Research Opportunities in Health Disparities

The Applied Research Program currently sponsors several Program Announcements inviting applications for research studies that explore various aspects of health disparities and cancer:

• Variations in risk factors and ways to improve the assessments of those factors among specific groups in the population:
• Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment
• Disparities in the receipt of cancer care based on demographic and socio-economic characteristics:
• Cancer Surveillance Using Health Claims-based Data System
• Better assessment and reduction of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems:
• The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery