# Massachusetts Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network

> **NIH ALLCDC U48** · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · 2024 · $298,442

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The Massachusetts Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (MCPCRN)
will build on a robust partnership between the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public
Health and the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers. Over the past 5
years, the Implementation Science Center for Cancer Control Equity (ISCCCE) focused
on increasing the use of evidence-based strategies for cancer screening in CHCs. We
actively engaged over half of the 52 community health centers (CHCs) in MA in pilot
studies and capacity-building activities, using strong engagement and co-design
approaches. Our efforts focused on developing and testing implementation strategies
aimed at narrowing health inequities and by advancing methods that carefully consider
the low-resource, complex nature of CHCs. Our goal for MCPCRN is to transition to a
broader network that supports cross-center efforts to accelerate the implementation and
reach of evidence-based interventions for cancer prevention and control.
We will also extend our focus from cancer screening to the most important cancer
preventive target for the population served by CHCs—tobacco control. Extraordinarily
high rates of smoking are observed in CHCs – 26% of adults3 versus 11% nationwide4,
driving inequities in tobacco use nationally, because CHCs serve those with the least
resources and highest risk, including those with substance use and mental health
diagnoses. Notably, only 4% of CHC patients who smoke receive pharmacotherapy3.
Thus, MCPCRN will focus on advancing cancer control equity by strengthening
CHCs' capacity to deliver evidence-based tobacco treatment. We also focus on
continuing to build CHC's capacity for engaging in implementation research and using
their data to improve care delivery.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 11048139
- **Project number:** 1U48DP006873-01
- **Recipient organization:** HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Karen M. Emmons
- **Activity code:** U48 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $298,442
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2024-09-30 → 2029-09-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11048139

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 11048139, Massachusetts Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (1U48DP006873-01). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-26 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/11048139. Licensed CC0.

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