The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded a Project Grant under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) totaling $1,499,606.00 to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, doing business as Dartmouth-Hitchcock Obligated Group, with a project period from September 30, 2024 to July 31, 2029. The goal of this project is to characterize health outcomes from birth to 5 years of age in children born to individuals with opioid use disorder, identify disparities across populations,...
This federal Project Grant award of $794,931 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), will fund a longitudinal study on the relationship between early parent-infant synchrony and later childhood outcomes among infants at genetic risk for ADHD or autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The study will leverage 3 existing cohorts of 326 infants previously enrolled in the PI's prior NIMH-funded studies, who will be followed from 6...
This federal Project Grant award from 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) will fund a multi-site randomized clinical trial to evaluate the impact of a medical-financial partnership (MFP) intervention on perinatal and postnatal parent mental health, birth outcomes, and child developmental risk. The $494,251 award will support a community-partnered study...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $768,260 to Rhode Island Hospital to improve the treatment of depression among youth with HIV. The project aims to train clinicians on a tailored, measured-care approach combining cognitive behavioral therapy and medication management, which has demonstrated impressive outcomes in prior studies with this population. The 5-year project...
This federal Project Grant award of $240,750 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) aims to promote access, engagement, coordination, and optimization of mental health services for preschoolers with mental health symptoms. The award recipient, Childrens Hospital Medical Center, will use the funding to tailor and pilot test the NTRI-MH intervention, which employs ethno-racially matched family navigators to increase...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants) provides $976,424 to The General Hospital Corporation, doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), to conduct a randomized controlled trial of a preventive behavioral intervention called Resilience Training (RT) for young adults with psychotic experiences. The study aims to evaluate whether RT can reduce psychotic experiences, anxiety, depression, and...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213), provides $1,581,902 to conduct a cluster-randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of a web-based workplace resilience intervention for child care providers. The goal is to test the Stress Management and Resilience Training (SMART) program, which has been adapted for remote delivery,...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310), provides $344,545 to study the development of attentional biases for affective cues in infants of mothers with depression. The award, effective from August 15, 2024 to July 31, 2029, aims to prospectively examine the influence of maternal depression on the development of infants' attentional biases for facial displays of emotion, as well as investigate...
This $1,488,935 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), under CFDA 93.361 Nursing Research, aims to develop and implement a technology-aided approach to safety planning that addresses social determinants of health - home safety and access to community mental healthcare - to decrease suicide risk in rural-residing youth ages 12-17 who present to emergency departments. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year award include: Conducting...
This federal Project Grant award from 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), will fund a $693,365 research project to evaluate the longer-term impacts of a medical-financial partnership (MFP) intervention delivered through pediatric care. The MFP intervention provides financial coaching to low-income families, with the goal of improving child developmental...