This federal Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), provides $103,948 to the University of Denver to conduct a longitudinal study examining the association between discrimination reported during pregnancy and later cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in mothers. The 19-month project aims to: 1) test whether greater discrimination during pregnancy is associated with greater overall maternal...
This $2,559,308 Project Grant was awarded on January 14, 2025 by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.837). The grant supports a study examining the impact of severe pre-eclampsia on heart function in a racially diverse cohort of women during and after pregnancy. The study aims to characterize the cardiomyopathic genetic profile of participants and assess the functional impact of specific genetic...
This Project Grant award of $777,954 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) will fund a mixed-method study to assess the impact of school environment attributes on adolescent cardiovascular risk and maternal morbidity. The primary objectives are to: 1) create a school-based adolescent preconception cohort by linking school environment, adolescent health, and Medicaid birth data; 2) engage adolescents and...
This Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), will fund research to understand disparities in the incidence, outcomes, and post-partum care of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). The $502,069 award to Mayo Clinic, a non-profit academic medical center, will quantify the moderating effect of socioeconomic status (SES) on the relationship between urban/rural status and HDP. The research...
This federal Project Grant award of $245,532 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) will support a research project titled "Examining Maternal Lifetime Exposure to Structural Racism and Metabolomics in Neonatal Dried Blood." The project will be conducted by a collaborative partnership between Henry Ford Health and Michigan State University Health Sciences. The primary objectives of the research are to: 1) Create a cumulative lifetime exposure score...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) under CFDA 93.361 Nursing Research provides $1,453,278 to American University to conduct a multi-level, mixed methods study analyzing the implications of structural racism in the domains of mass incarceration and housing on racial health inequities. The study aims to: 1) develop quantitative indices to measure structural racism in these policy domains at the national level and analyze their association with...
This federal Project Grant award of $752,991 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research (CFDA 93.837) program supports a comprehensive study to understand the socioecological factors impacting disparities in early childhood sleep health. The project aims to evaluate the effects of understudied risk factors like racism, housing insecurity, screen media use, and toxic stress on child sleep health, as well as assess how socio-cultural,...
This Project Grant award of $602,358, provided by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), aims to assess the contribution of epigenetics to cardiovascular risk in African American women. The project will identify epigenetic biomarkers of cardiovascular disease and its environmental determinants, and evaluate if these biomarkers can contribute to risk prediction assessments. The research will be conducted by the...
This Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), provides $162,000.00 in funding to Northeastern University to conduct research on understanding the impact of the sociopolitical environment on cardiovascular disease (CVD) preventive care utilization among Black and Latinx immigrant adults. The key objectives of this 5-year project are to: 1) estimate trends and associations between...
This Project Grant award of $696,470.00 from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 - Cardiovascular Diseases Research) supports research at the University of Denver to investigate the relationship between prenatal maternal sleep and offspring cardiovascular disease risk. The research aims to: 1) examine how prenatal maternal sleep trajectories predict maternal biological pathways like inflammation and stress, 2) assess how prenatal maternal sleep impacts offspring growth,...