# Consortium Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · 2020 · $542,177

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY – CONSORITUM CORE 
Despite considerable advances in the science of health disparities, racial/ethnic minorities still 
experience high incidence and mortality rates for most chronic conditions. The failure to 
appropriately engage representatives of the target communities in the conceptualization (and 
ultimate implementation) of health disparities elimination strategies has substantially limited their 
impact. Involving communities and other relevant stakeholders in all aspects of research from 
planning and design through dissemination of findings may help ensure that precision medicine 
approaches respond to relevant and important issues, develop care and services that are 
accessible and user-friendly, and ultimately improve population health. The goal of the 
Consortium Core is to engage and integrate community and academic partners with interest in 
health equity and/or precision medicine into the activities of our proposed Center. The specific 
aims are: 
1. To catalyze research in health disparities and precision medicine by creating a diverse 
consortium of members representing a broad range of disciplines and backgrounds. 
2. To enhance productivity of Consortium members by implementing transdisciplinary 
collaborative activities. 
3. To enable novel transdisciplinary research in health disparities by administering a 
pilot program.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9921221
- **Project number:** 5U54MD010722-05
- **Recipient organization:** VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Olveen Carrasquillo
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $542,177
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2023-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9921221

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9921221, Consortium Core (5U54MD010722-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-14 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9921221. Licensed CC0.

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