This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), aims to investigate the impact of prenatal exposure to cannabis on childhood adiposity and cardiometabolic health outcomes. The $234,000 award, with a performance period from August 2024 to July 2026, will support a study using a well-characterized observational cohort in Colorado to measure the levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (D9-THC) and...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), supports a study on the prevalence and effects of cannabidiol (CBD) use during pregnancy. The $188,482 award, effective February 1, 2025 through January 31, 2030, will be used by the University of Colorado-Denver to: Estimate the prevalence of CBD use among pregnant women receiving prenatal care, including by trimester. Characterize the...
This National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Project Grant award under CFDA 93.279 (Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs) provides $390,635 to the University of Pittsburgh to develop a novel intervention that addresses prenatal depressive symptoms to encourage tobacco and cannabis cessation among marginalized pregnant and postpartum people. The key products and services to be delivered through this grant include: 1) Conducting formative research on the experiences of marginalized pregnant...
This $668,110 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) will fund the development and acceptability testing of a technology-based intervention to reduce cannabis misuse among college students. The project aims to refine an existing intervention that provides information on cannabis products, marketing, laws, and risks to increase young adults' cannabis literacy. The research will involve focus groups with...
This federal Project Grant award for $171,822 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) will fund a study to evaluate the effects of prenatal and postnatal cannabis use on lactation and maternal bonding. The study will have two cohorts: the first will follow 800 pregnant individuals, 600 of whom used cannabis during pregnancy, to assess maternal attachment, bonding, and self-efficacy; the second will analyze transfer of...
This Project Grant award of $443,263 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), aims to characterize the unique effects of recreational cannabis use on sleep in women of childbearing age. The 5-year study, beginning September 2024, will examine the relationship between cannabis use and sleep, investigating the mediating role of stress physiology and reproductive hormones. The research will utilize a within-subject design...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the federal Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $149,000.00 to the University of Oregon to conduct a longitudinal study examining the effects of prenatal cannabis and tobacco co-exposure, as well as postnatal adversity, on child regulation and the potential buffering role of sensitive parenting. The research will assess changes in parasympathetic nervous system functioning from infancy...
This $6,439,263 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (CFDA 93.279 Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs) aims to determine the impact of maternal substance use on maternal immune activation, placental function, and offspring neurobehavioral development. The project will leverage the Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) study to perform maternal immune profiling, placental and cord blood analysis, and novel neuroinflammation imaging on 400 pregnancies...
This $2,118,992 Project Grant, awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), supports a longitudinal study investigating the neural and psychiatric consequences of cannabis use in depressed adolescents. The research aims to prospectively examine the effects of cannabis, the most widely used illicit drug among teenagers, on reward and pain neurocircuits in adolescents with depression. The study will evaluate 250...
This federal Project Grant award of $360,100.00 was provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), to George Washington University. The funding will support research on the "Socio-Structural Determinants of Cannabis and Derived Psychoactive Cannabis Product Use and Consequences Among Young Adults." The project aims to investigate the increasing use of cannabis and derived psychoactive cannabis products,...