both Detroit and national SEER data contain detailed histological and demographic information, primary 
treatment and survival data for all patients with newly-diagnosed, invasive cancer in their respective 
geographic coverage areas. 
The ERC provides necessary support for access to and utilization of the very complex local and national SEER 
data for research. The Core also provides epidemiology consulting and collaborates with KCI members 
conducting investigations in cancer prevention, etiology, treatment and outcomes. This mission is achieved 
through services including rapid case ascertainment; collection of medical records and biospecimens; 
abstracting medical records for study-specific information; linkage of datasets to patient data for diagnostic, 
treatment, and outcomes research; identifying population-based control populations; research support and 
training for studies involving participant recruitment and interviewing; data queries and epidemiologic expertise 
and collaboration in the conduct of population-based investigations of cancer. The ERC benefits KCI by 
centralizing access to SEER data and standardizing patient, physician and hospital interactions for studies 
using SEER data for population-based research. The metropolitan Detroit population contains a large number 
of minorities, with 22% of the ~25,000 annual cancer diagnoses in the SEER catchment area being African 
American. This makes the population ideal for the study of health disparities. The ERC contributes 
significantly to the population-based research conducted at KCI, primarily through the identification of eligible 
participants and collection of data and biospecimens on these participants, evidenced in part by the 91 
publications accomplished with support of the ERC during the current grant period.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9836634
- **Project number:** 5P30CA022453-38
- **Recipient organization:** WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Jennifer L Beebe-Dimmer
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $109,282
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9836634

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9836634, Shared Resource: Epidemiology Research (5P30CA022453-38). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9836634. Licensed CC0.

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