Project Grant R01MD021741
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded The University of Chicago $830,875 on September 1, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to develop and evaluate a primary care model addressing interconception care—healthcare services provided after pregnancy to support optimal outcomes in future pregnancies. The award supports research on how primary care providers can address treatable chronic diseases including diabetes,...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded The University of Chicago $686,906 on April 17, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to develop machine learning and artificial intelligence tools for predicting out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) risk at the community level. The award supports development of an OHCA risk score and virtual laboratory environment designed as decision support tools to help communities...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital, Inc. $811,939 on August 4, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to investigate accelerated aging biomarkers in cancer patients with HIV. The award funds prospective identification and molecular analysis of 500 cancer patients—250 with HIV and 250 without HIV—recruited from Moffitt Cancer Center, plus 250 people...
- 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 Cancer Institute, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, awarded the University of Illinois $422,649 as a Project Grant (R21CA303745) on June 1, 2026, under the Cancer Biology Research program (CFDA 93.396). The award funds research into racial disparities in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treatment outcomes. The study examines whether NPM1 mutant status determines FOXM1 cytoplasmic localization and inactivation in primary bone marrow samples from Black AML...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health, awarded The Johns Hopkins University $311,000 under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) on August 17, 2026. The award funds a 20-year retrospective analysis of opioid-involved overdose deaths (OODS) with focus on racial and ethnic health disparities. The research examines OODS trends from 2005 to 2024 across...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded the National Bureau of Economic Research Inc. $2,159,469 on September 3, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct a Project Grant investigating the geographic distribution of dialysis facility expansion and its effects on health outcomes among patients with end-stage kidney disease. The research will analyze whether the 70 percent increase in dialysis centers over the...
- 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, part of the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health, awarded Howard University $424,875 on September 19, 2025, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to investigate the pathobiology of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in diabetic African Americans. The project, which runs through June 30, 2027, will characterize transcriptomic...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $647,290 on September 24, 2025, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct secondary data analysis examining mitochondrial dysfunction as a mediator between life-course stressors and preterm birth risk among pregnant Black women. The K99/R00 award supports a two-phase research initiative. In the K99 phase, the...
The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded The University of Chicago $1,307,468 on July 19, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to elucidate novel epigenetic contributions to multiple myeloma risk disparities between African American and European American populations. The research investigates cytosine modifications—specifically 5-hydroxymethylcytosines (5HMC)—in circulating cell-free DNA as drivers of the 2- to 3-fold higher incidence of multiple myeloma among African Americans. The study addresses a gap in understanding population-level epigenetic differences in hematologic malignancy development and progression, moving beyond genetic susceptibility and obesity factors that alone do not explain observed racial disparities. The project employs advanced molecular technologies capable of distinguishing 5HMC from 5-methylcytosines and uses circulating cell-free DNA from blood as a feasible biomarker source rather than bone marrow specimens. Performance runs from July 19, 2026, through January 31, 2030, at the University of Chicago's Chicago, Illinois location. The award is a Project Grant, a peer-reviewed mechanism under which NIH's National Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities conducts second-level application review and renewal awards depend on successful competition and appropriated funds.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | ($344k) | 8/31/26 | ||
| Not listed | $825.8k | 7/21/26 |