DCCPS Digest, December 2024 – NCI Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences

NCI Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences shared a post on LinkedIn:

“2024 DCCPS Overview and Highlights:

The 2024 DCCPS Overview and Highlights report underscores the vital role of cancer control research in advancing the National Cancer Plan. Through select stories, it illustrates our efforts to address the eight key goals of the plan. Explore the report to see how we’re working toward a future with fewer cancer cases and better outcomes for all.

Program Area Updates

Behavioral Research

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Join recipients of Phase II awards for the NCI’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Topic 425, Information Technology Tools for Automated Analysis of Physical Activity, Performance, and Behavior from Images for Improved Cancer Health, as they discuss development and validation of software tools to extract information about physical activity, posture, and aspects of physical performance related to oncology and physical trauma recovery outcomes.

Epidemiology and Genomics

The Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program recently celebrated the 10 year anniversary of the Sequencing Strategies for Population and Cancer Epidemiology Studies (SeqSPACE) webinar series. A special webinar, which is now available to view, took place on December 3, 2024, from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET to mark this exciting milestone. Speakers reflected on lessons learned, opportunities and challenges, and their vision for the future of sequencing in cancer epidemiology.

Health Disparities and Health Equity

Did you miss NCI’s Centering Equity in Cancer Research November webinar?

Drs. Florence Dallo and Morhaf Al Achkar presented on the importance of disaggregating data of the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) population and described the current state of cancer research among MENA populations.

Watch the recording.

Healthcare Delivery Research

Unlock the resources you need for groundbreaking research! 

Visit the Healthcare Delivery Research Program (HDRP) website for the latest funding opportunities, data and tools, research networks, and more. Accelerate your research today!

Implementation Science

The 17th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementationis in the books!

This year’s conference theme addressed the underexplored concept of the pace of dissemination and implementation. Attendees gathered December 8-11, 2024, to explore methodological advancements, challenges, and opportunities for understanding how to investigate and optimize implementation pace across health care, community, and public health systems.

Next year’s conference is scheduled for December 14-17, 2025, in Washington D.C.

Surveillance

Kudos to Natalie Joe, who is featured in the Researcher Spotlight Series by the NIH Tribal Health Research Office (THRO). Dr. Joe is a Cancer Prevention Fellow working in our Surveillance Research Program. Her projects focus on cancer surveillance research within U.S. Indigenous communities and efforts to achieve cancer health equity for her community.

Survivorship

In its latest report, with input from Office of Cancer Survivorship Deputy Director Michelle Mollica, the President’s Cancer Panel outlines four priorities for using technology to expand access to patient navigation and increase equity in cancer care:

• Use technology to support patient navigation and enhance equity

• Ensure equitable access to technology

• Promote responsible development and use of technology

• Facilitate data sharing while maintaining privacy and security

Read the Panel’s recommendations and the full report.

Funding Opportunities

Please visit to view a listing of cancer control and population sciences funding opportunities that are currently accepting applications.

Please note that announcements with an asterisk (*) in the list below have been reissued with the new simplified review framework review criteria. Per NOT-OD-24-086, updated application forms (FORMS-I) will be used for this opportunity.

New this month

RFA-OD-25-001, High-Priority Research in Tobacco Regulatory Science (R01, Clinical Trial Optional)

RFA-CA-25-019, Addressing Barriers to Healthcare Transitions for Survivors of Childhood and Adolescent Cancers (R01, Clinical Trial Optional)

Exploratory/Developmental Bioengineering Research Grants (EBRG)

• PAR-25-321(R21, Clinical Trial Optional)

• PAR-25-346(R21, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

PAR-25-299, Interventions to Address Disparities in Liver Diseases and Liver Cancer (R01, Clinical Trials Optional)*

PAR-25-292, The Role of Work in Health Disparities in the U.S. (R01, Clinical Trials Optional)

PAR-24-330, Interventions to Reduce Sleep Health Disparities (R01, Clinical Trials Optional)

PAR-25-317, Risk and Protective Factors of Family Health and Family Level Interventions (R01, Clinical Trial Optional)

PAR-25-109, Small Research Grants for Analyses of Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Data (R03, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

NOT-CA-25-012, Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Dissemination and Implementation Science for Cancer Prevention and Control in Low Resource Environments

NOT-CA-25-006, NOSI: Communication and Decision-Making in a Complex and Dynamic Cancer Treatment Environment

NOT-CA-25-024, NOSI: Survivorship Research for People Living with Advanced and Metastatic Cancers

Upcoming Events

Explore upcoming events supported by DCCPS. Coming up in January:

• January 8 or 10: Overview of the NIH Security Best Practices for Users of Controlled-Access Data

• January 14: Precision Integrative Medicine for Cancer Survivors (OCS Director’s Series)

• January 21: Tools for Automated Video Analysis of Physical Activity and Response to Treatment for Improved Cancer Health
• January 30: NIH Research Enhancement Award (R15): What You Need to Know… And Recent Changes.”