This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program), will fund a research study titled "MOTIVATE, VACCINATE, ACTIVATE': AN EFFECTIVENESS-IMPLEMENTATION TRIAL TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF A MULTI-COMPONENT COMMUNITY-BASED INTERVENTION TO INCREASE RSV VACCINE UPTAKE AMONG LATINO OLDER ADULTS." The $2,058,402 award, with a project period from August 26, 2024 to May...
This Project Grant award of $2,065,719 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program, will fund a community-based behavioral intervention study to increase COVID-19 and influenza vaccination among African American/Black and Latino persons. The study, led by New York University (NYU) in partnership with the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation, will use a multiphase...
The National Alliance For Hispanic Health was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Investigations and Technical Assistance program (CFDA 93.283) to implement the "LIVERWISE: HEALTHY LIVER, HEALTHY LIFE!" initiative. This 3-year grant, which commenced on September 30, 2024, will support the organization's efforts to address health disparities and improve liver health outcomes within the Hispanic community. The project aims to deliver...
The Latino Commission On Aids Inc. was awarded a $4,989,475.00 Cooperative Agreement by the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) for High-Impact HIV Prevention program (CFDA 93.834). The award, which runs from August 2024 to March 2029, supports the organization's efforts to reduce HIV morbidity and mortality through capacity building initiatives for healthcare organizations, community-based...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the HIV Prevention Activities Health Department Based program (CFDA 93.940) to the Puerto Rico Department of Health (PRDOH) to implement a community health worker (CHW)-mediated model to facilitate re-engagement of people with HIV (PWH) who are not in care and outreach to those who are not virally suppressed in rural communities and municipalities in Puerto Rico. The award will establish...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310), aims to study the influence of social media, social networks, and misinformation on vaccine acceptance among Black and Latinx individuals. The $400,000 award, effective from September 2024 to April 2025, will support the University of California, Irvine in enrolling 500 participants to collect data on their vaccine acceptance, misinformation...
The Project Grant award of $1,164,930 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) will support research to examine the impact of school-located vaccination (SLV) models on routine, influenza, and COVID-19 vaccine uptake among school-aged children in Colorado, with a focus on health disparity populations. The award recipient, The RAND Corporation, will utilize quasi-experimental methods, microsimulation...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to Casa Esperanza Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned nonprofit organization in Boston, Massachusetts. The grant will fund the "CASA PALS-PROMOTORES AMPLIFICANDO LA SABIDURIA" program, which is designed to address social determinants of health related to healthcare access and quality, as well as social and community context, with a focus on reducing drug overdose deaths and...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $275,766 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA #93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports the development of a proof-of-concept for HealthYU-Latinx, a technology-based solution designed to improve health literacy for Latinx secondary school students and their families. The funding will enable the creation of a web/mobile-based, self-paced curriculum featuring animated videos, live...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) provides $5,386,286 to develop an international component for the Human Trisome Project (HTP) by establishing a research network across Latin America. The key objectives are to: 1) Build a network of research sites in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile to expand the diversity of the HTP's participant population; 2)...