Project Grant F31AT013682
- This $1,073,982 National Cancer Institute project grant will fund research at Washington University in University City, Missouri from January 2023 through December 2027 under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research program (CFDA 93.393). The research aims to document unmet social needs among 300 patient-caregiver dyads where the patient has breast or gynecologic cancer. It will analyze how social needs affect biopsychosocial outcomes for patients and caregivers, including depressive symptoms,...
- This Project Grant award of $325,038 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) supports research and development of a psychological intervention to improve emotional well-being in family caregivers of children with medical complexity (CMC). Awarded to the University of Pittsburgh on August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028, the project...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded University of Miami a $2.75M Project Grant on September 12, 2025, under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research program (CFDA 93.393) to conduct a four-year clinical research study examining the effects of remotely-delivered cognitive behavioral stress management (R-CBSM) on cancer-accelerated aging in distressed breast cancer survivors aged 50 and older. The study will enroll 192 breast cancer survivors who completed...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $157,000.00 to support a pilot study evaluating the acceptability and feasibility of a 6-week nature meditation intervention for bereaved friend and family caregivers of cancer patients who died in hospice care. The study, conducted by the collaborative research partnership of Henry Ford Health and Michigan State University Health Sciences, aims to develop 6 nature-based healing meditation...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to The Johns Hopkins University, effective June 1, 2026, through March 31, 2031, to conduct a mechanistic randomized controlled trial testing the Heart Failure Resilience Intervention for Caregivers (HEROIC). The HEROIC intervention is a theory- and evidence-based primary palliative care program consisting of five individualized...
- This federal Project Grant award of $161,000.00 from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research (CFDA 93.393) program supports a pilot study by the University of Connecticut (UConn) to explore communication about sexuality and intimacy among individuals with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) and their partners. The key objectives of the study are to: 1) identify themes in MBC patients' communication about sexuality and intimacy, 2) determine if specific...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded $100,228 to Indiana University Indianapolis under the Cancer Research Manpower program (CFDA 93.398) to support a research training fellowship for Stella Snyder, the principal investigator. This F31 award, effective December 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028, provides training and mentorship necessary for Snyder to establish an independent research career focused on optimizing psychosocial interventions for cancer survivors...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Cancer Institute (CFDA 93.393, Cancer Cause and Prevention Research) awarded a $696,498 Project Grant to The MGH Institute of Health Professions, Inc., effective May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2031, to develop and optimize a multicomponent intervention designed to improve functional recovery and participation in valued activities among breast cancer survivors. Approximately one-third of breast cancer survivors experience restrictions in vocational, social,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Cancer Institute awarded Massachusetts General Hospital a Project Grant of $817,829 on September 12, 2025, under the Cancer Treatment Research program (CFDA 93.395) to conduct a randomized controlled trial testing the efficacy of SMART3RP-Lymphoma, a virtual, resilience-based group intervention designed to improve quality of life in early post-treatment lymphoma survivors (0-2 years post-treatment). The study will enroll 254 participants across three...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Cancer Institute (NCI), under the Cancer Research Manpower program (CFDA 93.398), awarded The Johns Hopkins University $105,076 on February 15, 2026, to support a multi-method research investigation examining electronic communication (e-communication) between pediatric cancer caregivers and healthcare teams. The project, which extends through August 14, 2027, will evaluate the quality and impact of e-communication modes—including patient portal...
ADDRESSING UNMET CARE NEEDS IN BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS AND CAREGIVERS: THE ROLE OF FAMILY RESILIENCE - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT MORE THAN 80% OF BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS AND NEARLY ALL FAMILY CAREGIVERS EXPERIENCE UNMET SUPPORTIVE CARE NEEDS DURING CANCER TREATMENT AND THROUGHOUT SURVIVORSHIP. THESE UNMET SUPPORTIVE CARE NEEDS ARE KEY FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO POOR QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CANCER SURVIVORS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. EMOTIONAL, INFORMATIONAL, AND RELATIONAL NEEDS ARE AMONG THE MOST REPORTED UNMET NEEDS BY CANCER SURVIVORS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS, AND RESULT FROM GAPS IN CANCER CARE SERVICES. INTERVENTIONS TO SUPPORT THE UNMET NEEDS OF CANCER SURVIVORS HAVE PROVIDED NO EVIDENCE OF AN UNDERLYING MECHANISM FOR REDUCING UNMET NEEDS FOR THE SURVIVORS, AND MANY CAREGIVER INTERVENTIONS HAVE YIELDED SMALL EFFECTS. GIVEN THE KNOWN INTERDEPENDENCE BETWEEN CANCER SURVIVORS AND FAMILY CAREGIVERS' WELL-BEING AND THE PROMISING EFFECTS OF MINDFUL RESILIENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS IN OTHER POPULATIONS SUCH AS TRANSPLANT PATIENTS, A SYSTEMS-LEVEL RESILIENCE-BASED APPROACH MAY BE KEY IN ADDRESSING THESE UNMET NEEDS. FAMILY RESILIENCE, OR THE ABILITY OF FAMILY TO REBOUND AND GROW FROM ADVERSITY, IS ASSOCIATED WITH GREATER QUALITY OF LIFE IN CANCER SURVIVORS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. WHILE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILY RESILIENCE AND UNMET NEEDS IS UNKNOWN, THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT MORE INDIVIDUAL OR INTRAPERSONAL RESILIENCE IS ASSOCIATED WITH FEWER UNMET SUPPORTIVE CARE NEEDS. FURTHERMORE, AS UNMET NEEDS CHANGE OVER THE COURSE OF THE ILLNESS TRAJECTORY AND THROUGHOUT SURVIVORSHIP, IDENTIFYING A MECHANISM THAT ADAPTS OVER TIME AND LEVERAGES THE STRENGTHS OF THE FAMILY TO COPE AND MANAGE NEEDS IS CRUCIAL. THIS OBSERVATIONAL CROSS- SECTIONAL STUDY AIMS TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNMET SUPPORTIVE CARE NEEDS, FAMILY RESILIENCE, AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN BREAST CANCER DYADS (SURVIVORS AND CAREGIVERS) DURING TWO PHASES OF CANCER CARE (ACTIVE TREATMENT AND REENTRY PHASE). USING LATENT VARIABLE STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING, SPECIFICALLY THE ACTOR-PARTNER INTERDEPENDENCE MODEL, WE WILL EXAMINE WHETHER FAMILY RESILIENCE PARTIALLY MEDIATES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNMET SUPPORTIVE CARE NEEDS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN CANCER DYADS. THIS ADVANCED STATISTICAL METHOD ALLOWS US TO SIMULTANEOUSLY EVALUATE THE ACTOR EFFECTS (HOW WE AFFECT OURSELVES) OF SURVIVORS' UNMET NEEDS AND FAMILY RESILIENCE ON THEIR OWN QUALITY OF LIFE AS WELL AS THE PARTNER EFFECTS (HOW WE AFFECT EACH OTHER) ON THEIR CAREGIVERS' QUALITY OF LIFE, AND VICE VERSA. A TOTAL OF 260 DYADS WILL BE RECRUITED FROM A LARGE NCI DESIGNATED CANCER CENTER SERVING OVER 47 COMMUNITIES IN THE MIDWEST AND THROUGH ONLINE PLATFORMS THROUGHOUT THE US. RESULTS FROM THIS STUDY WILL IDENTITY A CRITICAL UNDERLYING MECHANISM, INFORMING FUTURE RESEARCH TO DESIGN, TEST, AND DISSEMINATE MINDFUL RESILIENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR FAMILIES EXPERIENCING CANCER. THE TRAINING PLAN CONSISTS OF MENTORSHIP, COURSES, AND WORKSHOPS THAT WILL FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERTISE IN DYADIC RESEARCH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF BREAST ONCOLOGY AS WELL AS FUTURE MINDFUL RESILIENCE-BASED INTERVENTION DEVELOPMENT.
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| Not listed | $45.5k | 4/17/26 |