U24CA265813

Coordinating Center for the Cohorts for Environmental Exposures and Cancer Risk Program

While scientific and medical advances have dramatically increased our ability to prevent, detect, and treat cancer, gaps remain regarding the impact of environmental exposures—particularly chemical and physical factors—on cancer risk.

The overarching goal of this application is to build collaborative infrastructure and facilitate transdisciplinary scientific research for enhancing our understanding of environmental exposures influencing cancer etiology, and the genetic, behavioral, and structural factors that modify risk across diverse populations.

We propose to serve as the Coordinating Center for the Cohorts for Environmental Exposures and Cancer Risk (CEECR) Program. Our mission is to provide intellectual leadership and logistical and collaborative infrastructure for the CEECR Program by integrating efforts across the CEECR cohorts, facilitating research activities, identifying opportunities for cross-CEECR collaboration, and disseminating research findings through partnerships with stakeholders.

We will draw upon extensive experience coordinating large-scale consortia, conducting prospective cancer epidemiology studies, and engaging with community partners to support the CEECR Program. We will facilitate cooperation across the CEECR cohorts to achieve their UG3/UH3 milestones and realize their full potential as an integrated sustained powerful source of knowledge for characterizing the impact of environmental exposures on cancer risk.

Specific aims include:

1) Providing intellectual leadership and multidisciplinary scientific expertise, establishing a governance structure, and identifying opportunities to catalyze cross-cohort collaboration.

2) Assisting with the identification of common data elements and the integration of research efforts regarding biological samples and innovative technologies.

3) Facilitating innovative transdisciplinary research by developing evidence-based infrastructure to support collaboration, coordination, communication, outreach and engagement, and career enhancement.

4) Fostering resource sharing by CEECR members with external researchers and stakeholders—including the deposition of data in NIH repositories—to accelerate research and move findings towards translation and prevention.

Our multidisciplinary team includes experts in cancer epidemiology, environmental health, team science, cancer health disparities, cancer biology, toxicology, data science, applied public health practice, outreach/community engagement, and research administration. The University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center provides the ideal environment for supporting the Coordinating Center due to its resources and established relationships with local and national research and advocacy organizations.

The CEECR Coordinating Center will use multiple innovative approaches to leverage program members' common passion for elucidating the role of environmental factors in cancer etiology, provide expanded opportunities for collaboration, and enable the CEECR Program to bring about substantive reductions in the cancer burden, paying special attention to populations historically excluded from the full benefits of scientific advances.

University Of Wisconsin System

TO IDENTIFY CANCER RISKS AND RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES, TO IDENTIFY FACTORS THAT CAUSE CANCER IN HUMANS, AND TO DISCOVER AND DEVELOP MECHANISMS FOR CANCER PREVENTION AND PREVENTIVE INTERVENTIONS IN HUMANS. RESEARCH PROGRAMS INCLUDE: (1) CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL AND MOLECULAR CARCINOGENESIS, (2) SCREENING, EARLY DETECTION AND RISK ASSESSMENT, INCLUDING BIOMARKER DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION, (3) EPIDEMIOLOGY, (4) NUTRITION AND BIOACTIVE FOOD COMPONENTS, (5) IMMUNOLOGY AND VACCINES, (6) FIELD STUDIES AND STATISTICS, (7) CANCER CHEMOPREVENTION AND INTERCEPTION, (8) PRE-CLINICAL AND CLINICAL AGENT DEVELOPMENT, (9) ORGAN SITE STUDIES AND CLINICAL TRIALS, (10) HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AND PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES, AND (11) SUPPORTIVE CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF SYMPTOMS AND TOXICITIES. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PROGRAM: TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE THE SBIR PROGRAM, TO STIMULATE TECHNICAL INNOVATION, TO INCREASE PRIVATE SECTOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF INNOVATIONS DERIVED FROM FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDING, TO INCREASE SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP BY WOMEN AND SOCIALLY/ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PERSONS. SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (STTR) PROGRAM: TO STIMULATE AND FOSTER SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION THROUGH COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CARRIED OUT BETWEEN SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, TO FOSTER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER THROUGH COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, TO INCREASE PRIVATE SECTOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF INNOVATIONS DERIVED FROM FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDING, AND FOSTER PARTICIPATION IN INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP BY WOMEN AND SOCIALLY/ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PERSONS.

93.393 - Cancer Cause and Prevention Research

National Cancer Institute (NCI) [HHS - NIH]

Madison, Wisconsin 53715 United States

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New Cohorts for Environmental Exposures and Cancer Risk (CEECR) Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-CA-20-050)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 393% from $693,756 to $3,420,145.