# Education and Outreach Core: NN/LM NER (Region 8)

> **NIH NIH UG4** · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · 2020 · $713,057

## Abstract

Education and Outreach Core 
Abstract 
NER aims to connect Network Members and Partners with resources of the NLM and NN/LM 
NER such as: formalized curricula, Communities of Interest (COI), Focused Health Information 
Outreach, and opportunities for technology improvement. Target audiences for education and 
outreach include health professionals, the public health workforce, and the general public with a 
focus on minority and other underserved populations. The work conducted in the Education and 
Outreach Core will increase awareness of NLM resources among consumers, health 
professionals, and other health information providers. NER will promote the effective use of 
information and decision support resources that hold the promise of promoting healthy 
behaviors, preventing costly and debilitating illness, and improving health outcomes. 
NER uses a hub and spoke model to connect with Network Members and community 
organizations, which in turn reach out and connect with their users, and so forth capitalizing on 
existing relationships to expand the reach of the NER. Through this model NER is able to 
facilitate new collaborations and partnerships, offer diverse funding opportunities, conduct a 
robust education program, and implement a targeted outreach program to the under connected.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9918985
- **Project number:** 5UG4LM012347-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER
- **Principal Investigator:** ELAINE R MARTIN
- **Activity code:** UG4 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $713,057
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-05-01 → 2021-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9918985

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9918985, Education and Outreach Core: NN/LM NER (Region 8) (5UG4LM012347-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9918985. Licensed CC0.

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