Disparities Research Branch (DRB)

Priorities

The causes of health disparities are multifactorial, interrelated, and complex. As a result, DRB collaborates across the NCI to support research initiatives for disparities research that span numerous disciplines. Current priority areas include:

• The biological consequences of structural racism and social determinants of health in cancer.
• Multidisciplinary team science to better embrace and understand the complexity surrounding the causes and effects of health disparities.
• Environmental justice, including a focus on climate change and cancer.

Programs

Accepting applications:

• Basic Research in Cancer Health Disparities (R01/R21)
• NCI Clinical and Translational Exploratory/Developmental Studies (R21)
• Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) and Quality of Care Contributors to Cancer Disparities in People with HIV (U01), RFA pending

Active, closed to new applications:

• PDX Development and Trial Centers Research Network (PDXNet)
• Planning grants to support Programs of Research Excellence (SPOREs) focused on cancer disparities
• Integrating Health Disparities into Immuno-Oncology (HDIO) (P20)