This $534,004 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) to Rutgers, The State University will fund research to investigate the role of corticolimbic brain circuits in regulating maternal behavior, threat responses, and stress responses during the postpartum period. The 5-year research project aims to: 1) identify specific cell populations within corticolimbic areas responsible for...
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 empirically test the effects of six state-level economic security policies on maternal mental health outcomes and disparities across the U.S. over the last 20 years. The key research activities include: 1) a detailed state-year-level policy surveillance study of six economic policies...
This federal Project Grant award, issued by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will support a mixed-methods study to determine the impact of telehealth on severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and disparities in SMM. The total funding amount is $1,414,384.00, with an award date of September 15, 2024 and an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2029. The project will apply causal inference...
This federal 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) provides $158,216.00 to analyze data from the Birth Beyond Bars study, a longitudinal research project examining the impact of prenatal exposure to maternal incarceration on infant and toddler health and development. The mixed-methods research will assess mothers' retrospective reports of environmental...
The federal Project Grant award R01HD116812, titled "STATE-LEVEL VARIATION IN SEVERE MATERNAL MORBIDITY, 2019-2023", 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 $686,049 award aims to examine the impact of changes in state-level abortion restrictions on the incidence of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) in 42 U.S. states and Washington D.C. from 2019 to...
This $102,168 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) will provide the recipient, an epidemiology PhD student at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), with mentored training to become a perinatal epidemiologist with expertise in health policy and health services research. The goal of the proposed research is to rigorously evaluate the...
This 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), is funding a $677,945 mixed-methods study to examine the impacts of telehealth policies on inequities in perinatal behavioral health care access and outcomes. The study aims to: 1) develop a dataset on the evolution of state-level telehealth policies relevant to perinatal behavioral healthcare for Medicaid...
The federal Project Grant award R03HD113968, totaling $169,726.00, 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 award aims to understand the perspectives of healthcare providers and survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) regarding barriers and preferences for IPV screening and supports in maternity care settings. The project will convene focus groups of healthcare...
This federal Project Grant award of $479,980.00 was provided by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (CFDA 93.110 - Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs) to examine disparities in postpartum care transitions among women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) enrolled in state Medicaid programs. The key objectives are to: 1) Analyze geographic differences in immediate postpartum visits and diabetes screening within 90 days of delivery for women with GDM, and 2) Examine...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $325,000 to assess the effects of government-led cash transfer programs on health outcomes among women and young children in low- and middle-income countries. The research will leverage data from 37 countries to generate longitudinal mortality datasets for approximately 7 million adults and children....
This federal 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 support research on the effects of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement during the COVID-19 public health emergency on postpartum coverage and maternal and infant care.
The $248,988 award to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, will fund a research project with the following specific aims: 1) evaluate the effects of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act on coverage and maternal/infant care in the postpartum period; 2) examine the heterogeneous effects by race and ethnicity; and 3) assess how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the effects of extended postpartum Medicaid eligibility on care utilization. This research is expected to generate evidence to improve maternal and child health outcomes and reduce disparities. The award period is from September 15, 2024 to August 31, 2027.