Cooperative Agreement NU58DP007642

This Project Grant award of $674,338 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will fund a 5-year study to evaluate the impact of a cooking skills intervention combined with a multicomponent weight management program on long-term weight loss in 114 young adults (ages 18-26) with intellectual disabilities, including those with Down syndrome. The primary aim is to compare weight...

This Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research) provides $702,964 to the University of South Carolina to implement and evaluate a clinic-to-community physical activity program called Exercise is Medicine Greenville (EIMG). The project aims to improve the implementation and reach of EIMG across 24 primary care clinics, assess patient engagement and outcomes in the 12-week community-based physical activity programs, and...

This Project Grant award from the National Cancer Institute (CFDA 93.394 - Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research) provides $1,243,868 to San Diego State University Foundation to conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of the "CONMIGO" multilevel physical activity intervention for pre-adolescent Latina girls and their mothers. The 5-year study aims to increase moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in the target population, evaluate individual and...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (CFDA 93.847 - Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research) provides $786,797 to the University of Utah to scale up the "Building Healthy Families" (BHF) childhood obesity intervention program in rural areas and small towns. The project aims to expand access to this evidence-based intervention by developing and implementing an online training and program resource...

This $693,476 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) aims to evaluate the long-term sustainment of an evidence-based lifestyle intervention called INSHAPE for adults with serious and disabling mental illness. The primary objectives are to: 1) assess sustained delivery of the INSHAPE program and 2) evaluate sustained health benefits, leveraging data from a prior NIMH-funded implementation study....

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will fund a $315,062 research project at Northwestern University to evaluate physical activity and body composition among South Asian American youth, and examine the relationships between cultural factors and physical activity behaviors. The project aims to conduct secondary data analyses using national...

See Yourself Health LLC received a $612,981 project grant award from the National Institute on Aging, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866). The grant funds the development of an immersive telehealth solution called the HOPE App, designed to deliver diabetes self-management education and support tailored for older adults with diabetes. The HOPE App will consist of 28 educational modules and maintenance programming delivered through...

This $117,750 Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) will fund a study investigating the prospective associations between neighborhood environment features and physical activity, as well as weight status, across different age groups. The study will leverage data from five existing NIH-funded studies to efficiently examine long-term impacts over 5-15 year periods. Key objectives include...

This $2,252,730 project grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program) will support research to model the health equity and economic impacts of national strategies to address food and nutrition insecurity. The primary goals are to: 1) measure the long-term population health effects of interventions like expanding the USDA nutrition incentive program and SNAP benefits, 2) estimate impacts on...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), provides $772,246 to The Salk Institute for Biological Studies to conduct a clinical study on the effects of time-restricted eating (TRE) and TRE with a low-glycemic snack (TRE-LGS) as dietary interventions to improve the health of overweight and obese night shift workers. The study will...