Project Grant R01AT012909
- This Project Grant award of $145,359.00, provided by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213), will support research on the scientific basis of acupuncture and the relationship between acupoint sensitization and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The grant recipient, Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc., will conduct a translational study to compare cutaneous blood perfusion...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 - Cardiovascular Diseases Research) aims to advance the understanding of the molecular and neurobiological mechanisms underlying chronic pain in sickle cell disease (SCD) and develop effective pharmacologic treatments. The $1,103,783 award to the University of Illinois will utilize well-characterized sickle cell transgenic mouse models to study epigenetic, neurobiology, and gut microbiota...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is funded under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279). The $1,098,640 grant, awarded on September 18, 2025, supports a longitudinal research project titled "Modeling Inter-Individual Differences to Address Pain of Sickle Cell Disease (MIDAS)" at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). The project aims to collect...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $1,764,145.00 to Midwestern University to conduct research on miRNA as a novel therapeutic target for pain management in sickle cell disease (SCD). The long-term goal is to develop effective pharmacological interventions to alleviate chronic pain and improve quality of life for SCD patients. The research focuses on...
- This Project Grant award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), under the "Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health" program (CFDA 93.213), provides $437,458 to the University of Illinois to explore the Mediterranean diet as a potential approach for alleviating chronic pain in sickle cell disease. The 2-year project will conduct a randomized crossover study to investigate the effect of a 4-week Mediterranean diet, compared to a...
- This Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) under the Nursing Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.361), aims to refine a digital Mindfulness-Based Intervention (MBI) to improve pain and sleep among adolescents and young adults (AYA) with sickle cell disease (SCD). The $114,843 award, with a project period from June 2025 to May 2027, will be used to adapt the MBI through user-centered design, evaluate its feasibility and acceptability, and compare the...
- This $1,049,682 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), will fund a 5-year prospective cohort study to develop and validate novel computational and clinical tools for understanding and addressing differences in pain experience and response to pain treatment among people with sickle cell disease (SCD). The study will utilize the Globin Research Network for Data and Discovery...
- This $817,330 Project Grant awarded by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (CFDA 93.213 - Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health) supports research to develop an adaptive intervention that improves pain outcomes for patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) and insomnia who do not respond to cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTI) alone. The study will enroll 300 patients with comorbid CLBP and insomnia in CBTI, and then investigate if...
- The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, awarded a $337,675 Project Grant under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213) to The Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Corporation located in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The project aims to enhance therapeutic outcomes for patients with fibromyalgia by incorporating Theory of Mind (ToM) training into clinical practice. The...
- This federal Project Grant award of $602,900.00 was provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program. The grant will fund a study comparing cognitive behavioral therapy and acupuncture for managing chronic pain, titled "COMPARING COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY AND ACUPUNCTURE FOR MANAGING CHRONIC PAIN (COMBAT-PAIN)". The award was made to The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., a...
This $665,312 Project Grant award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213), supports research to investigate the immunological mechanisms underlying the use of acupuncture to manage pain in patients with sickle cell disease. The award, with a performance period from August 2025 through May 2030, will fund a clinical trial led by the Trustees of Indiana University to examine the impact of acupuncture treatment on pain, quality of life, and opioid use in sickle cell disease patients. The study aims to gain a deeper understanding of how acupuncture may modulate inflammation and immune function to alleviate the chronic and crisis-related pain experienced by this patient population.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $665.3k | 8/18/25 |