Project Grant R01MD020674
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Texas A&M Agrilife Research $772,567 on June 21, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct a multi-site, church-engaged randomized trial reducing cardiovascular disease and cancer risk in lower-income communities across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The project, "StrongPeople Together," engages ten church sites through three coordinated aims. Aim 1...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded The Rand Corporation $584,668 on September 1, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct research on public health insurance and mortality among people with disabilities. The research will characterize all-cause and cause-specific mortality patterns among people with disabilities, examining variation by self-reported disability, SSA-defined primary impairment, race...
- The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health, awarded the University of Illinois $5,959,150 on September 14, 2025, for a randomized controlled trial examining the effectiveness of a food-is-medicine intervention to promote healthy eating and blood pressure control in hypertensive Black women with obesity. The FIM+DASH trial will deliver cooking classes, nutrition and hypertension education, and...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Brown University $787,085 under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) on July 18, 2026, to conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial of a physical activity intervention for mothers named Moms on the Move, delivered in partnership with youth sports organizations. The intervention targets Hispanic, Black, and low-income mothers, who report barriers to physical activity including...
- The National Institute of Nursing Research, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, awarded The Johns Hopkins University $7.381 million on September 11, 2025 to conduct a randomized controlled trial of food-based interventions for obesity treatment in adults with food insecurity. The study enrolls 300 adults with obesity and food insecurity in a three-arm parallel design. Participants receive one of three interventions: behavioral weight loss (BWL) treatment alone, BWL combined with...
- The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded the University of South Florida $763,585 on July 28, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct a randomized controlled trial evaluating ADAPT+, a multi-family lifestyle intervention designed to promote healthy eating and physical activity behaviors in youth aged 8–12 years with obesity and their...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center $260,767 on July 28, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct a feasibility trial of a multi-level health behavior intervention for truck drivers. The project, titled "Driving Wellness," addresses the disproportionately high burden of overweight, obesity, and cardiovascular disease among heavy-truck...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded the University of Florida $734,785 on September 1, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct a randomized controlled trial examining lifestyle strategies for preserving muscle mass and reducing cardiovascular risk in adults with obesity who initiate GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy. The trial will enroll 670 adults with obesity (BMI 30 or BMI 27 with comorbidity) from...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (Kaiser Permanente) $10.492 million on September 19, 2025, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307). The award funds a mixed-methods implementation science study examining racial and ethnic disparities in depression treatment and outcomes across five health systems in seven states (California, Texas, Georgia, Minnesota, Michigan, North Dakota, and...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities, a component of the National Institutes of Health under the Department of Health and Human Services, awarded $702,086 to the Morehouse School of Medicine on August 16, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307). The award funds research adapting the Diabetes Prevention Program to integrate family engagement and family health history assessment as mechanisms to improve adherence and...
The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded The Rand Corporation $2.836 million on August 5, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial of Eat, Pray, Move, a faith community-level intervention designed to prevent obesity among Black and Latino adults in California. Rand will execute a fully powered RCT involving 28 churches (14 predominantly Black and 14 predominantly Latino) in South Los Angeles to test the intervention's impact on body mass index and weight among approximately 1,120 adult congregants at 6-, 12-, and 24-month follow-up points. The study aims to determine the efficacy of the faith community-level approach on obesity-related outcomes, examine mechanisms by which the intervention affects intermediate and obesity outcomes, and evaluate facilitators and barriers to implementation and sustainment. Churches will be pair-matched on race/ethnicity, size, and denominational grouping and randomly assigned to intervention or control conditions. The Eat, Pray, Move intervention was previously piloted through NIH funding in South Los Angeles churches, demonstrating improved obesity outcomes including less weight gain and greater weight loss among adult congregants. The full RCT addresses limitations of the pilot by extending follow-up duration, examining longer-term sustainability, and analyzing causal mediators. Period of performance runs through January 31, 2031, with place of performance in California.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | ($753k) | 8/31/26 | ||
| Not listed | $26.5k | 8/27/26 | ||
| Not listed | $1.8m | 8/6/26 |