# DP24-004, PRC Core:  Morehouse School of Medicine Prevention Research Center (MSM PRC): Advancing Health Equity and Justice Through Community Powered Implementation Science

> **NIH ALLCDC U48** · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · 2023 · $1,000,000

## Abstract

Morehouse School of Medicine Prevention Research Center (MSM PRC): Advancing
Health Equity and Justice Through Community Powered Implementation Science
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
 The Morehouse School of Medicine Prevention Research Center (MSM PRC) proposes
to conduct interdisciplinary community-based prevention research in African American, Latinx
and other minority communities of color in the greater Atlanta region; train minority community-
based researchers and public health practitioners; and demonstrate the value of community
coalitions in conducting research. The goal of the MSM PRC is to address social determinants
of health (SDOH) by implementing community-engaged, evidence-based strategies in response
to obstinate and emerging health disparities/inequities, thereby advancing applied public health
prevention, health equity, and justice in the State of Georgia.
 MSM PRC has a long and successful record of conducting research and outreach efforts
to address health equity, alleviate racial and ethnic health disparities, and identify and assess
the impacts of minority populations. It is well-positioned and possesses the expertise and
resources to guide and facilitate the administrative, data management, and research capacity
building functions of the MSM PRC. Partners of the proposed project, with whom MSM has a
long and successful record of collaboration, include the Community Coalition Board (CCB). The
Center’s location facilitates daily interaction with the CCB members, broader community access
to resources and engagement between neighborhood residents and academic faculty and staff.
 The MSM PRC will be co-lead by four individuals with complementary training, expertise,
and leadership in National networks designed to advance health equity in response to emerging
and obstinate structural in equities. They are experienced researchers in health disparities,
community engagement, and SDOH. (1) Tabia Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH, Professor and Chair,
MSM Community Health and Preventive Medicine (Contact PI); (2) Rhonda Holliday, PhD,
Professor, MSM PRC (3) Rakale Quarells, PhD, Professor, MSM PRC (4) LaShawn M.
Hoffman, Community Development, Civic Engagement Practitioner.
 The long-term goal is to use the community-led data, metrics systems, and networks
gathered to inform a health equity research model for strengthening community-based
organizations' research capacity to plan, implement, and sustain interventions that eliminate
structural determinants of poor health to advance health equity independently and collectively.
See specific Aims for the Center Component, Core Research Component, and Network
Component aims that have been determined by the MSM PRC.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10875056
- **Project number:** 1U48DP006802-01
- **Recipient organization:** MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** Rhonda C Conerly Holliday
- **Activity code:** U48 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $1,000,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2024-09-30 → 2029-09-29

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10875056

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10875056, DP24-004, PRC Core:  Morehouse School of Medicine Prevention Research Center (MSM PRC): Advancing Health Equity and Justice Through Community Powered Implementation Science (1U48DP006802-01). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/10875056. Licensed CC0.

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