Project Grant AID391IO1700003

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $249,000 to the University of Southern California to examine how older Korean immigrants' cognitive health is shaped by cognitive reserves and social interactions in senior housing. The study aims to: 1) assess the effect of cognitive reserves (e.g., education, acculturation) on cognitive health, 2) examine the effect of social interactions (bonding, bridging, bullying) on cognitive...

This Project Grant award from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the CMS Research, Demonstrations and Evaluations program (CFDA 93.779) provides $237,500 to San Diego State University Foundation to conduct a 10-year longitudinal study on factors associated with loss of independence among ethnic minority older adults. The study aims to identify predictors of loss of independence using the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability...

The National Institute on Aging awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to The RAND Corporation to conduct a longitudinal mixed methods study examining how changes in loneliness and social isolation are related to mental and physical health outcomes among aging Black sexual minority men (BSMM), and how contextual factors may mediate these associations. The study will recruit 400 BSMM aged 40 and older, with a focus on high-priority areas for the Ending the HIV...

This federal Project Grant award of $427,625 from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) supports a 5-year research study on the impact of forced displacement on the mental health of older Bhutanese refugees resettled in the U.S. The study will use a mixed-methods approach to explore social support as a protective factor for mental health, quantitatively assess post-resettlement risk and protective factors, and examine the relationship between family caregiver and older...

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...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) totaling $793,275 aims to study the tradeoffs between the equal and equitable distribution of scarce health resources, such as vaccines, during times of scarcity. The research team at the University of Michigan, with a sub-award to Stanford University, will leverage a large randomized natural experiment to analyze inequities in vaccine uptake across dimensions of health, social vulnerability, and race,...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $163,979 to the Trustees of Dartmouth College to evaluate the long-term health impacts of housing instability and racial/ethnic disparities among Black, Latino, and white households. The study will leverage longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to: 1) estimate the effects of housing instability on late-life health outcomes, 2) determine if racial/ethnic disparities in...

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded a $1,739,447 Project Grant under the NIJ Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560) to The Urban Institute, in partnership with NORC at the University of Chicago, to conduct a full-scale, multisite, randomized controlled study of the EMPOWER program. EMPOWER is a resilience-building, theory-informed, and evidence-driven prevention program developed to address the abuse and financial exploitation of older adults,...

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 $562,314 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Aging under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) supports a 3-year study to identify risk and protective factors associated with psychosocial resilience in spousal caregivers for spouses with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The study leverages data from several large, longitudinal cohort studies, including the Health and Retirement Study, to examine how caregivers' well-being, mental health, and cognitive...