Table 1.

Summary of the Great Lakes Regional Center for AIDS Research (HIV/AIDS Center) and the NYU Oral Cancer Research for Adolescent and Adult Health Promotion Center (Oral Cancer Center)

Center	HIV/AIDS Center	Oral Cancer Center
Research topic	HIV/AIDS	Health disparities in oral cancer
Major organizational components	7 research areas 8 cores (administrative, clinical research, nonhuman primate model, genomics and proteomics, single-cell imaging and analysis, immunology resource, biocomplexity, and collaboratory)	4 research studies 3 cores (administrative, biostatistics, and collaboratory)
Research studies	HIV molecular biology HIV/AIDS pathogenesis research Epidemiology and natural history Opportunistic infections and AIDS-related malignancies Vaccine and other prevention research and development Therapeutic research and development Disease manifestations and metabolic complications	Risk factors for oral epithelial dysplasia Oral cancer detection: current and emerging technologies Cancer screening and research subject participation by minorities Personalized risk feedback in dental clinic smokers
Number of
principal investigators (PIs)	12 (cores)	7 (4 studies and 3 cores; one study and one core are directed by the same PI)
research personnel (including PIs)	117	15
administrative personnel	4	9
Participating institutions	Northwestern University University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Wisconsin	Boston University Howard University Johns Hopkins University Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York University Puerto Rico Health Department Tuskegee University University of Alabama/Birmingham University of Pittsburgh University of Puerto Rico
Project duration	9/1998 to 8/2003	8/2001 to 7/2008
Budget	$6.75 million (including $559000 for collaboratory)	$8.3 million (including $604000 for collaboratory)
Funded by	National Cancer Institute and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease	National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research