Project Grant R01MD020352
- This federal Project Grant award of $771,632 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 funding supports the development of "MIRAME SALUD", an immersive, avatar-driven digital health platform that delivers culturally tailored diabetes self-management training for Latino Americans. The platform leverages virtual reality and mobile technologies to promote...
- The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $160,242 Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program to The Johns Hopkins University. The grant aims to improve the quality of life for older Hispanic adults with multiple chronic conditions (multimorbidity) by identifying social connection factors associated with effective disease management, modifying a self-management intervention for this population, and...
- This Project Grant award of $657,841 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) supports a retrospective cohort study of 2,300 newly diagnosed individuals with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS), including 450 Black and 600 Hispanic participants. The study aims to determine if differences in the timing and type of disease-modifying therapies prescribed, as well as...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program, provides $617,687 to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) to build infrastructure for community-engaged research interventions on three neurologic conditions affecting brain health: stroke, vascular cognitive impairment and dementia, and Parkinson's...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $343,153 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to measure disparities in life expectancy and cognitively and functionally healthy and unhealthy life years after stroke among Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites. The study will leverage data from the long-running Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi (BASIC) project to analyze trends in these outcomes over time. The...
- The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) was awarded a $897,989 Project Grant by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) on September 13, 2025. The grant funds a study to understand the hypertension (HTN) care cascade and cardiovascular disease risk among people with HIV who receive care at a safety net clinic, with a focus on the unique HTN care needs of those with severe financial challenges. The...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $372,904 to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio to advance cross-national research on aging and cognitive function. The 5-year grant, awarded on September 20, 2025, supports an annual program that recruits, trains, and mentors 16 post-graduate participants dedicated to mastering Down syndrome (DS) clinical research. The program offers hands-on DS clinical...
- The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $303,916 Project Grant to KDH Research & Communication (KDHRC) under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307). The grant, titled "SUPPLYING USEFUL PERIMENOPAUSE THROUGH POST-MENOPAUSE ONLINE RESOURCES AND TOOLS (SUPPORT): A CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE CHW TRAINING PROGRAM TO SUPPORT MINORITY WOMEN," will fund the development and evaluation of a training program to equip...
- This Project Grant award, in the amount of $477,000.00, 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 funding will support the development of an "Interactive Outbreak Simulator: A Robust and Customizable Platform for Socio-Epidemiological Insights" at the University of Texas at Austin. The key objectives of this project are to create a platform for modeling...
- The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center received a $117,720 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) to study disparities in hospital-based care and outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients. The project aims to 1) identify interhospital differences in OHCA care and outcomes, 2) analyze variations in OHCA care modalities and their impact on outcomes using...
This federal Project Grant award of $2,825,047 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports the delivery of a culturally tailored exercise training intervention for Hispanic adults with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the greater Houston, Texas area. The research team at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will partner with community advisory boards to culturally adapt an existing exercise program, STEP for MS, for the Hispanic population. They will then conduct a 16-week randomized controlled trial with 66 Hispanic MS patients, evaluating the effectiveness of the culturally tailored exercise intervention compared to a control condition. This project aims to address health disparities experienced by Hispanics with MS, who often face more severe disease progression and mobility impairment than non-Hispanic populations. The award commenced on September 14, 2025 and is scheduled for completion on June 30, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $2.8m | 9/14/25 |