This federal Project Grant award of $572,073 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), supports a research study led by Dr. Christine Call at the University of Pittsburgh. The study aims to identify the psychosocial and behavioral pathways through which food insecurity may predict higher gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention among pregnant...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), supports research to examine binge eating as a potential mechanism underlying the association between food insecurity and elevated risk of obesity among adolescents. The $557,050.70 award, granted to the partnership between Henry Ford Health and Michigan State University Health Sciences, aims to quantify...
This federal Project Grant award of $340,175 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) will support a study to identify the effects of federal funding for obesity prevention programs on weight-related health behaviors, obesity prevalence, and obesity-related chronic conditions. The study will leverage variations in which counties and states received the awards,...
This federal Project Grant award of $241,500 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) aims to develop and pilot a positive food parenting intervention to promote healthy eating and growth in children at risk for obesity. The grant has two specific aims: 1) to develop a positive food parenting intervention focused on structure-based and autonomy-promoting...
This Project Grant award of $1,145,592 from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), under the Nursing Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.361), will fund a clinical-community partnership to understand the health impacts of a food insecurity intervention. The main objectives are to: 1) Quantify the effects of a multi-component food insecurity intervention on clinical outcomes among Medicaid enrollees with chronic conditions receiving care at a federally qualified health center...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307), aims to evaluate the long-term population health, health equity, and economic impacts of four key interventions to address food and nutrition insecurity in the United States. The $2,252,730 award to the University of Chicago, with a project period from August 2024 to February 2028, will utilize a...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will fund a randomized trial to evaluate the effects of in-hospital and post-discharge food support interventions for low-income families with children admitted to the hospital. The $690,147 award, which runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029, will support two key research aims: 1) Determining the...
This $675,120 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under CFDA 93.847 Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research, will support a study to increase awareness and uptake of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fruit and vegetable incentive programs for food insecure families in South Carolina. The study will leverage pediatric clinics to identify food insecure SNAP-enrolled families with children aged...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (CFDA 93.847) will fund a $310,000 pilot study to assess the feasibility of an adaptive intervention to improve food security and maternal-child health outcomes. The 3-year study, awarded to Wake Forest University Health Sciences, aims to determine the feasibility of recruiting and retaining pregnant patients with food insecurity, as well as the potential effectiveness of a two-stage...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), funded under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), will support research on the neurobiobehavioral underpinnings of intergenerational obesity. The $194,876 award to Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc., a subsidiary of Partners Healthcare System Incorporated, will fund two complementary studies over 5 years, beginning August 2024. The...