This $957,600 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the federal Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), supports a multi-component research project led by Drexel University to develop a framework for community-directed tobacco harm reduction approaches. The key objectives are to: Identify multilevel drivers of tobacco use among Black and Latinx adult sexual and gender minorities using a community-driven systems modeling process. Evaluate...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research (CFDA 93.393) program, will support research to characterize dual marijuana and tobacco use in young adults. The $594,099 award to Brown University will utilize novel behavioral economic measures to examine the behavioral mechanisms underlying marijuana and tobacco co-use in this high-risk population. Specifically, the research will employ a cross-price elasticity of demand task...
This federal Project Grant award for $107,002 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) aims to explore the relationship between historical trauma, racial discrimination, PTSD, and polysubstance use among Black young adults. The cross-sectional quantitative study, conducted by The New School, a private non-profit educational institution in New York, will measure the impact of various forms of racism-related experiences,...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded Brown University a 5-year, $2,838,472 Project Grant (CFDA 93.279 - Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs) to conduct a prospective mixed-methods investigation on using behavioral economic domains to characterize cannabis use trajectories among young adults. The research aims to identify factors that influence the time course of cannabis use patterns and mechanisms underlying the transition from casual to hazardous use, with a focus on how...
The federal Project Grant award of $360,100.00 was provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279). The grant supports research on the "Socio-Structural Determinants of Cannabis and Derived Psychoactive Cannabis Product Use and Consequences Among Young Adults." The project, awarded to George Washington University, aims to advance scientific understanding of cannabis and derived cannabis product use patterns and...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) provides $2,078,208 to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey to investigate the roles of tolerance and withdrawal in the likelihood of a pathological pattern of cannabis use among medical cannabis patients. The 5-year study aims to: 1) examine how tolerance to specific cannabis effects is associated with THC dose and cannabis use disorder (CUD); 2)...
This federal Project Grant award of $433,544 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports research to characterize minority stressors and their association with patterns of cannabis and tobacco co-use among sexual minority young adults (SMYA). The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center will conduct ecological momentary assessments for 28 days with 150 SMYA who are current tobacco users and...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $2,099,221 to The Johns Hopkins University to conduct research on the effects of cannabis product labeling and marketing on consumer perceptions, use behavior, and use outcomes. The key products or services to be delivered include: 1) a large-scale content analysis of cannabis product labeling and marketing claims, 2) a randomized online experiment...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $205,360.00 to The Medical University of South Carolina to develop and evaluate a novel in-person brief intervention addressing frequent cannabis use in emerging adults. The overall goal is to enhance the awardee's expertise in the assessment and prevention of cannabis use and cannabis use disorder, with training activities focused on...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), aims to investigate the impact of social-contextual stressors on smoking cessation and relapse among socioeconomically disadvantaged young adults who smoke cigarettes. The $423,447 award will support a mixed-methods study combining qualitative interviews and an ecological momentary assessment (EMA) protocol to gain an in-depth understanding...