This Project Grant award in the amount of $350,000.00 was provided by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859). The award supports a longitudinal study to investigate the "Biome-Reward as mechanisms for Ethanol Use (BREW ME) Model" and assess the mechanistic role of post-surgical changes in reward processing and the gut microbiome on hazardous alcohol use following bariatric surgery.
The funded study involves a collaborative research team that will utilize novel, multi-method assessments to better understand the complex relationships between changes in the gut microbiome, reward processing, and alcohol consumption in bariatric surgery patients. Key sub-awards will support the involvement of researchers from Brown University, Cleveland Clinic, North Dakota State University, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to provide expertise in areas such as alcohol sensors, participant retention, bioinformatics analysis, and gut microbiome characterization. The goal is to provide critical insights that can inform the development of tailored interventions to prevent hazardous alcohol use following bariatric surgery.
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