The University of Miami received a $547,829 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307, Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) to conduct a 5-year mixed-methods research project titled "ADDRESSING DISASTER DISPLACEMENT FOR RECOVERY WITH EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS (ADDRESS) OF HIV CARE IN PUERTO RICO." The project aims to establish the link between natural event-driven displacement and continuity of HIV care...
This $683,125 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports the expansion of the Center for Latino Health Research Opportunities (CLARO) at the University of Miami and Florida International University. The grant aims to train early-stage investigators, particularly from underrepresented minority groups, in equitable implementation science to accelerate the implementation of...
This $539,398 Project Grant was awarded on September 30, 2024 by the Department of Health and Human Services under the Minority HIV/AIDS Fund (CFDA 93.899) program. The grant recipient is the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNM HSC), which will use the funding to provide comprehensive healthcare services that address HIV prevention, treatment, and care in combination with behavioral health interventions for racial and ethnic minority communities disproportionately affected by...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Nursing Research (CFDA 93.361 Nursing Research) to George Washington University provides $1,352,914 to identify multilevel facilitators of care outcomes among "positive deviants" - a small subset of Black sexual minority men living with HIV who have successfully achieved durable viral suppression despite substantial adversity. The award will fund a 3-phase qualitative study to discover the strategies and contextual factors...
The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Minority HIV/AIDS Fund (CFDA 93.899) program, awarded a $1,199,913 Project Grant to the Mississippi Public Health Institute (MSPHI) to implement the Helping Empower, Advocate, and Reach the Delta (HEARD) program. The HEARD program aims to increase engagement in care for adult Black females, including cisgender, transgender, non-binary, and genderqueer/fluid individuals, who are living with or at high risk for contracting HIV/AIDS, STIs,...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Minority HIV/AIDS Fund (CFDA 93.899), awarded a $2.6M project grant to Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) to enhance the retention and re-engagement of individuals living with HIV in Dallas County. The 4-year grant will fund a dedicated medical team to provide comprehensive HIV care, including patient education, medication adherence support, and referrals to mental health and substance abuse services. DCHHS will...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) provides $855,233 to The General Hospital Corporation (doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital) to understand the relationship between individual, social, and structural determinants of health, mobility, and HIV outcomes among adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Tennessee. The award supports a 5-year study that...
This $11,879,155 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports the establishment of the NYC Center for Minority Health, Equity, and Social Justice at the City College of New York (CCNY). The Center aims to conduct outstanding R01-level research projects focused on health disparities, including a basic science proposal on end-stage kidney disease, a behavioral science...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,576,238.00 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), aims to characterize, assess, and protocolize implementation strategies used by community-based HIV organizations to improve the reach of PrEP and mental health/substance use treatments to Latino men who have sex with men (LMSM). The project, titled "Leveraging a Strategic Alliance of...
This federal Project Grant award of $960,120, provided by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Program (CFDA 93.307), will support the development and pilot testing of a culturally tailored intervention for Latinx adolescents from mixed-status families. The primary goals are to: 1) explore barriers and facilitators to mental health discussions between youth and caregivers, and use of mental health...