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), aims to provide the recipient, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), with the necessary training and support to execute mental health clinical trials for Latino young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their Spanish-speaking parents.
Specifically, the award will enable UTHealth to: 1) finalize the culturally adapted and translated "Iniciando! LA Adultez" program and neuroimaging protocol, 2) conduct a randomized controlled trial of the Iniciando! program delivered via telemedicine by community health workers and therapists to 100 Latino young adult-parent dyads, and 3) identify potential neural and psychosocial mechanisms of action for a subset of 60 participants from the trial. The total award amount is $132,033, with a project period from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2027.
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