This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307), provides $781,238 to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to conduct a 4-year mixed methods study. The study aims to: 1) describe current trends in school-based health center (SBHC) staffing models and practices nationally and create a classification system to strengthen future research, design,...
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $147,486 Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to the University of California, Berkeley. The grant supports research to test a community-engaged model of perinatal healthcare services, called Beloved Birth Black Centering (BBBC), and explore its impact on postpartum depression symptoms among Black birthing people. BBBC incorporates evidence-based practices...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) provides $176,255 to the University of Nevada, Reno to conduct research on the social contextual factors contributing to racial inequities in maternal and infant health outcomes. The study aims to uncover how adolescent social developmental contexts shape biological and social stress pathways that impact maternal health and birth...
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $1,626,470 Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to the University of Illinois. The grant will fund a 5-year longitudinal study examining the impact of structural racism and discrimination on access to therapies and health outcomes for Black and Hispanic preschool children with developmental delays in Chicago. The interdisciplinary research team will...
This Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the federal Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $736,279 to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to conduct research on reducing racial/ethnic disparities in access to high-level neonatal intensive care and neonatal outcomes. The research aims to determine how specific maternal and infant transfer policies...
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under CFDA Program 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research, has awarded a $3,430,670 Project Grant to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The grant, effective August 26, 2024 through February 28, 2029, will fund a community-based intervention to increase respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine uptake among Latino older adults. The project aims to adapt and evaluate a...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $2,100,726 Project Grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to the University of California, Berkeley to evaluate the California Abundant Birth Project (CA-ABP). The CA-ABP is a guaranteed income program for pregnant populations at elevated risk of preterm birth in five California counties, funded by the state and local governments, and philanthropic sources. The...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307), provides $229,825 to the University of California, Berkeley to examine the neighborhood-level drivers of persistently poor cardiovascular health outcomes and disparities in the southeastern United States. The project will focus on measures of social vulnerability, disinvestment, racial and economic isolation,...
This federal 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), aims to explore Black fathers' experiences with perinatal care and their potential role in mitigating maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity (MM/SMM) disparities. The $154,000 award, granted on September 10, 2024, will support a research project conducted by the University of Rochester....
This federal Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver 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 $693,365 research project to evaluate the longer-term impacts of a medical-financial partnership (MFP) intervention delivered through pediatric care. The MFP intervention provides financial coaching to low-income families, with the goal of improving child developmental...