Project Grant HT94252410549

This $693,476 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) aims to evaluate the long-term sustainment of an evidence-based lifestyle intervention called INSHAPE for adults with serious and disabling mental illness. The primary objectives are to: 1) assess sustained delivery of the INSHAPE program and 2) evaluate sustained health benefits, leveraging data from a prior NIMH-funded implementation study....

This $2,366,213 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging's Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) will fund the INLIFE (Individualized Lifestyle Change for Every Aging Brain) study. The study aims to harmonize and analyze participant-level data from 12 U.S. randomized controlled trials to examine how changes in lifestyle behaviors such as physical activity, cognitive activity, diet, and social engagement impact cognitive outcomes across diverse older adult populations....

This federal Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research) aims to optimize an evidence-based physical activity intervention for Latina women who do not meet physical activity guidelines. The $722,190 award to Brown University will integrate components from mindfulness-based stress reduction to improve adherence to physical activity among inactive Latina participants. The study will also rigorously evaluate stress as a...

This $127,623 federal Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), aims to test the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAIs) to prevent goal disengagement in response to weight regain following behavioral weight loss treatment. The award recipient, Drexel University, will randomly assign 120 adults who have lost at least 5% of their weight...

This Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.837) will provide $161,951 to Emory University to examine the relationship between chronic and daily stressors, dysfunctional eating behaviors, and cardiometabolic risk among adults in Puerto Rico. The research aims to investigate mechanisms by which stressors influence cardiometabolic disease markers, including negative affect and...

This Project Grant award of $887,750 from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), aims to develop and pilot a peer-led intervention called "Bridge to Belonging" (B2B) to reduce depression and loneliness among older gay and bisexual men living with HIV (OGBMLH). The project will leverage evidence-based strategies like cognitive behavioral therapy-based friendship enrichment, motivational interviewing, and peer mentorship to increase...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), will fund research to optimize an adaptive self-care support intervention for adults with type 2 diabetes by leveraging their social relationships. The total funding amount is $559,856 and the award period is from August 1, 2024 to April 30, 2029. The key products and services to be...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,468,930.00 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) aims to evaluate a scalable, peer-delivered intervention for depression among people with substance use disorder in a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) in Detroit, Michigan. The project, led by researchers from Henry Ford Health and Michigan State University, will conduct a hybrid effectiveness-implementation...

This Project Grant award of $1,677,674, provided by the National Institutes of Health's Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310), will fund a study to elucidate how mental health during late adolescence and early adulthood is influenced by LGBT-targeted policies. The primary awardee, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc., will use a multi-method approach to quantify associations between LGBT-targeted policies, enacted stigma, and mental health in young adult college students. This will...

This $261,336 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361) aims to refine and evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a photo-elicitation intervention called "Photo-Experiencing and Reflective Listening (PEARL)" for promoting healing engagement among cisgender heterosexual, sexual minority, and transgender women survivors of gender-based violence. The key objectives are to 1) collaborate with a...