This federal Project Grant award of $130,065 was provided by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.837) to conduct systematic economic analyses on the costs associated with implementing a chronic care model for patients with hypertension. The grant supports a study led by principal investigator Dr. Elaine Khoong and collaborators Dr. Dhruv Kazi, Dr. Lina Tieu, and Dr. Lisa Ochoa-Frongia. The project aims to...
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded a $1,314,024 Project Grant under CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research to Weill Medical College of Cornell University to implement the "Coaching and Navigation by CHWs through Telehealth for High-Risk Hypertension" (CONNECT-HTN) intervention. The project aims to reduce death and hospitalization due to heart disease or stroke by connecting patients with severe hypertension to primary care resources and providing...
The Project Grant award of $692,846.00 from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) will fund the "Better Heart Study" at the University of Pennsylvania. The study aims to utilize behavioral science strategies to increase hypertension diagnosis and treatment in India, where hypertension prevalence remains high and many individuals are undiagnosed or not receiving care. The project will test two scalable behavioral...
This Project Grant award from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), provides $793,184 to Northwestern University to conduct a 2x2 factorial randomized controlled trial. The trial will evaluate the effects of 1) automated transmission of home blood pressure values versus manual transmission, and 2) automatically-generated medical advice to patients via their patient portal versus no automated feedback. The primary outcome is...
The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute awarded a $145,419 Project Grant titled "Implementation Determinants and Community-Based Prevention for Cardiometabolic Disease in Mozambique: A Pilot Study" under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837). This award supports formative research to characterize determinants for effective implementation of integrated care for type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and HIV within ongoing health systems strengthening efforts in public...
This Project Grant award of $623,433 was provided by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). The purpose of the grant is to adapt and implement Community Vital Signs (CVS) strategies to increase rates of blood pressure screening and connections to care for hypertension in Nigeria. The key products/services to be delivered through this 4-year project include: 1) Engaging...
This $285,195 project grant was awarded on August 20, 2025 by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research) to Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc. to support research on improving hypertension management through patient self-titration of antihypertensive medications. The project aims to adapt this intervention to the U.S. primary care context by assessing patient preferences, provider perspectives, and integration with electronic health records and...
This Project Grant award, totaling $169,444, was provided by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research) to develop and pilot test a stress management intervention for Black adults with hypertension. The project will work with patients receiving care from federally-qualified health centers to iteratively design an intervention that addresses patient preferences and aims to promote cardiovascular health. Key outcomes to be examined include...
This federal Project Grant award of $708,678, provided by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research), aims to conduct a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) to reduce food insecurity and improve adherence in patients with hypertension. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: Determining the most effective initial food insecurity intervention (resource information or community health worker...
The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, also known as the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, to conduct a hybrid effectiveness-implementation cluster-randomized controlled trial across 20 pharmacies in Kenya. The goal of the project is to leverage telehealth to optimize the delivery of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and...
This $631,589 Project Grant award from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) will examine the implementation, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of two strategies for integrating a community health worker-facilitated hypertension telehealth intervention into primary health centers in Kenya. The goal is to address multi-level barriers to effective hypertension treatment and management. The two implementation approaches are: 1) a core strategy focusing on training, protocol development, leadership engagement, and supply chain improvements; and 2) an enhanced strategy that adds implementation champions and practice facilitation. This 5-year project, running from September 2025 through June 2030, aims to generate insights that can support broader adoption of community-based telehealth interventions to improve cardiovascular health outcomes.