# 1/2 The University of Massachusetts, Boston - Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center U54 Comprehensive Partnership for Cancer Disparities Research

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON · 2020 · $1,694,042

## Abstract

Summary: The University of Massachusetts, Boston (UMass Boston) and Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer
Center (DF/HCC) initiated their Partnership in August 2002. The early years of the Partnership during the U56
funding period (2005-2010) established the foundational support and scientific leadership needed to build a
solid and vibrant research collaboration. Moving forward, the U54 mechanism drew on this foundation resulting
in a robust set of activities in research, capacity building and outreach. Two key tenets guide this sustained
partnership between UMass Boston and DF/HCC: a) A common and intense interest in addressing the
problem of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality; and b) A
belief that through the Partnership, each institution will achieve benefits that neither could achieve on its own.
This application for renewal provides extensive evidence of the ways these tenets have been operationalized,
the resulting benefits for both institutions and the ways in which this Partnership is now poised to make, at an
elevated level, significant advances to the science of cancer control. We are proposing activities that draw on
the latest science to understand and address cancer disparities through a transdisciplinary approach that
embodies our Partnership theme of “Cells to Society.” In support of our new cohesive theme, we have
proposed three sophisticated, highly competitive research projects across several areas of basic biomedical
and population sciences that will employ evidence and methods to converge upon and impact cancer and
cancer health disparities at multiple levels of analysis. To elucidate new areas of research opportunity, the
Partnership is excited to explore the intersection between biology-based sciences and social/behavioral
sciences. The immediate priorities of the Partnership are: 1) Continuing capacity building for biomedical and
cancer research at UMass Boston and cancer disparities research at DF/HCC; 2) Enhancing and scaling up
research experiences for students with a specific focus on underrepresented minorities (URMs), across the
entire educational pipeline –from undergraduate to postdoctoral levels (see Research Education Core); 3)
Continuing close mentoring of early stage investigators with a focus on research and career development; 4)
Building a strong and robust Outreach Core that draws on the state of the science from dissemination and
implementation sciences (D&I) for building partnerships, translating knowledge and monitoring the results of
the translation efforts to build and sustain capacity among community-based organizations (see Outreach
Core); 5) Offering infrastructural support to U54 investigators through two service cores, including the
Research Design and Analysis, and Genomics Cores (see Shared Resource Core); and 6) Ensuring
sustainability for projects, Cores and research education programs via dedicated planning and execution of
grant matching with NIH-...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10007588
- **Project number:** 5U54CA156734-10
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON
- **Principal Investigator:** ADAN COLON-CARMONA
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $1,694,042
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2010-09-28 → 2021-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10007588

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10007588, 1/2 The University of Massachusetts, Boston - Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center U54 Comprehensive Partnership for Cancer Disparities Research (5U54CA156734-10). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-26 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/10007588. Licensed CC0.

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