This $162,190 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) under CFDA 93.361 Nursing Research supports the development and pilot testing of a peer-led, web-based psychosocial support intervention for Black breast cancer survivors. The primary goal is to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of the intervention in reducing distress and improving health-related quality of life among this population, who experience...
This Project Grant award of $231,000.00 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853), will support research to build capacity for providing culturally-tailored palliative care to underserved Black and Hispanic communities affected by Parkinson's disease, Lewy body dementia, and related disorders. The key objectives are to: 1) strengthen academic-community...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) will provide $486,000 to Weill Medical College of Cornell University to adapt the Collaborative Care Model for delivery in the palliative care setting. The goal is to improve depression and anxiety care for older adults with serious illnesses such as cancer, heart failure, and chronic lung disease. The 5-year project will utilize a community engagement approach to create the Collaborative Care Model...
This $1,500,000 Project Grant award from the National Cancer Institute (CFDA 93.393 - Cancer Cause and Prevention Research) will support research by the University of Rochester to elucidate how key aspects of social connectedness, including structural characteristics, functional aspects, and quality of relationships in the social networks of older adults with advanced cancer, interact and influence end-of-life health behaviors. The study will focus on three critical behaviors - serious illness...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $157,000.00 to support a pilot study evaluating the acceptability and feasibility of a 6-week nature meditation intervention for bereaved friend and family caregivers of cancer patients who died in hospice care. The study, conducted by the collaborative research partnership of Henry Ford Health and Michigan State University Health Sciences, aims to develop 6 nature-based healing meditation...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), under the Nursing Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.361), provides $1,399,604 to West Virginia University to conduct a mixed methods randomized clinical trial (RCT) focused on sustaining home palliative care for patients with heart failure (HF) and their family caregivers in rural Appalachia. The study aims to test an integrated nurse-led intervention bundle that includes HF-focused home care, support from...
This federal Project Grant award of $334,233, awarded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research (CFDA 93.393) program, will support a comprehensive research study examining disparities in novel cancer therapies, the joint effects of cancer treatment and comorbidities, and multi-level contributors to cancer survival outcomes. The University of South Carolina, the prime awardee, will conduct innovative data linkages between the state cancer registry,...
This $761,403 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) will fund a randomized clinical trial of a "Longitudinal Transdisciplinary Neuropalliative Care Support" (LOTUS) team intervention for patients with severe stroke and their families. The LOTUS team, led by a specialized nurse, will provide in-person and telehealth support to enhance palliative care integration into stroke care across awareness, assistance, adjustment, acceptance, and...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $477,869.00, was provided by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) under the Cancer Treatment Research program (CFDA 93.395). The grant aims to develop tailored, multilevel cervical cancer interventions for ethnically diverse Black women, including African American women and Black African immigrant women. The key objectives are to: 1) identify multilevel determinants of routine cervical cancer screening and follow-up adherence among these populations,...
This $195,480 Project Grant, awarded by the National Institute on Aging under CFDA Program 93.866 Aging Research, will fund the development and pilot testing of a culturally sensitive care management checklist to guide hospice transitions for Black, Latino, and Asian persons living with advanced dementia who receive home healthcare services. The project, titled "ENGAGE-D: Designing Culturally Sensitive Care Management for Hospice Transitions for Diverse Persons Living with Advanced...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) under the Nursing Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.361), supports a study aimed at addressing the unmet spiritual needs of Black patients with advanced cancer and the disconnect between their care in the medical system and their faith communities.
The $1,745,992 award to Weill Medical College of Cornell University will fund a 3-arm randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effects of healthcare chaplaincy alone and in coordination with faith community spiritual care providers on end-of-life outcomes for Black patients with advanced cancer. The study will also identify mechanisms by which these interventions affect patient outcomes and explore barriers to implementation. Key deliverables include enrollment of 288 Black cancer patients, assessments of spiritual wellness and end-of-life care utilization, and qualitative interviews to understand implementation challenges. The award period runs from September 2024 through May 2029. Sub-awards to the New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and Columbia University Medical Center will support patient recruitment, intervention delivery, data collection, and analysis activities at those sites.