This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) will enable the creation of a comprehensive longitudinal dataset to identify spatial variation in access to contraceptive, maternity, and abortion care at the U.S. county-level. The $276,622 award will fund the development of an interactive dashboard to map "reproductive healthcare deserts" and analyze their...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), aims to build a novel biobank of 700 combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP) users. The $650,150 award, granted on June 7, 2024, will support research to validate previously identified genetic relationships among contraceptive implant users and identify novel areas of the human genome associated with...
This $666,909 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) aims to create a comprehensive, open-access data dashboard of state-level sexual and reproductive health (SRH) policies from 1973 to 2028. Key objectives include: Compiling SRH policy data across 90 state-level policies related to abortion, contraception, and sex education through rigorous legal research and data coding....
This 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 $1,077,438 in funding to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to conduct a longitudinal observational study examining the health and economic consequences faced by individuals seeking abortions before and after state-level abortion bans went into effect following the...
This $474,946 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program) supports the development of a novel, female-initiated, non-hormonal contraceptive device. The key products and services being delivered under this grant include: The design and fabrication of a dual-compartment vaginal device that enables women to self-administer a polymeric "smart" fiber mat and a...
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 provide $363,663 to The Johns Hopkins University to conduct research on the fertility, maternal health, and infant health consequences of the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, which eliminated federal protections for abortion rights. The research will use...
This 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), is funding research to study the role of uterine fluid dysregulation as a potential mechanism for hormonal contraceptives. The $151,000 award, effective from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026, will support two main research aims: 1) Determining the time-course effects of the progesterone receptor antagonist RU486...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a Project Grant in the amount of $156,000.00 to the University of Maryland, College Park on September 19, 2023 under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The primary objectives of this award are to: Develop and test an "abortion list experiment" indirect questioning method to overcome underreporting of abortion in survey data. This will enable more accurate...
This Project Grant award of $1,487,860, issued by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program), will fund a comprehensive investigation into racial/ethnic disparities in perinatal health outcomes among women who receive assisted reproductive technology (ART) and other fertility treatments in Massachusetts. The key research objectives are to: 1) quantify disparities in maternal morbidity/mortality and...
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 $1,324,642 to Emory University to conduct an exploratory sequential mixed methods study on the impact of restrictive abortion policies on pregnancy loss care. The key objectives of the study are to: 1) characterize clinician attitudes, knowledge, and decision-making related to pregnancy loss...