Project Grant R03OH012916

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded The General Hospital Corporation (Massachusetts General Hospital) $443,954 on June 1, 2026, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to conduct a four-year mixed-methods assessment of obstetric readiness in low-resource emergency departments. The research addresses the clinical gap created by closures of labor and delivery units that leave 2.3 million women of childbearing age in...

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded The Leland Stanford Junior University $400,000 on September 22, 2025, under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361) to conduct a multi-site pilot study assessing the feasibility and acceptability of two early interventions for postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder: written exposure therapy (WET), a five-session trauma-focused psychosocial intervention using expressive writing, and capnometry-guided respiratory...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the CFDA 93.226 Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes program is funding the development and testing of a clinical decision support (CDS) tool to improve iron deficiency screening and management for pregnant individuals at high risk of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). Specifically, the $118,089 award will support a two-phase project at Massachusetts...

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded the Regents of the University of Michigan $3.146 million on September 13, 2025, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to identify leading severe maternal morbidity indicators affecting deaf and hard of hearing women and develop a patient-informed obstetrical toolkit addressing clinical and health system factors that compound maternal health disparities. The research compares...

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center $165,032 on September 1, 2026, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to develop the scientific foundation for a prehospital clinical decision support tool that optimizes emergency medical services triage for critically ill and injured children. The project addresses preventable pediatric mortality by creating evidence-based approaches...

Federal Grant Award Summary Massachusetts General Hospital received a $2.416 million Project Grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) on September 8, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2028. The award funds the development of an innovative, multi-modal screening tool for early detection of childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder (CB-PTSD) in women who...

The National Institute of Mental Health awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine $199,584 on August 1, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to develop and evaluate implementation strategies that increase HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake among women through integration into postpartum care. The project, titled "An Implementation Science Approach to Integration of PrEP in Postpartum Care," runs through July 31, 2030, with work performed in...

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc. $597,571 on September 3, 2026, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to validate and implement an artificial intelligence-enhanced tool for real-time prediction of postpartum hemorrhage risk integrated into the electronic health record. The project spans five years through August 31, 2031, with performance at the hospital in Boston,...

The National Institute on Aging awarded Massachusetts General Hospital $474,412 under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) on September 1, 2026, to examine whether proximity to a Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA)-accredited emergency department is associated with improved quality of prehospital emergency medical services (EMS) care for older adults. This two-year R21 exploratory/developmental grant runs through August 31, 2028, with work performed in Boston,...

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute awarded Trustees of Boston University (doing business as Boston University Medical Campus) $1,303,658 on May 1, 2026, under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to study postpartum hypertension, its role in recurrent hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and modifiable intermediates including blood pressure management and breastfeeding practices. The project grant R01HL183084 runs through January 31, 2031, with performance in...