US-DoD-Funded HEROIC Prostate Cancer Precision Health Africa1K

Vision: Prostate cancer health equity for African men - close the gap.

Mission: Through a grassroots approach, include Africa in the era of cutting-edge big-data research to discover the genetic and non-genetic contributors to prostate cancer health disparities, improving outcomes for all African men.

Consortia Principal Investigators (left to right): Professor Vanessa Hayes (University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA), Professor Mungai Peter Ngugi (University of Nairobi, KENYA), Professor Gail Prins (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA), and Professor Riana Bornman (University of Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA)

Funder and Award: US-DoD (Department of Defence), Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) Health Equity Research and Outcomes Improvement Consortium (HEROIC) Award

Title: HEROIC Prostate Cancer Precision Health (PCaPH) Africa1K: Powering Precision Health to improve Prostate Cancer Outcomes in Africa (#PC210168)

Launched: August 2022

HEROIC PCaPH Africa1K through African partnership and co-leadership, will merge cutting-edge multi-omic big-data science with grassroots knowledge, including African-relevant clinical and lifestyle data, to generate not only the largest (1,000 patients) and currently only prostate cancer resource of its kind for Africa, but through its innovative single model approach, discover genetic and non-genetic factors contributing to significant lethal disease within Africa, creating a roadmap for scientific, clinical and social impact.