Below are details (grantee, institution, title, and DMAC mentor) on pilot grants funded through the Data Management and Analysis Core (DMAC). Institutions: UT Southwestern Dallas, Baylor University, UTHealth San Antonio, and UT Health Houston.

• Shifa Kanjwal, MD (Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Dallas): Characteristics and Outcomes of Pregnancy Associated Breast Cancer in Texas using Texas Medicaid. Drs. Lopez & Giordano, Mentors
• Gabriel Benavidez, PhD (Assistant Professor, Baylor University): Medicaid Enrollment Timing and Cancer Care in Rural vs. Urban Women. Drs. Goodwin & Kuo, Mentors
• Byeongyeob Choi, PhD (Assistant Professor, UTHealth San Antonio): Advanced Causal Inference for ADI Effects on Cancer Diagnosis. Dr. Kuo, Mentor
• Ami Sedani, PhD, MPH (Assistant Professor, UTHealth Houston): Assessing Colorectal Cancer Screening and Follow-up in Texas Medicaid. Dr. Lopez & Kuo, Mentors

Below are details (grantee, institution, title, and DMAC mentor) on pilot grants funded through the Data Management and Analysis Core (DMAC). Institutions: MD Anderson - Houston, UT Health - Houston, UT Health - San Antonio, and Sam Houston State University.

• John Lin, MD, MSHP (Assistant Professor, MD Anderson, Houston): Cancer Health Equity in Medicare Advantage versus Traditional Medicare. Dr. Giordano, Mentor
• Samiran Ghosh, PhD (Professor & Vice Chair - Biostatistics, UT Health, Houston): Developing Methods for Testing Non-Inferiority in Cancer related CER using UTMB SEER – Medicare Databases. Dr. Kuo, Collaborator
• Maria Iniesta, MD, PhD (Assistant Professor, MD Anderson, Houston): Impact of GLP-1 Agonists on Endometrial Cancer Risk in Women with Diabetes: A Population-Based Study Using SEER-Medicare and TCR-Medicare Databases. Drs. Giordano and Lopez, Mentors
• Erika Thompson, PhD (Associate Professor, UT Health, San Antonio): No Elucidating Disparities in HPV-Related Cancer Prevention to assess social determinants of health (SDOH) disparities in HPV vaccination and cervical cancer. Dr. Kuo, Mentor
• Yu Liu, PhD (Assistant Professor, SHSU): Adherence rates to initial active surveillance treatment for localized prostate cancer patients among various race/ethnicity groups in the United States and in Texas. Dr. Goodwin, Mentor

Below are details (grantee, institution, title, and DMAC mentor) on pilot grants funded through the Data Management and Analysis Core (DMAC). Institutions: The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB Health) and University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).

• Myrna Katalina Serna, MD, MPH (Assistant Professor, UTMB): Sex Differences in Healthcare Utilization and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Texas Medicare Decedents with Colorectal and Lung Cancer. Drs. Raji and Berenson, Mentors.
• Jiefei Wang, PhD (Assistant Professor, UTMB): Enhancing Cancer Research Data via UTMB EHR Databases: A Prostate Cancer Study. Dr. Kuo, Mentor.
• Jacob Martinez, PhD, RN (Assistant Professor, University of Texas at El Paso): Assessing Disparities in HPV-Associated Cancer Screening and Diagnosis Outcomes Among Hispanic Men. Dr. Lopez, Mentor.

Below are details (grantee, institution, title, and DMAC mentor) on pilot grants funded through the Data Management and Analysis Core (DMAC). Institutions: University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) and University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (UNT HSC).

• Stacey Griner, PhD, CPH, RDH (Assistant Professor, UNT HSC): Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancer Diagnosis and Access to Oral Healthcare. Dr. Kuo, Mentor.
• Zhaoli Liu, PhD, APRN (Assistant Professor, UTA): Mammography Screening Behavior and Breast Cancer Outcomes among Hispanic Women in Rural Texas. Dr. Giordano, Mentor.
• Uma R. Phatak, MD, MS (Assistant Professor, UTMB): Comparative Effectiveness Research on Rectal Cancer Care. Dr. Goodwin, Mentor.
• Robert Yockey, PhD (Assistant Professor, UNT HSC): Assessing Barriers and Factors to Cancer Care among LGBT Older Adults. Dr. Lopez, Mentor

Below are details (grantee, institution, title, and DMAC mentor) on pilot grants funded through the Data Management and Analysis Core (DMAC). Institutions: Texas Tech University Health Science Center (TTUHSC ), University of Texas (UT), and The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB Health).

• Jessica Chacon, PhD (Assistant Professor, TTUHSC El Paso): A population-based cohort study on Acral Lentiginous Melanoma from 2006-present in the state of Texas. Dr. Lopez, Mentor.
• Wei-Chen Lee, PhD (Assistant Professor, UTMB): Importance of Diabetes Management in Patients with Cancer using 2008-2018 Texas Medicare Data. Dr. Kuo, Mentor.
• John D. Prochaska, DrPH, MPH (Associate Professor, UTMB): Machine Learning, Social Determinants of Health, & Cancer Prevalence. Dr. Jupiter, Mentor.
• Meng Li, PhD (Assistant Professor, MD Anderson): The disparity in the use of immunotherapies in metastatic lung cancer. Dr. Giordano, Mentor