# Community Engagement and Dissemination Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR · 2020 · $74,190

## Abstract

Abstract
The Community Engagement and Dissemination Core (CEDC) will build upon already
established relationships in the community to provide researchers and community members
with the recognized need of community engagement in academia, where the value of research
evidence and community wisdom will provide effective strategies to address health disparities.
This multi-faceted approach will ensure the Center’s meaningful community participation in
research, training, and dissemination activates. Recognizing that effective community
partnerships are constructed over time through trust, respect, and commitment, the strategies
and tasks of the CEDC will be to foster and support the emergence of community engaged or
participatory research relationships. Two aims are proposed to accomplish this goal, which will
build the capacity of UNTHSC researchers and community partners to establish strong
equitable and productive partnerships that address community needs and result in translatable
action and impact. The two aims of the CEDC are 1) promote productive, equitable and
collaborative roles for community stakeholders to participate in the design, implementation,
interpretation and dissemination of health disparities research and 2) develop a mechanism to
disseminate research findings, provide study updates, and describe potential implications with
fellow researchers, members of the public, and specific community stakeholders relevant for
each substantive area. The CEDC will be led by Dr. Emily Spence-Almaguer, Associate Dean
for Community Engagement and Health Equity for the School of Public Health, using her
specialization in community engagement activities to promote solutions for a healthier
community to achieve the aims and objectives of the Core.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9932818
- **Project number:** 5U54MD006882-09
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** Emily Spence
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $74,190
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9932818

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9932818, Community Engagement and Dissemination Core (5U54MD006882-09). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9932818. Licensed CC0.

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