This Project Grant award, totaling $556,806.00, was provided by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The project aims to assess the causal effects of School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) on students' short- and long-term health care utilization, behavioral, educational, and economic outcomes. Using difference-in-difference models, the research will examine...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307), is providing $512,244 to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to conduct research aimed at improving the long-term health of Black preterm infants. The key objectives of this 5-year project are to: 1) determine associations between neighborhood-level social drivers of health (SDH)...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health awarded a $2,400,000 Project Grant under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health (CFDA 93.137) program to the School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA). The project, titled "Care Coordination in Rural School-Based Health Centers for Improving Health Outcomes," aims to embed care coordination in 11 school-based health centers across New Mexico and West Virginia to serve Hispanic, Native American, rural...
This Project Grant award of $1,475,726 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports research at New York University School of Medicine to assess the impact of recent Supreme Court restrictions on race-conscious admissions in medical schools. The study aims to determine how these restrictions affect the racial and ethnic diversity of MD and MD-PhD programs, the climate of equity and inclusion, and...
This $599,997 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health (CFDA 93.137) program will fund a 4-year initiative led by the San Diego State University Foundation and San Diego Youth Services. The project aims to address intersectional mental health disparities among housing-insecure youth, particularly those who are Black, Latino, and have limited English proficiency. The key products...
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $3,039,668 Project Grant (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to establish the Institute for Health Equity Research Catalyst Center. The center will provide scientific training, funding support, and community engagement to promote minority health and health disparities research. Key objectives include building research capacity, catalyzing...
This federal Project Grant award of $2,483,351 was provided by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307). The award will fund a 5-year research project at George Washington University, in collaboration with sub-awardees Yale University, UC Davis, UNC-Chapel Hill, and RTI International, to identify and assess policy and community-level interventions that counteract the effects of...
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under CFDA Program 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research, has awarded a $3,430,670 Project Grant to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The grant, effective August 26, 2024 through February 28, 2029, will fund a community-based intervention to increase respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine uptake among Latino older adults. The project aims to adapt and evaluate a...
This Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $227,676, was provided by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under CFDA Program 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research. The award aims to investigate the relationship between emerging work arrangements (EW) and health, well-being, and health disparities among working-aged adults in California. The key products and services to be delivered through this project include: 1) Identifying...
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $1,164,930 Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to the RAND Corporation. This 3-year grant, awarded on August 12, 2024, will support research to examine the impact of different school-located vaccination (SLV) models on routine, influenza, and COVID-19 vaccine uptake among school-aged children in Colorado, with a focus on historically excluded populations...