The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded a $290,134 Project Grant under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to Palmetto Innovative Education, LLC to develop a novel, interactive 3D digital game called "SimuUniversity Medical Center." The game aims to teach health professional students and practicing clinicians empirically validated strategies for managing chronic pain and opioid use/misuse, particularly in diverse and underserved patient...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), aims to develop a novel mobile intervention for youth aged 13-17 who use cannabis regularly. The $280,207 award, effective from February 1, 2025 to July 31, 2025, will support the creation of the "Adolescent CLEAR30" intervention, which will leverage the existing CLEAR30 mobile program as a foundation. The key products and services to be...
This $591,752 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), aims to develop a digital platform to improve the delivery of opioid risk screening and safety interventions in community pharmacies. The grant will provide tablets to pharmacies currently using a paper-based screening tool, allowing for the collection of additional data on patient interactions that can be analyzed to assess the functionality...
This federal Project Grant award for $1,948,634.00, provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (CFDA 93.279 - Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs), supports the development and evaluation of a smartphone-based mobile health (mHealth) intervention called "OD-CHESS" to reduce overdose risk among people who engage in polysubstance use.
In the initial R61 phase, the Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) will adapt an existing substance use disorder intervention...
This Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $958,629, was awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279). The funding will support the real-world adoption of an innovative digital health therapeutic called KIOS, which uses nonlinear control theory to track multiple symptoms (e.g., craving, mood, pain) and deliver personalized, evidence-based intervention strategies to patients with opioid use disorder...
This Project Grant award of $390,000.00, provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), will support a pilot study to evaluate a digital Contingency Management (CM) intervention for Medicaid beneficiaries with co-occurring opioid and alcohol use disorders (OUD-AUD).
The key objectives are to: 1) identify optimal settings and approaches to engage this population in digital CM through Medicaid claims data analysis; 2) convene...
This Project Grant award for $610,092 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) will support the development and rigorous evaluation of a hybrid substance use prevention program for upper elementary school students. The proposed intervention will utilize a combination of online e-learning modules and classroom sessions to address the growing issues of youth vaping and prescription drug misuse. The program aims to reduce...
This Project Grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, provides $738,086 to Brown University under the Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to evaluate a technology-assisted parenting intervention for adolescents in residential substance use treatment. Specifically, the funding supports a randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of Parent SMART, a mobile app and telehealth coaching program that...
This federal Project Grant award of $152,275 was provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to the University of South Carolina. The purpose of the grant is to gather formative data on psychosocial factors influencing non-medical use of prescription opioids (NMUPO) among young adults, and to use those insights to develop and pilot test a peer-led social media intervention to reduce NMUPO in this high-risk population. The...
This $397,440 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (CFDA 93.279 - Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs) supports the development and evaluation of a behavior change intervention to enhance safe opioid disposal following surgery. The principal investigator, Dr. Lyen Huang at the University of Utah, will:
Evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of behavior change components to enhance the university's current opioid disposal intervention;
Prepare for...
This Project Grant award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes program (CFDA 93.226) provides $773,000 to The University of Kentucky Research Foundation to disseminate and evaluate the effectiveness of the MedSMAT Mobile intervention, which includes an evidence-based serious game and personalized family medication safety plan. The goal is to improve adolescent and parent knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors around opioid medication safety to prevent prescription opioid misuse among adolescents. The project will adapt the MedSMAT Mobile intervention for delivery in emergency department settings, conduct a randomized controlled trial to assess its effectiveness, and evaluate its sustainability and organizational preparedness for broader implementation across additional emergency departments. This effort aims to address the critical public health need of reducing opioid misuse among at-risk adolescents through a technology-enabled, family-centered intervention delivered at the point of care.