Project Grant K08MD021861
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Brown University $755,110 on September 1, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct a mixed-methods study examining the implications of Medicare Advantage enrollment growth on mortality and clinical outcomes among older adults in rural America. The research investigates how Medicare Advantage provider networks and reimbursement practices affect access to acute hospital...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded The University of Chicago $1,307,468 on July 19, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to elucidate novel epigenetic contributions to multiple myeloma risk disparities between African American and European American populations. The research investigates cytosine modifications—specifically 5-hydroxymethylcytosines (5HMC)—in circulating cell-free DNA as drivers of the 2- to...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded The Rand Corporation $584,668 on September 1, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct research on public health insurance and mortality among people with disabilities. The research will characterize all-cause and cause-specific mortality patterns among people with disabilities, examining variation by self-reported disability, SSA-defined primary impairment, race...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco $2,306,030 on September 13, 2025, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct research on hypertension retention and cardiovascular risk reduction among people with HIV who use safety-net clinics. The recipient will conduct an explanatory sequential study combining quantitative survey data and qualitative contextual...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, awarded Sojourn Medtech LLC $349,859 on September 17, 2025, to develop a patient-centered self-cannulation training simulator for African American patients with end-stage renal disease under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307). The award funds development of a training tool designed to increase self-cannulation competency and promote home hemodialysis adoption...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Duke University $771,059 on August 5, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to develop and test a tailored mHealth coaching and social resource support intervention designed to improve medication adherence and patient activation among kidney transplant recipients in low-resource communities. The project addresses health disparities in post-transplant outcomes, where...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health, awarded Howard University $424,875 on September 19, 2025, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to investigate the pathobiology of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in diabetic African Americans. The project, which runs through June 30, 2027, will characterize transcriptomic...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (Kaiser Permanente) $10.492 million on September 19, 2025, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307). The award funds a mixed-methods implementation science study examining racial and ethnic disparities in depression treatment and outcomes across five health systems in seven states (California, Texas, Georgia, Minnesota, Michigan, North Dakota, and...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Sam Houston State University $218,160 under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) on September 1, 2026. The award funds research to optimize mobile health clinic utilization and resource allocation in rural southwest Oklahoma. The project pursues two primary aims: identifying barriers to mobile health clinic uptake among rural residents, healthcare providers, and clinic staff through...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital, Inc. $811,939 on August 4, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to investigate accelerated aging biomarkers in cancer patients with HIV. The award funds prospective identification and molecular analysis of 500 cancer patients—250 with HIV and 250 without HIV—recruited from Moffitt Cancer Center, plus 250 people...
The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Loma Linda University $187,824 under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) on September 1, 2026, to conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial of a digitally enhanced community health worker-led intervention for early stepped palliative care in hepatobiliary cancers. The project adapts a prior intervention developed for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma to address the distinct clinical profile of hepatobiliary cancers, which differ in underlying liver dysfunction, prognosis, and palliative care constraints. The work includes key informant interviews to capture patient, caregiver, and community health worker perspectives on disease course, treatments, and the role of palliative care in hepatobiliary malignancies; adaptation of the digital intervention incorporating input from patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and community health workers; and a pilot feasibility study with 24 patients to assess intervention feasibility and acceptability. The award period runs from September 1, 2026, through April 30, 2031. Work is performed in Loma Linda, California.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $187.8k | 9/1/26 |