The University of Texas at Austin received a $1,250,604 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to reduce the burden of physical inactivity in Mexico through an urban equity approach. The project aims to increase the uptake of place-activation interventions - research-proven strategies for increasing physical activity in urban settings - in marginalized urban...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) aims to evaluate the efficacy of the Linking Exercise for Advancing Daily Stress (LEADS) intervention in increasing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) among overweight African American adolescents. The $633,249 award, effective August 10, 2024 through February 28, 2029, will be used by the University of South Carolina to...
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) was awarded a $1,380,170 Project Grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307). The grant will support the development and implementation of the "UTEP Center for Investigator Training and Community Engagement in Transdisciplinary Minority Health Disparities Research" over a 5-year period from July 2024 to May 2029.
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This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $171,172 in funding to the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) to develop and test a novel physical activity intervention for sedentary, midlife Hispanic women during the menopausal transition. The research aims to identify the key behavioral, psychological, and social mechanisms driving physical activity in this population, and then employ community-based...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) will test the efficacy and sustainability of a 12-month family-centered behavioral intervention called "Athletes for Life" (AFL) plus a 1-year active sustainability phase. The $1,780,147 award, effective June 24, 2024 through January 31, 2029, will be used to implement the multilevel AFL intervention at 8 community recreation...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) provides $154,004 to Texas A&M University System Health Science Center to evaluate the feasibility of using Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) and Social Network Analysis (SNA) techniques to study the relationships between social and built environments and physical activity among 100 youth during the summer months. The project aims...
This $366,344 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program) supports research by the University of Chicago to investigate the structural drivers of maternal and child health (MCH) inequities. The key goals are to: 1) Characterize county-level typologies of structural drivers using data science and machine learning approaches; 2) Examine the association between structural...
The federal Project Grant award of $1,403,996.00 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) is supporting Georgetown University's DISCOVER (Development of Investigators Supporting Community Outreach and Value of Engagement in Health Disparities Research) initiative. This 5-year project aims to establish infrastructure and training to develop early career investigators focused on addressing health...
This $683,125 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) will fund the expansion of the Center for Latino Health Research Opportunities (CLARO) at the University of Miami and Florida International University. The grant will support a community-engaged, multidisciplinary research training and mentorship program focused on equitable implementation science to accelerate the adoption of...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) will provide $581,351.52 over 3 years (9/1/2024 - 8/31/2027) to the Regents of the University of Michigan to investigate the role of public transit accessibility on physical activity and social participation among older adults with and without disabilities.
The primary objectives are to: 1) examine associations between self-reported public transit use and physical activity/social participation, 2)...
This $4,690,856 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program) supports a 2-phase, mixed methods study to identify community-level barriers and facilitators for active transport and leisure physical activity in urban, low-income, predominantly minority middle school communities. The study aims to equitably engage multi-sectoral community actors to co-create contextually-responsive intervention strategies to improve equity in access to active transport and leisure physical activity. It will then conduct a controlled trial to test the effectiveness of the co-created interventions for improving physical activity outcomes in these underserved communities. The award was made to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, a prominent academic health center with extensive experience conducting federally funded biomedical and public health research. The project period runs from May 2024 through December 2028.