Addressing Cancer Disparities in New Jersey Communities

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请寻求资源开发资金（R24），随后将提交P60赠款，用于建立一个专注于癌症差异的综合EXPORT卓越中心。该应用程序是新泽西医学和牙科大学（UMDNJ）和新泽西城市大学（NJCU）之间的合作，新泽西城市大学是新泽西州唯一的公立四年制少数民族大学（Ml）。R24赠款将使合作能够扩大和加强机构基础设施和开展跨学科健康差异研究的能力，以解决少数民族人口，特别是新泽西州不同的非洲裔美国人和拉丁裔人口的癌症差异。由于纽瓦克和泽西城的少数民族人口众多，这两个相邻的城市将成为最初的重点，但随着该中心的发展和壮大，其他新泽西州社区也将被纳入其中。R24的具体目标是：1)在UMDNJ和NJCU之间建立协作基础设施，开展癌症差异研究、社区外展、培训和教育；2)在健康差异社区中建立和扩展关系，传播癌症教育信息，促进参与生物医学和行为研究以及预防和干预活动；3)促进发展和培训从事健康差异研究的专业人员；4)促进规划开展少数民族健康和/或其他健康差异研究；5)增加UMDNJ和NJCU的少数民族健康和健康差异课程。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks resource development funding (R24) that would subsequently lead to the submission of a P60 grant for the establishment of a comprehensive EXPORT Center of Excellence focusing on cancer disparities. The application is a collaboration between the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and the New Jersey City University (NJCU), the only public four-year Minority Institution (Ml), in NJ. The R24 grant will enable the collaboration to augment and strengthen institutional infrastructure and capacity to conduct interdisciplinary health disparities research to address cancer disparities in minority populations, specifically the diverse African American and Latino populations in New Jersey. The contiguous cities of Newark and Jersey City will be the initial focus because of their large minority populations, but as the Center develops and grows, other New Jersey communities will be included. The specific aims of the R24 are to: 1) establish a collaborative infrastructure between UMDNJ and NJCU for conducting cancer disparities research, community outreach, training and education; 2) build and extend relationships in the health disparity communities for cancer educational information dissemination and the promotion of participation in biomedical and behavioral research and prevention and intervention activities; 3) promote the development and training of professionals who can engage in health disparities research; 4) promote planning for the conduct of minority health and/or other health disparities research; and 5) augment the minority health and health disparity curricula at UMDNJ and NJCU.