The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $904,100 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to the Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The grant, awarded on May 5, 2025, will fund a longitudinal study to develop algorithms that predict mental health functioning and related outcomes, such as recidivism and substance use relapse, in incarcerated women. The research will utilize multimodal data, including psychosocial,...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded Vanderbilt University a $226,877 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to develop the first engineered neurovascular unit (NVU) capable of demonstrating neurovascular coupling (NVC). The project aims to: 1) Conduct studies with smooth muscle cells (SMCs) alone and in co-culture with endothelial cells to demonstrate vasoconstriction and vasodilation in response to vasoactive agents; 2) Produce a population of induced...
This federal Project Grant award of $802,551 was provided by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program. The grant supports a 5-year mixed-methods research study to examine the effects of Medicaid reimbursement increases for mental health services on provider participation and patient outcomes. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) An event study analysis using national Medicaid claims data to assess changes in...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $6,436,100 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program to Princeton University for the "CONTE CENTER: UNDERSTANDING LATENT CAUSE INFERENCE IN HEALTH AND ILLNESS" on Aug 12, 2024. This research program aims to conduct a comprehensive investigation of latent cause inference, a fundamental cognitive process, and its relationship to mental health symptoms and disorders. The project involves four...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $780,447 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc. to test a differentiated service delivery model called CARES-DSD to improve engagement and viral suppression among people with HIV who have experienced treatment interruptions in South Africa. The 5-year project will recruit 300 participants from an ongoing study and evaluate the effectiveness of the CARES-DSD intervention compared...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $1,248,897 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to the University of California, Santa Barbara to design a gender-affirming training intervention for lay health workers (LHWs) to promote mental health care access for racially diverse transgender youth. The two-year project (9/1/2024 - 8/31/2026) will use human-centered design methods to (1) co-design the LHW training intervention with community partners, and (2)...
The federal Project Grant awarded to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, valued at $5,393,812, supports a longitudinal study investigating the impact of changes in social determinants of health (SDOH) on the mental health of adolescents and young adults (AYA) in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research is funded through the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) administered by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The study...
This $579,715 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health Trans-NIH Research Support program will fund a longitudinal study at the University of Texas at Austin examining how relationship dynamics influence health outcomes in same-sex and different-sex marriages over time. Specifically, the researchers will follow up with 419 married couples initially surveyed in 2015 to analyze how patterns of risk and resilience within marital relationships,...
This federal Project Grant award of $3,155,102 from the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) aims to assemble a large global consortium to evaluate the social determinants of mental health outcomes related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project, titled "International Evaluation of Modifiable Social Determinants of Health on COVID-Related Mental Health Outcomes," will integrate longitudinal data from 23 international cohorts comprising...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $2,186,337 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program to the Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. The grant, effective September 3, 2024 through June 30, 2029, supports research on "Sexually Dimorphic Vasopressin Circuits in the Control of Social Interest." The project aims to investigate how the arginine vasopressin (AVP) neuropeptide system and its receptor (V1AR) in specific...