The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded a $1,163,163 Project Grant (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) to New York University (NYU) to study the impact of discrimination on obesity-related anthropometric outcomes among youth. The project aims to: 1) assess the association between different forms of discrimination and growth trajectories of body mass index (BMI) and waist...
This Project Grant award of $547,829, provided by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research), supports a 5-year mixed-methods research project exploring the health implications of natural event-driven displacement for people with HIV (PWH) in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The study aims to establish the link between natural event-related displacement and PWH's continuity of care and mental health, as well as identify...
This Project Grant award of $4,219,628 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program, will fund a study to develop and evaluate a virtual environment-based intervention to prevent HIV-related comorbidities in Black and Latinx sexual minority men. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) utilize formative research to modify the intervention to address social determinants of...
This $2,252,730 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) will fund a research project at the University of Chicago to model the long-term health equity and economic impacts of interventions to address food and nutrition insecurity in the U.S. The project aims to: 1) measure the longer-term health outcomes and economic impact of four promising policy interventions (expanding the USDA...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $985,984 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to The Henry M. Jackson Foundation For The Advancement Of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF) to determine the interplay between mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells and the translocated microbiome in HIV-induced neuroinflammation. The key objectives are to longitudinally compare the relationships between the gut microbiome, MAIT cells in cerebrospinal...
This $1,601,966 Project Grant, awarded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program, supports research to identify factors that increase bias among healthcare providers, which can contribute to healthcare disparities for racial and ethnic minority patients. The research will leverage psychological theories to examine how adverse provider conditions, such as workplace demands, personal...
This $103,948 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will support research on the impact of forced migration on HIV vulnerability and prevention among internally displaced adolescent girls and young women in Northern Mozambique. The project aims to (1) determine predictors of HIV vulnerability related to exposure to displacement-related stressors and mental health among this population, and (2) explore...
This federal Project Grant award of $147,912 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program, will fund a multi-level study examining the link between fear of deportation and mental health outcomes among Latinx young adults. The study aims to assess how systemic inflammation may mediate the relationship between fear of deportation and depression/anxiety, as well as identify risk and...
This federal Project Grant award, with an ID of K01MD019721, was provided by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program. The $664,937 award will support a 5-year research project to develop and pilot test an Instagram-based body positivity intervention tailored for Latinx adolescents. The project aims to (1) conduct qualitative research...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program provides $742,352 to New York University (NYU) School of Medicine to conduct a comprehensive, community-engaged study on the relationship between childhood adversity and multiple sclerosis (MS) health outcomes among minority populations. The key products and services to be delivered...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program, provides $994,032 to New York University (NYU) to conduct research on reducing disparities in mental and metabolic health among predominantly low-income, Black and Hispanic women with and without HIV.
The key objectives of the 5-year research project are to: 1) examine relationships among experiences of poverty, epigenetic aging, and mental and metabolic health; 2) investigate relationships among experiences of poverty, the gut microbiome, and mental and metabolic health; and 3) characterize the gut-brain axis by identifying gut microbiome correlates of depression-linked neurobiological substrates. The project aims to elucidate the biological mechanisms underlying the intersection of poverty, depression, and metabolic health in order to improve clinical recognition of depression and identify targets for future research to eliminate health disparities for this population.