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Establishing a Center for Ecellence on Health Disparities in Rural Populations

Award Number: P20MD006901
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/08/2012
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 02/28/2019

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Establishing a Center for Ecellence on Health Disparities in Rural Populations - Abstract The establishment of an NIMHD Exploratory Center of Excellence (CoE) at Mercer University has the potential to greatly reduce health disparities among rural residents (comprising 20% of the nation's population). The proposed CoE has many unique features that would facilitate its success, including 1) building upon a heavily supported existing Center that is located within a medically underserved community; and 2) focusing on the use of emerging technologies in administrative, research, training, and outreach activities. The CoE's highly interdisciplinary focus is reflective of emerging evidence of the importance of trans-discipline research in disparities-elimination efforts. The Administrative Core's innovative technology-facilitated collaboration approach has the potential to become a new model for research capacity building. The Research Core focuses on three leading disparities in rural communities (diabetes, hypertension, and prostate cancer). Both Research Subprojects heavily involve the local community and attempt to directly address specific barriers to healthy living (transportation, access to services, etc.) in diverse rural populations. The Research Training/Education Core combines traditional training models with innovative cyber-mentoring experiences designed to increase minority and underserved student and faculty involvement in rural health disparities elimination research. The Core's activities include conducting a Disparities-Elimination Summer Research Experience (DESRE) program for undergraduate and graduate students, providing postdoctoral research experiences for emerging rural health researchers, and establishing a cyber-mentoring network to increase the access of junior faculty in rural areas to senior research mentors. The Community Engagement/Outreach Core focuses on building community capacity to address health disparities, designed to increase health literacy and build community- based participatory research infrastructure to help maintain research activities even after the funding period. The proposed activities of the Center of Excellence will collaboratively work to eliminate disparities among one of the largest health disparity populations in the United States.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = -$220,490 )
2020	2016	CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY, THE	1501 MERCER UNIVERSITY DR	MACON	GA	31207	BIBB	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	001	6	12/6/2019	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$16,937
2020	2016	CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY, THE	1501 MERCER UNIVERSITY DR	MACON	GA	31207	BIBB	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	002	6	12/12/2019	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	-$220,490
2020	2016	GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND SERVICE FOUNDATION, INC.	261 FOREST DR STE 3000	STATESBORO	GA	30458	BULLOCH	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	5	12/6/2019	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	-$16,937
														Subtotal = -$220,490

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2018	2016	GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND SERVICE FOUNDATION, INC.	261 FOREST DR STE 3000	STATESBORO	GA	30458	BULLOCH	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	001	5	3/23/2018	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	-$697,145
2018	2016	GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND SERVICE FOUNDATION, INC.	261 FOREST DR STE 3000	STATESBORO	GA	30458	BULLOCH	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	5	2/23/2018	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$0
2018	2016	CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY, THE	1400 COLEMAN AVE	MACON	GA	31207	BIBB	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	002	6	3/23/2018	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$697,145
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $1,025,946 )
2016	2016	GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & SERVICE FDN INC	POST OFFICE BOX 8005	STATESBORO	GA	30460	BULLOCH	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	5	2/16/2016	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$923,351
2016	2016	GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & SERVICE FDN INC	POST OFFICE BOX 8005	STATESBORO	GA	30460	BULLOCH	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	001	5	3/1/2016	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$102,595
														Subtotal = $1,025,946

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $1,017,520 )
2015	2015	GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & SERVICE FDN INC	POST OFFICE BOX 8005	STATESBORO	GA	30460	BULLOCH	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	4	2/25/2015	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,017,520
														Subtotal = $1,017,520

Issue Date FY: 2014 ( Subtotal = $1,018,692 )
2014	2014	GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & SERVICE FDN INC	POST OFFICE BOX 8005	STATESBORO	GA	30460	BULLOCH	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	3	2/13/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$916,824
2014	2014	GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & SERVICE FDN INC	POST OFFICE BOX 8005	STATESBORO	GA	30460	BULLOCH	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	001	3	4/3/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$101,868
														Subtotal = $1,018,692

Issue Date FY: 2013 ( Subtotal = $956,472 )
2013	2013	GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & SERVICE FDN INC	POST OFFICE BOX 8005	STATESBORO	GA	30460	BULLOCH	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	001	2	5/29/2013	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$496,138
2013	2013	GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & SERVICE FDN INC	POST OFFICE BOX 8005	STATESBORO	GA	30460	BULLOCH	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	2	2/22/2013	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$460,334
														Subtotal = $956,472

Issue Date FY: 2012 ( Subtotal = $1,041,552 )
2012	2012	GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & SERVICE FDN INC	POST OFFICE BOX 8005	STATESBORO	GA	30460	BULLOCH	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	1	8/8/2012	NEW	$1,041,552
														Subtotal = $1,041,552

Grand Total All Awards = $4,839,692

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Establishing a Center for Ecellence on Health Disparities in Rural Populations

Award Number: P20MD006901

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/08/2012

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 02/28/2019

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