This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $1,332,733.00 was provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The project aims to utilize the linked National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and Medicaid data to understand the impact of preconception lifestyle factors, such as physical activity, diet, and sleep, on pregnancy outcomes among low-income...
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), aims to develop and test the feasibility and acceptability of an early screening protocol for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in high-risk pregnant women. The award will support a pilot randomized controlled trial to evaluate the implementation of a first-trimester screening protocol using clinical...
The federal Project Grant award R01HD115985, titled "The California Abundant Birth Project Evaluation: Advancing Birth Equity Through Guaranteed Income for Pregnant People," is 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). The $1,395,110 award provides support to the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) to conduct a rigorous, mixed-methods evaluation of...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under CFDA program 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research aims to illuminate the relationship between parents' adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), their children's obesity risk, and the role of neighborhood environment. The $158,500 award to Temple University will leverage existing data from the H2O study to create a Neighborhood ACEs Index (NAI) and test how it...
This Project Grant award 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), is providing $585,232 to Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc. to conduct research on the neurobiological and behavioral underpinnings of intergenerational obesity. The key objectives of this 5-year grant (award date: August 15, 2024; ultimate completion date: May 31, 2029) are to: 1) determine...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director awarded a $324,883 Project Grant (CFDA 93.310 Trans-NIH Research Support) to Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, a non-profit healthcare provider and research organization, to conduct a pilot trial of an intervention to support initial type 2 diabetes self-management among younger adults with children. The award, effective March 10, 2025, will support the development and evaluation of a behavioral change program aimed at improving early...
This Project Grant award 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 research to examine the relationship between household food insecurity, neighborhood food access, and childhood obesity. The $586,502 award will enable Dr. Allison Wu, a pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition specialist, to: 1) investigate how food insecurity and neighborhood food...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $2,058,873.00 and effective July 1, 2024, was provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The funding supports a large-scale, comprehensive study by Kaiser Foundation Hospitals/Kaiser Permanente to investigate the relationship between maternal immune dysregulation, metabolic function, autoantibody reactivity during pregnancy, and risk for...
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) supports a longitudinal study on the effects of nutrition policies and community food environments on obesity disparities among diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) ethnic subgroups. The 5-year, $685,642 award to Drexel University will: (1) determine the impacts of federal and state school nutrition...
This federal Project Grant award of $498,065.02 from 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 understand the biological mechanisms and early life factors influencing childhood obesity, particularly among Pacific Islander populations. The award will fund a longitudinal study using metabolomics and body composition data from the Foafoaga O Le Ola Samoan infant...