This federal Project Grant award of $780,698 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), aims to optimize the integration of human and digital support in a meditation app for depression and anxiety. The key products and services to be delivered include: The proposed study will conduct a hybrid factorial and micro-randomized trial to evaluate the effects of introductory coaching, on-demand email-based coaching, and digital...
This Project Grant award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), under the federal Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health grant program (CFDA 93.213), will fund the development and pilot testing of a novel, daily, digitally delivered mindfulness-based intervention for depressive symptoms in post-treatment cancer patients. The $165,240 award, granted to the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University,...
This $432,300 Project Grant awarded by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) under CFDA Program 93.213 "Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health" supports a multi-site pilot randomized controlled trial to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) with a multi-modal adaptive supplement called "Learning to Breathe Plus" (L2B Plus). The project aims to prepare for a future larger-scale...
This $327,885 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program, supports a 5-year research study on the efficacy of mindfulness activities in mitigating the global risk of mental illness. The principal investigator will conduct a mixed-methods study to compare online and offline mindfulness practices, examine efforts by mindfulness organizations, and integrate the research into an undergraduate education program....
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded a $270,857 Project Grant (CFDA 93.213 - Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health) to Portland State University to establish a community-based research agenda for improving chronic pain self-management among young Black adults. The 5-year award, starting September 1, 2024, will support Dr. De'Sha Wolf, an early career social scientist, in conducting...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging's (NIA) Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) provides $1,010,230 to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a culturally-adapted mindfulness-based program (MBP) for Latinx older adults at risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The project, led by Washington University in St. Louis, aims to: 1) establish the effectiveness of the culturally-adapted MBP for improving cognitive health and psychological well-being in this population; 2)...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health (CFDA 93.213) program, provides $125,026 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to conduct research on the brain bases of mindfulness. The project aims to: 1) identify brain network connections that predict trait mindfulness using resting-state fMRI data, and 2) examine state mindfulness and its...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $2,851,692 to the University of Illinois to conduct research on the effectiveness and implementation of a meditation app in addressing substance use, sexual health, and emotion regulation among justice-involved youth. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year award include: 1) Running a hybrid type 2...
This Project Grant award of $750,079 from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213) aims to develop and pilot test a combined "SMART-QTC" intervention for Asian American patients with co-occurring major depressive disorder and distressing somatic symptoms. The grantee, The General Hospital Corporation (doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital), will...
The federal Project Grant award R43MH135535, titled "Stress, Mindfulness, and People with Intellectual Disabilities," is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242). The $135,214 award supports the development and feasibility evaluation of an online, interactive mindfulness-based stress reduction program tailored for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) and their support persons. The key objectives...