This $205,538 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). The grant will fund a 4.5-year research project to investigate the relationship between lifelong residential segregation and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) among diverse older adult populations in Northern California.
The research will utilize data from two longitudinal cohort...
This $602,099 Project Grant awarded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research) supports a longitudinal study investigating the impact of place-based structural racism during pregnancy on future cardiopulmonary health outcomes among a cohort of 440 Black, Hispanic, and Asian women in New York City.
The study, titled "The Impact of Structural Racism During Pregnancy on Future Cardiopulmonary Health" (Award ID: R01HL173843), will...
This federal Project Grant award for $171,565 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research) aims to study the relationship between low energy availability (LEA), nutrient deficiencies, and hypertension risk among Black Division I collegiate athletes (BD1As). The 4-year longitudinal study will recruit over 120 BD1As aged 18-25 from a large historically Black college/university (HBCU) to measure cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors like...
This $729,567 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) will support a research study investigating the causal effects of childhood school quality and infectious disease exposure on adult health and longevity. The study aims to construct a new individual-level dataset linking early life environmental factors to long-term health outcomes for large samples of Black and White Americans. Specific objectives include:
Estimating the causal impacts of...
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded a $162,000 project grant (CFDA 93.837 - Cardiovascular Diseases Research) to Northeastern University to conduct research aimed at understanding how individual and sociopolitical factors affect cardiovascular disease preventive care utilization among Black and Latinx immigrant populations.
The key objectives of this 5-year project grant are to: 1) estimate trends and associations between state/county-level immigration enforcement,...
This federal Project Grant award of $438,625 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), supports a study on neighborhood racial change and its impacts on trends in Black-White segregation over multiple decades. The study will develop a comprehensive neighborhood-scale database with consistent geographic boundaries from 1930 to 2020 for 69 major U.S. cities and their...
This $815,229 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837). The objective is to use proteomics and genomics to identify biological pathways responsible for the development of cardiac dysfunction, including heart failure and atrial fibrillation, and to understand how social determinants of health impact disease risk and resilience in Black Americans.
The grant supports the...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 Aging Research), will fund a research study titled "The Effects of Changing Health Care Markets on Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Care and Outcomes". The total award amount is $774,972 with a project period from September 15, 2024 to August 31, 2029.
The study aims to quantify the effects of changes in the healthcare market, such as hospital mergers/acquisitions and openings/closures, on...
This federal Project Grant award, with ID R21HL175536, was provided by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837). The $117,750 award is supporting a study to investigate the prospective associations between neighborhood environment features and physical activity levels as well as weight status across different age groups, including children, adolescents, adults, and older adults.
The key activities include leveraging...
This federal Project Grant award from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), under the CMS Research, Demonstrations and Evaluations program (CFDA 93.779), provides $237,500.00 to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) to investigate the combined impact of lead exposure and chronic stress on cardiovascular disease risk among urban Black adults.
The key objectives are to: 1) characterize the relationships between environmental lead levels and...