Table 1.

Description of projects within each Center for Population Health and Health Disparities

Center and Study Names	Principal Investigator	Study Design	Health Focus	Gender	Age Range	Race	Ethnicity
Center for Interdisciplinary Health Disparities Research, University of Chicago
Social Environment, Stress and Health	Gehlert	Community-based longitudinal study	Breast cancer	Female	≥18	African-American and Caucasian	Non-Hispanic
The Boston Puerto Rican Center on Population Health and Health Disparities. Tufts/Northeastern Universities
The Boston Puerto Rican Longitudinal Health Study: Project 1	Tucker	Longitudinal Cohort	Stress, cognitive and physical function	Males and Females	45–74	Caucasian	Hispanic, Puerto Rican
Psychosocial Stressors and their Measurement: Project 2	Falcon	Qualitative evaluation of representative subset	Stress and adaptive mechanisms	Males and Females	45–74	Caucasian	Hispanic, Puerto Rican
Nutrition Intervention: Project 3	Bermudez	Intervention on subset	Stress, nutrition, and vitamin supplementation	Males and Females	45–74	Caucasian	Hispanic, Puerto Rican
Nutrition and Genetics in older Puerto Ricans: Project 4	Ordova	Genetic analysis of cohort	Stress and Genetics	Males and Females	45–74	Caucasian	Hispanic, Puerto Rican
Institute for Health Research and Policy Center at University of Illinois at Chicago
Breast Cancer Care in Chicago: Project 1 & 4	Warnecke (Project 1) Rauscher (Project 4)	Cross-sectional Survey	Breast cancer	Males and Females	21–79	African-American and Caucasian	Both
Breast Cancer Care in Chicago: Project 2	Youm	Cross-sectional Survey	Breast Cancer	Males and Females	≥18	All	Both
Breast Cancer Care in Chicago: Project 3	Ferrans	Cross-sectional	Breast Cancer	Female	≥40	African American, Caucasian	Both
The Ohio State University Center for Population Health and Health Disparities
Community Awareness, Resources and Education (CARE): Project 1, Phase 1	Paskett	Cross-sectional	Cervical cancer	Female	≥18	Alla	Both
CARE: Project 1, Phase 2	Paskett	Randomized controlled trial	Cervical cancer /Pap test	Female	≥18	Alla	Both
CARE: Project 2	Wewers	Randomized controlled trial	Cervical cancer/tobacco cessation	Female	≥18	Alla	Both
CARE: Project 3	Ruffin	Case control	Cervical cancer /HPV	Female	≥18	Alla	Both
RAND Corporation Center for Population Health and Health Disparities
The Role of Parks in Physical Activity and Health	Cohen	Cross-sectional	Physical activity	Males and Females	All	All	Both
Center for Population Health and Health Disparities at the University of Pennsylvania
Biological and Behavioral Predictors of Prostate Cancer	Rebbeck	Case control	Prostate cancer	Male	35–90	African-American and Caucasian	Non-Hispanic
Determinants of Ethnic Differences in Quality of Life Following a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis	Hughes-Halbert	Community-based longitudinal study	Prostate cancer	Male	18–80	African-American and Caucasian	Non-Hispanic
University of Texas Medical Branch Center for Population Health and Health Disparities
Environmental Risk, Coping, and Mexican American Health Study	Goodwin	Community-based cross-sectional study	General health Outcomes	Males and Females	≥25	All	Both
The Liberty County Community-based Cancer Control Project	Philips	Community-based longitudinal study	Cancer	Males and Females	All	All	Both
Wayne State University Center of Urban and African American Health
Exploring Changes in Experiences and Lifestyles (EXCEL)	Artinian	Randomized controlled trial	Cardiovascular disease	Males and Females	≥18	African-American	Non-Hispanic
Obesity, Nitric Oxide, Oxidative Stress and Salt Sensitivity (ONOSS)	Flack	Randomized controlled trial	Cardiovascular disease	Males and Females	≥45	African-American	Non-Hispanic
Women Healthy Lifestyle Study (WHLS)	Djuric	Randomized controlled trial	Cardiovascular disease	Female	18–70	African-American	Both

^aPrimarily Caucasian due to demographics of Appalachian Ohio