This federal Project Grant award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes program (CFDA 93.226) provides $391,458 to Arizona State University to develop and evaluate an online contraception decision aid for transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) persons assigned female at birth. The primary objectives are to (1) build the "ContraceptionForAll" digital tool by engaging TGNC individuals in participatory...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $1,287,000 Project Grant (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) to the University of Colorado-Denver to conduct a feasibility study on assessing the outcomes of state-level policies on gender-affirming care for transgender and gender diverse youth. The study, with a project period from September 2024 to September 2026, aims to: 1) establish the acceptability of study instruments and...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $832,598 to the University of California, Santa Barbara to design a gender-affirming training intervention for lay health workers (LHWs) to promote mental health care access for racially diverse transgender youth. The key objectives are to: (1) co-design a mechanism-driven gender-affirming training intervention for LHWs using human-centered...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director (CFDA 93.310: Trans-NIH Research Support) provides $161,999 to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to develop a comprehensive, longitudinal curriculum for family medicine and other primary care residents on providing gender-affirming healthcare to transgender, non-binary, and gender diverse (TGD) patients. The goal is to increase resident comfort, preparedness, and...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $845,304 in funding to the University of Colorado-Denver over a 2-year period from July 2024 to May 2026. The grant supports formative research to develop an intervention that combines HIV/syphilis self-testing and linkage to prevention and treatment services for transgender women in South Africa. The project involves qualitative...
This $161,799 federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) will fund the development of the "Healthcare Interprofessional Gender Health, Education and Research (HIGHER) Academy" at the University of Cincinnati. The HIGHER Academy will create a year-long interprofessional research training course focused on promoting healthcare for transgender and gender expansive (TGGE)...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $639,615 to adapt and pilot test an evidence-based HIV prevention and care intervention for transgender women (TW) in Vietnam. The prime awardee is the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), which is collaborating with the Friends Research Institute to complete the research activities. The project aims to adapt the "TRANSACTION"...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), provides $1,542,980.00 to support research on the impact of gender-affirming hormone therapy on HIV viral dynamics and immune responses in transgender women. The research project aims to explore three key areas: 1) the effect of estradiol therapy on measures of the HIV reservoir, including size, activity, intactness,...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a 5-year, $395,496 Project Grant under CFDA 93.242 (Mental Health Research Grants) to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to implement a trauma-informed intervention to improve engagement in HIV prevention and care among transgender women. The project aims to: 1) explore the relationship between trauma, mental health, and HIV prevention/care engagement among transgender women; 2) examine barriers and...
This $279,102 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) is funding the development and evaluation of a school-based mental health intervention called "Gender-Affirming School Practices (GASP)." The primary goal is to promote healthy emotional and behavioral outcomes in transgender adolescents by enhancing the implementation of gender-affirming practices in school settings. The key products and services to be...