This Project Grant award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), under the Federal Grant Program for Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health (CFDA 93.213), provides $750,079 to develop and pilot test a combined "Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART)" and Qigong/Tai Chi (QTC) intervention for Asian Americans with co-occurring major depressive disorder and distressing somatic symptoms. The research aims to leverage...
This $375,873 federal Project Grant award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) under CFDA Program 93.213 "Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health" will fund a multi-year research study on the neural mechanisms underlying stress resiliency. The University of Illinois will serve as the prime awardee, conducting a comprehensive investigation into how circuit-level interactions across molecular, genomic, and neuroanatomical...
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 program (CFDA 93.213), will fund a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of a remotely delivered Tai Chi/Qigong intervention for improving depressive symptoms among older adults living with HIV.
The $492,436 award, with a project period from July 2024 to June 2029, will support the recruitment of 326...
This Project Grant award of $2,163,115.00, provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), supports research conducted by Pathmaker Neurosystems Inc. to develop a noninvasive neuromodulation approach to slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by suppressing neuronal hyperexcitability. The research, taking place in Boston, MA, aims to explore this innovative therapeutic method over the 2-year performance...
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), under CFDA program 93.213 "Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health", awarded a $1,581,902 Project Grant (R01AT012620) to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This grant will fund a cluster-randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of a web-based Stress Management and Resilience Training (SMART) program for improving mental health and well-being among child care...
This $706,367 Project Grant awarded by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) under the federal Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213) will fund a feasibility trial testing a remote music listening intervention for mental health recovery in individuals with chronic stroke.
The project aims to develop and evaluate the feasibility of an intentional music listening (IML) intervention to improve mental health outcomes,...
This federal Project Grant award of $165,240 from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) under CFDA 93.213 - Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health supports the development and pilot testing of a novel digital mindfulness-based intervention for depressive symptoms in post-treatment cancer patients. The award recipient, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, will first develop a daily 15-minute audio...
This Project Grant award of $498,828.00 from the Defense Health Agency supports the development of a novel treatment strategy and unique methods of delivery to the central nervous system for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The award, effective from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025, is funded through the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), which focuses on transforming health care for Service Members and the public through innovative and impactful biomedical...
This Project Grant award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), under CFDA Program 93.213 "Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health", provides $712,508 to the University of Illinois to develop and evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a tailored progressive muscle relaxation and walking intervention to reduce fatigue in adults with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). The 3-year project aims to fill research gaps by...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $157,000.00 to support a pilot study evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of a 6-week nature meditation intervention for bereaved caregivers of cancer patients who died in hospice care. The study, conducted by the partnership of Henry Ford Health and Michigan State University Health Sciences, aims to develop 6 nature-based healing meditation audio modules and assess their impact on...
The federal Project Grant award for $170,604 from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213), will support the development, refinement, and pilot testing of the "Resilient Together ALS (RT-ALS)" mind-body meaning intervention for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and their informal caregivers. The award period runs from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2030.
The project aims to address the lack of routine treatment for emotional distress in ALS patients and their caregivers. Key activities include conducting qualitative interviews and focus groups to gather feedback on the intervention content and delivery, exploring the initial feasibility and acceptability of RT-ALS through a single-arm open pilot, and testing the feasibility and acceptability of the refined RT-ALS intervention through a pilot randomized clinical trial. Findings from this project will inform future multisite clinical trials and implementation/dissemination efforts for the RT-ALS intervention.