Southeast partnership to reduce risks from diabetes, heart disease, obesity, cancer, and asthma
Southeast Collaborative for Innovative Solutions to Chronic Diseases
A regional program using community-focused strategies to lower risks of diabetes, heart disease, obesity, cancer, and asthma for people in the southeastern U.S.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Vanderbilt University Medical Center NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Nashville, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11163465 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You and others in your community would help shape and try combined social, environmental, behavioral, and biological approaches delivered by teams from Vanderbilt, University of Miami, and Meharry. The researchers work with local partners to design actions that tackle poverty, access to care, and other root causes of chronic illness. You might take part in clinic-based programs, neighborhood interventions, surveys, or health checks aimed at lowering blood pressure, weight, and blood sugar. They will track changes in health, quality of life, and preventable deaths to see if the approach helps your community.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: People living in the southeastern United States—especially those in low-income or underserved communities—who are at risk for or living with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, asthma, or related conditions.
Not a fit: People who live outside the Southeast or whose health issues are unrelated to the targeted chronic diseases may not directly benefit from this project.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the effort could lower chronic disease risk factors and reduce preventable illness and deaths in Southeastern communities.
How similar studies have performed: Previous community-based, multilevel programs have sometimes reduced risk factors but have shown mixed results, and this collaborative aims to scale and coordinate those efforts regionally.
Where this research is happening
Nashville, United States
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Wilkins, Consuelo Hopkins — Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Study coordinator: Wilkins, Consuelo Hopkins
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.