PopCASE: A user-friendly tool to link cancer data for communities and researchers
Official title: A Multilevel Data Analytic Solution to Advance Population Cancer Research
Funded at Case Western Reserve University · NIH-11565336 · Data updated 2026-11-12
Aimed at improving population cancer research, PopCASE helps connect patient cancer data with community information to inform better care and outreach.
Quick facts
| Grant type | U01 cooperative agreement |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Case Western Reserve University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Cleveland, United States) |
| Project start | September 1, 2024 |
| Project end | August 31, 2027 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $155,991 |
| NIH project number | 3U01CA284198-02S1 |
| Project ID | NIH-11565336 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Not a direct patient enrollment project; the work supports population health improvements that could later benefit cancer patients and communities.
✕Less likely to help
Individuals seeking direct treatment or trial enrollment are not the immediate focus of this grant.
What this research studies
This grant supports the final year activities to promote adoption of PopCASE, a tool that links cancer registry data with neighborhood-level information. It will create multimedia educational resources and a dedicated web page to help cancer centers and registries implement the system. The effort focuses on making it easy for researchers and community outreach teams to search data and generate usable datasets. The goal is to speed up population-level cancer insights that can guide prevention and care strategies.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, patients could benefit from faster, more targeted cancer prevention and care efforts informed by richer population data.
How similar studies have gone: Previous ITCR population health projects have shown promise in enabling rapid data-driven insights for cancer control.
Where this research is happening
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Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Rose, Johnie — Case Western Reserve University
- Study coordinator: Rose, Johnie
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.