This Project Grant award of $1,113,007 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under CFDA Program 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research, supports research to investigate the effects of gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) on skeletal maturation in transgender individuals and how these effects may be mediated by modifications to the gut microbiome. The key objectives of this project are to: 1) determine the...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $1,287,000 Project Grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to the University of Colorado-Denver. The grant will fund a 2-year feasibility study to assess the processes and outcomes related to gender-affirming care for transgender and gender diverse youth in the United States. The study aims to (1) establish the acceptability of study instruments and data...
This Project Grant award of $654,475 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) federal grant program, will support research to characterize the impact of gender-affirming hormone therapy (GHT) on pain and pain-related symptoms in gender minority (GM) adults. The key objectives are to: 1) Characterize the trajectory of pain and pain-related symptoms in GM adults...
This is a Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Program (CFDA 93.855). The grant aims to explore the impact of gender-affirming hormone therapy on HIV viral dynamics and immune responses in transgender women. The $2,314,470 award will fund research over a 5-year period from November 2024 to October 2029. The principal investigator is leveraging two cohorts of transgender women, including a...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under CFDA Program 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants aims to investigate the developmental origins of mental illness by studying the structure and function of the human hypothalamus. The $392,500 award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2029, will capitalize on large-scale datasets from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) and Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) studies to: 1)...
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded a $1,559,542 Project Grant under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. to study the cardiometabolic impacts of gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) in transmasculine young adults. The project aims to determine the effects of GAHT on vascular endothelial function, cardiometabolic biomarkers, and sex hormone receptor expression in this population, compared to cisgender...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to Northwestern University for $225,621 from August 2024 to July 2026. The grant, titled "Estrogen and Mechanisms of Psychotic-Like Experiences in the Transition to Adolescence," aims to examine the role of estrogen in the development of psychotic-like experiences during the transition from childhood to adolescence. The project will leverage the rich...
This Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the federal Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $607,274 to Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) from August 1, 2025 to May 31, 2030. The funding supports a longitudinal study examining brain development trajectories, from birth to early adulthood, in individuals born very preterm (VP) compared to those born...
This Project Grant award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program will fund the development and evaluation of an online contraception decision aid, titled "ContraceptionForAll", for transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) individuals assigned female at birth (AFAB). The $391,458 award will be used to: (1) engage TGNC AFAB individuals in participatory design to enhance an existing...
This federal Project Grant award of $2,156,700 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) will fund a mixed-methods study to prospectively examine multi-level impacts on family formation plans among sexual and gender minority (SGM) couples. The study aims to quantitatively test the influence of factors like state-level structural stigma and couple...