Project Grant H75DP002305

This Project Grant award, titled "FOOD-BASED RANDOMIZED TRIAL FOR ENHANCING SUPPORT OF HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES (FRESH)", is funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The award totaling $690,147 will be used by the Childrens Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio to conduct a randomized trial evaluating the impact of in-hospital food...

This Project Grant award, valued at $400,000 and awarded on September 5, 2024, was provided by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847). The grant will fund research conducted by the University of Mississippi Medical Center to investigate the role of insulin resistance in the development of renal disease during prepubertal childhood obesity, in the absence of diabetes....

This Cooperative Agreement award is funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847). The award provides $320,972 to Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc. and Boston Children's Hospital to evaluate the impact of type 1 diabetes (T1D) on brain development and neurocognitive functioning in a racially and ethnically diverse cohort of 600 pre-pubertal children with newly...

The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute awarded $2,350,623 under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to the Regents of the University of Minnesota on May 1, 2021 for a project concluding on April 30, 2022. The project aims to reduce childhood obesity through an individual randomized controlled trial testing combinations of ecological momentary intervention, home visiting, and video feedback delivered to 510 low-income, racially...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), provides $277,540 to The Nemours Foundation to conduct a longitudinal observational study on the cognitive, structural, and functional impact of new-onset type 1 diabetes on the brains of young children aged 4-10 years. The study aims to assess neurocognitive function, correlate it...

This federal Project Grant award of $570,268, provided by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (CFDA 93.847 - Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research), supports research conducted by Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY. The research aims to study the role of the protein Cyclin C (CCNC) and the Mediator complex in regulating adipose tissue remodeling and metabolic functions, with a focus on understanding mechanisms for...

This $806,452 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) supports research investigating the mechanisms that combine type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The research aims to determine how hepatic insulin resistance can lead to the progression of NAFLD to the more severe non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and how this...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (CFDA 93.847 - Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research) provides $107,250 to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Division to conduct research on the role of NR2F2 in beige adipogenesis and its potential to mitigate childhood obesity risk. The award will fund investigations into how early-life exposure to omega-6 fatty acids impacts adipose stem cell fate and beige...

This $296,945 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) will fund a mixed methods study to identify stakeholder-generated treatment components for a comprehensive obesity intervention program tailored specifically for transition-age autistic youth (ages 16-25) with obesity. The 2-year project will use qualitative interviews (Aim 1) and quantitative surveys...

The Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland, doing business as UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital-Oakland, has been awarded a $600,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224). The grant aims to expand behavioral health services and improve access to substance use disorder treatment for adolescents and young adults in the Oakland, CA area. Key products and services to be delivered under this grant include:...