The goal of the Community Outreach and Health Disparities Core (COHDC) is to encourage and facilitate effective diabetes translation research among investigators who seek to decrease risks for diabetes and its sequela among vulnerable minority populations, especially African Americans. Through our work, we expect to increase collaboration, perform quality intervention research, and increase the rate of positive behavior change among patients and at-risk persons. We will work with investigators that have funded research projects and support those that are seeking funding for projects in development. African Americans carry a disproportionate diabetes burden and are usually hard-to-reach and/or engage in research focused on evidence-based methods to reduce this burden. Hence, community-engaged research strategies must be used to encourage and facilitate reach and engagement, through implementation of infrastructural, organizational, and behavioral models, and evaluation of effectiveness through use of appropriate and sensitive measurement tools. Besides the diabetes statistics, our work is driven by the obesity epidemic, a risk factor for diabetes, because it is so pervasive in our region (Southeastern United States). Planning and conducting translational research requires many different skills, and very often investigators do not have all the skills needed. The COHDC brings together an experienced, multi-disciplinary team that can support translational research with minority and underserved population.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Type
Center Core Grants (P30)
Project #
5P30DK092986-10
Application #
9782906
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZDK1)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2019-08-01
Budget End
2020-07-31
Support Year
10
Fiscal Year
2019
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Department
Type
DUNS #
079917897
City
Nashville
State
TN
Country
United States
Zip Code
37232
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