Cooperative Agreement U58DP001006

The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded The Rand Corporation $2.836 million on August 5, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial of Eat, Pray, Move, a faith community-level intervention designed to prevent obesity among Black and Latino adults in California. Rand will execute a fully powered RCT involving 28 churches (14 predominantly Black and 14 predominantly Latino)...

The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Brown University $755,110 on September 1, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct a mixed-methods study examining the implications of Medicare Advantage enrollment growth on mortality and clinical outcomes among older adults in rural America. The research investigates how Medicare Advantage provider networks and reimbursement practices affect access to acute hospital...

The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Rush River Research Corporation $4,145,268 on September 18, 2025, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to develop a modern, culturally sensitive family health history software tool responsive to African American cultural perspectives. Rush River Research Corporation will develop a production prototype of the Family Health History tool and assess its usability through studies of...

The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Oregon Health & Science University $3,117,935 on September 1, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to develop and test a culturally tailored home-based cervical and colorectal cancer screening intervention for American Indian and Alaska Native tribal communities. The funded work, titled "American Indian/Alaska Native Tailoring of a Home-Based Cervical and Colorectal...

This $413,660 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 Aging Research) will support a study to evaluate the impact of Illinois' Health Benefits for Immigrant Seniors (HBIA) and Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults (HBIS) programs on healthcare utilization and outcomes among aging Latino immigrants. The study aims to: 1) examine changes in emergency department visits and hospitalizations among Latino older adults, as well as uncompensated hospital care, following...

The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health, awarded the University of California Irvine $1,288,442 on June 5, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct a randomized controlled trial of a culturally adapted sleep intervention for Asian Americans. The project tests ASLEEP (Asian American Sleep Empowerment Program), a five-week...

The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Popcom Health Inc. $1,189,815 on September 18, 2025, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to design and develop an interactive, customizable digital health promotion comic tool for Black/African American and Latino preadolescents to reduce childhood obesity risk. The recipient will create a family-centered, web-based intervention tool targeting low-income urban children. The...

The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Health Tequity LLC $1,146,396.66 on September 17, 2025, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to develop and assess usability of the ACTIVATE Artificial Intelligence Accessibility Engine (AIA) for multilingual mobile applications and voice navigation in chronic illness care coordination. Health Tequity LLC will develop an ACTIVATE AIA prototype supporting three languages—English,...

The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded The Johns Hopkins University a $768,055 project grant on August 16, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to examine hospital closure risk and evaluate the potential impact of global budget models in rural areas using a social resource-based lens. The research integrates comprehensive data sources, including Kythera Labs claims data covering Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,...

The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health, awarded Ochin, Inc. a Project Grant of $1,460,161 on August 15, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307). Ochin will create an integrated dataset by harmonizing data from national, state, and local sources to investigate the longitudinal relationship between housing transitions and health outcomes for...