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Oversight Committee approves six prevention grants covering screening, HPV vaccination and rural outreach totaling $4.97 million
Summary
The oversight committee approved six prevention awards recommended by the PIC, covering breast, colorectal and HPV vaccination programs across Texas and expansions into rural and underserved counties, totaling $4,974,000.
The CPRIT Oversight Committee approved six prevention program awards recommended by the Program Integration Committee (PIC) totaling $4,974,000 to fund cancer screening, early detection and primary prevention activities across multiple Texas counties.
Chief Prevention Officer Ramona Magid introduced the slate and explained that the awards include four cancer-screening and early-detection maintenance/expansion grants and two primary prevention (HPV vaccination) grants. Mr. Carlton Allen presented program details. Awards include continuation and expansion of the BEST breast cancer education/navigation program and the SUCCESS III colorectal screening program (both led by Texas Tech University Health Science Center at El Paso); an expansion of Texas A&MHealth Science Center's interdisciplinary prevention program for rural and underserved women (C-STEP); Texas Southern University's breast cancer screening and prevention center expansion; an HPV vaccination implementation project in Bexar County led by UT Health San Antonio (All4Them model); and a UTMB Galveston project to expand HPV vaccination and screening outreach in East Texas.
Mr. Burgess certified that the prevention award process complied with CPRIT administrative rules and statute. The committee voted to approve both prevention slates as presented. The oversight committee also delegated contract negotiation authority to the CEO and authorized the CEO to sign the resulting contracts.
Committee members asked about outreach and awareness to ensure community clinics and smaller providers know about the new RFAs and programs; LeBeau and Magid described planned webinars and regional engagement to reach community providers and track-eligible institutions.
