This $750,000 Project Grant, awarded by the Office of the Director under the NIH Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310), will fund a longitudinal mixed-methods social network study to examine how changes in loneliness and social isolation relate to health and wellness outcomes among aging Black sexual minority men (BSMM). The research aims to identify structural, community, social network, and individual factors that may influence the impact of social disconnectedness on health in...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $811,579 to Rutgers, The State University to conduct a comprehensive study examining the influence of historical and contemporary structural racism on racial disparities in aging-related disease risk trajectories, leveraging the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span (HANDLS) dataset.
The study aims to: a) understand the longitudinal relations of cumulative,...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $131,760 and funded by the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) program, will support a research project conducted by The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) examining social network structures and health outcomes among older adults in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Costa Rica, and the United States.
The key objectives of this 5-year project are to: 1) characterize and compare contemporary social network structures of older adults...
This federal Project Grant award for $328,037.00, funded by the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research), supports a longitudinal mixed methods social network analysis (MMSNA) of the Cumberland House Reentry Program. This novel peer-led, community-based reentry program aims to build social ties and enhance community integration for older men (age 50+) transitioning from long-term incarceration.
The research design involves collecting dynamic sociocentric network data on...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), provides $331,270 to the University of Houston System to study the association between place, stress, and cognitive impairment among middle-aged and older Black men.
The research aims to leverage resources from the Johns Hopkins Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging to develop and evaluate a theory-driven conceptual model examining how physical and...
This $443,875 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) aims to develop and refine a novel "Bridge to Belonging" (B2B) intervention to reduce depression and loneliness among older gay and bisexual men living with HIV (OGBMLH). The B2B intervention will leverage evidence-based strategies including peer mentorship, friendship enrichment programs, and motivational interviewing communication styles. Through an iterative process guided by the...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) provides $347,473 to The General Hospital Corporation (Massachusetts General Hospital) to conduct simulation analyses aimed at optimizing workplace social network interventions to improve health behaviors in midlife adults.
The key products and services to be delivered through this award include: 1) Developing, parameterizing, and calibrating a stochastic actor-oriented model...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), aims to develop a methodological framework for examining individual and group-level dynamics associated with information-seeking and care-seeking behaviors related to risk reduction and early detection of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The $691,130 award to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will employ mixed-methods...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) is providing $2,277,356 to the University of Texas at Austin to investigate the cognitive effects of depression and aging in racially diverse adult populations.
The primary objectives are to examine how depressive symptoms and age may interact to negatively impact episodic memory, and to identify the underlying neural mechanisms through neuroimaging and neurocognitive assessments. The research...
This $197,747 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866), will fund a mixed-methods investigation by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) into the impact of structural gendered racism on cognitive aging and Alzheimer's disease risk in Black women.
The key objectives are to: 1) develop and validate a multidimensional index of structural gendered racism through qualitative interviews, 2) identify...