Cancer Patient Navigation Methods and Data Hub
Research Methods, Measures, and Data Management Core
This hub builds tools and data systems to help improve patient navigation and support for people with advanced cancer and cancer survivors.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Northwestern University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Chicago, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11187246 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You would be linked to a center that creates shared tools, surveys, and data systems to make patient navigation more effective. The team at Northwestern works with community partners to design measures of social needs, engagement, and cancer-care outcomes. They use those tools to help research projects that train navigators and test ways to reduce barriers to screening, treatment, and survivorship support. The hub itself doesn't provide clinical care but helps researchers run patient-facing projects that could change how navigation is delivered in local clinics.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal participants for related projects are people with advanced cancer, cancer survivors, and community members from Northwestern's Chicago catchment area, especially those from under-resourced or Asian/Chinese American communities.
Not a fit: People without a cancer diagnosis or those living well outside the Chicago catchment area are unlikely to see direct benefits from this core's activities.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could make patient navigation more reliable and accessible so more people get timely cancer prevention, treatment, and survivorship support.
How similar studies have performed: Patient navigation and community-engaged approaches have shown promise in improving screening and follow-up, and this hub applies rigorous methods and data systems to scale those strategies.
Where this research is happening
Chicago, United States
- Northwestern University — Chicago, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Yanez, Betina — Northwestern University
- Study coordinator: Yanez, Betina
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.