# Consortium Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $183,358

## Abstract

This application develops a Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center (TCC) for Health Disparities Research 
on Chronic Disease Prevention within the DHHS-defined Region 5 titled The Flint Center for Health Equity 
Solutions (FCHES). Core Academic Faculty and their community partners bring significant research and practical 
expertise in health equity efforts, behavioral health interventions and epidemiology, geography and the effects 
of built environment on health, and physical fitness and healthy eating in economically distressed, minority- 
majority communities. The TCC targets its initial activities within Flint, Michigan, with plans to extend the scope 
and reach of Center activities more generally across the state and nation. Our long-range goal is to eliminate 
disparities in physical and behavioral health developing, implementing and disseminating community-based 
multilevel interventions and creating sustainable health equity solutions in partnership with a broad cross-section 
of multi-sectorial stakeholders. Our partners include some of the community founders of CBPR. 
 The Consortium Core will leverage existing community outreach initiatives targeted to underserved 
populations in Flint, MI and across the Region. The Core consists of a broad cross-section of federal, state, 
and local agencies, private sector partners, community organizations, minority and health disparity 
populations, health care provider organizations, for-profit or non-profit organizations and foundations, and 
other stakeholders. Our TCC Consortium Core will serve as a regional focal point to organize and nurture 
productive and meaningful relationships with a broad cross section of stakeholders, including representation 
from community, local, state, and national organizations focused on health disparities/health equities The role 
of the Consortium Core is to: (1) create synergy with collaborative partners and to coordinate TCC activities in a 
way that builds trust and minimizes duplication of effort, fills gaps in existing regional efforts, and mobilizes and 
leverages resources; 2) seek new opportunities for collaborations, including expanding the consortium to include 
relevant new partners; (3) advise and participate in all aspects of the TCC to achieve goals and objectives across 
all TCC Cores, including the Administrative Core, the Methodology Core, the Dissemination and Implementation 
Science Core and the 2 collaborative Intervention Research Projects. Specifically, the Core will: (1) In 
collaboration with consortium partners, develop regional collaborations and partnerships to promote the TCC as 
a regional focal point to organize and nurture productive working relationships with a cross section of 
stakeholders; (2) Develop methods and procedures for timely and effective communication among TCC 
participants and the wider community as a means to increase capacity and coordinate efforts; (3) Establish a 
participatory evaluation strategy for the partn...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9877969
- **Project number:** 5U54MD011227-05
- **Recipient organization:** MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** C. Debra M. Furr-Holden
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $183,358
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2023-02-28

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9877969

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9877969, Consortium Core (5U54MD011227-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9877969. Licensed CC0.

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