Key points
- CDC is funding 20 Prevention Research Centers (PRCs) during the 2024–2029 funding cycle.
- CDC funds PRCs to establish and maintain centers, conduct a core research project, and collaborate as members of the PRC Network.
- Below is a map and a list of those PRCs, with links to each for more information.
Prevention Research Centers
Each PRC is funded to:
- Establish and maintain their center.
- Conduct a core research project that is grounded in dissemination and implementation (D&I) science.
- Collaborate with other PRCs in the PRC Network.
CDC also provides supplemental funding to selected PRCs to conduct Special Interest Projects (SIPs). SIPS explore additional topics of interest and help fill critical gaps.
Center
PRCs maintain a center to conduct prevention research and work with their communities through community advisory boards. The centers also build capacity to conduct prevention research by training the future public health workforce.
PRCs may also provide expertise and services to state health departments and other local, state, tribal, or national organizations.
Core Research Project
Every PRC conducts a core research project that engages local communities to test solutions to public health problems through D&I science.
These solutions are meant to be applied broadly in communities—especially with people most affected by health disparities—beyond the initial research project.
Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) Science
D&I science:
- Explores how best to take scientifically proven interventions and use them in different settings to improve health.
- Examines the factors that prevent or promote the use of effective interventions.
- Does not focus on creating or designing new interventions.
Community members are involved in all stages of the research process, from identifying challenges to implementing solutions.
PRC Network
PRCs collaborate with each other as a network to advance PRC core research projects and Special Interest Projects.
Through the PRC Network, PRCs share information, resources, and connections.
By using a collective impact approach, PRCs can take advantage of each other's expertise, partnerships, and leadership.
PRC Locations
PRCs 2024–2029
- Arizona Prevention Research Center
- Arkansas Center for Women’s Health*
- Emory Prevention Research Center
- Georgia State University Prevention Research Center
- Morehouse School of Medicine Prevention Research Center
- Mountain West Prevention Research Center at University of Utah*
- New York University & City University of New York Prevention Research Center
- Prevention Research Center of Michigan
- Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
- Prevention Research Center for Rural Health at University of Iowa
- Prevention Research Center at UMass Chan Medical School
- Rochester Prevention Research Center: National Center for Deaf Health Research at the University of Rochester Medical Center, New York
- San Diego State University Prevention Research Center*
- University of California, San Francisco Prevention Research Center
- University of Minnesota Prevention Research Center
- University of North Carolina Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- University of Pennsylvania Prevention Research Center
- University of Pittsburgh Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Center*
- University of South Carolina Prevention Research Center
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Prevention Research Center
*Website forthcoming.