This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $603,510 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to study the impact of the school environment on youth mental health trajectories in Tanzania. The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing culturally relevant observational and survey measures to comprehensively assess the primary school environment in Tanzania...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a 5-year, $412,778 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to Boston Medical Center Corporation (BMC) to develop an independent clinical research training program focused on addressing global mental health challenges. The Boston University Medical Campus-Massachusetts General Hospital Global Psychiatric Clinical Research Training Program will prepare postdoctoral fellows to work collaboratively across disciplines and...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $183,179 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for the "Reducing Mobility-Associated Interruption in ART among Men in Malawi (REMIT)" project. The award, effective September 1, 2024, supports a 5-year research initiative to refine and pilot an intervention to improve antiretroviral treatment (ART) outcomes among mobile men living with HIV in...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $233,250 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to adapt and pilot test the Healthy Minds Program (HMP), an app-based intervention, for individuals reentering the community after incarceration. The project aims to 1) adapt HMP with input from formerly incarcerated individuals to create an in-person version (HMP-R) and 2) establish the feasibility, acceptability, adherence, and...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants) of $2,856,918 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to evaluate the efficacy of an enhanced problem-solving therapy intervention to improve perinatal depression and engagement in HIV care among women living with HIV in Malawi. The project, titled "Enhanced Problem-Solving Therapy and HIV Engagement Support to Improve Perinatal Mental Health and HIV Outcomes in...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $204,888 to the University of Washington to develop and evaluate a culturally appropriate metric of perceived access to mental health care in Nigeria. The key activities include: Conducting qualitative interviews with patients, caregivers, and clinicians in Ibadan, Nigeria to identify common barriers to accessing mental health services. Obtaining...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $1,325,208 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants) to The Washington University in St. Louis to conduct a sequential randomized trial evaluating strategies to return and reengage individuals in HIV care after treatment lapses in Zambia. The study aims to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of combinations of navigation services and community-based medication delivery in improving viral suppression outcomes....
This $233,335 National Institute of Mental Health project grant supports the adaptation and optimization of the Friendship Bench mental health intervention for adolescent girls and young women in South African HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery settings. The University of Washington will receive funding to support Dr. Jennifer Velloza's development as an independent researcher focused on improving mental health intervention delivery integrated with HIV prevention services for young...
This $147,422 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will pilot an implementation strategy for the WHO Live Life Guide to promote suicide prevention across the lifespan in rural Uganda. The research team from Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) will co-design a contextually tailored implementation strategy manual involving the District Health Management Team (DHMT) as champions. They...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) provides $185,838 to the University of Maryland, College Park to adapt and pilot a home-based community health worker intervention to support mental health among people living with HIV in South Africa. The project aims to explore barriers and facilitators to implementing a home-based mental health intervention...