This federal Project Grant award of $748,647 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 - Cardiovascular Diseases Research) will support a longitudinal study to characterize food insecurity as a social determinant of cardiovascular health and psychological well-being among a marginalized population of Latino immigrants. The study will collect mixed methods data from 450 Latino immigrants to examine how food insecurity and trauma concurrently and prospectively influence...
This $103,948 federal Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research) supports research at Emory University to evaluate how immigration status contributes to disparities in cardiometabolic health and accelerated epigenetic aging among Hispanic/Latino populations in the United States. The key research activities include: 1) Using data from the California Health Interview Survey to assess the associations between immigration...
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded a $727,080 Project Grant (CFDA 93.837 - Cardiovascular Diseases Research) to the University of South Carolina to investigate the neurogenic mechanisms linking psychosocial stress and postpartum cardiovascular disease and depression. The 4-year research project aims to determine if stabilizing mitochondrial function in the medial prefrontal cortex can prevent stress-induced cardiovascular and behavioral dysfunction in postpartum female...
This Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), provides $162,000.00 to Northeastern University to conduct research on understanding how the sociopolitical environment affects cardiovascular disease preventive care utilization among Black and Latinx immigrant populations. The key objectives of this 5-year project are to: 1) estimate trends and associations between immigration enforcement,...
The federal Project Grant award R56HL173010, funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), supports a research study to investigate psychosocial and cultural determinants of cardiometabolic health among older foreign-born Chinese Americans. The $1,438,522 award will be used to examine key biopsychological processes, such as daily negative emotion, cortisol secretion, and sleep quality, that may mediate the...
This $708,678 Project Grant was awarded on March 4, 2025 by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research (CFDA 93.837) program. The grant will fund a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) to evaluate interventions aimed at reducing food insecurity and improving adherence to hypertension treatments among patients with uncontrolled hypertension. The study, conducted in partnership with Wake Forest University Health Sciences,...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), provides $816,079 to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston to conduct proteomic profiling research focused on identifying protein biomarkers associated with cardiac dysfunction and heart failure risk in Hispanic/Latino populations. The key products and services to be delivered under this 4-year award include: Identifying...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) will provide $123,104 over 5 years to support research on the relationships between the HIV reservoir, metabolome, lipidome, and subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) in persons living with HIV, with a focus on sex differences. The research aims to 1) assess these relationships by sex, and 2) determine sex-specific multi-omic signatures...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) under CFDA 93.361 Nursing Research, supports the "HERMANAS DE CORAZON: A Community Health Worker Initiative for Improving Heart Health in Migrant Latina Farmworker Women" research project at Emory University. The $779,148 grant aims to mitigate adverse social determinants of health and improve cardiovascular health outcomes for this underserved population. The project will leverage a...
This federal Project Grant award of $722,190 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research) will fund a research study at Brown University aimed at improving physical activity participation in Latinas. The study will integrate evidence-based physical activity counseling with mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques to address barriers to adherence. The goal is to optimize an existing physical activity intervention and evaluate the impact on...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $161,951.00 and issued by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), supports research under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837). The grant recipient, Emory University, will conduct a study examining the relationships between chronic and daily stressors, dysfunctional eating behaviors, and cardiometabolic risk among adults in Puerto Rico.
The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: 1) an epidemiological analysis of chronic stress, financial hardship, hurricane-related experiences, and their associations with dysfunctional eating behaviors and cardiometabolic markers in Puerto Rican adults; 2) a one-week ecological momentary assessment (EMA) pilot study to investigate the daily relationships between stressors, negative affect, dysfunctional eating, and cardiometabolic markers; and 3) an evaluation of intrinsic and extrinsic resilience factors that may moderate the associations between daily stressors, negative affect, dysfunctional eating, and cardiometabolic risk. This research aims to elucidate novel mechanisms by which stressors influence cardiometabolic disease risk in Puerto Rican adults and inform future intervention strategies.