The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) awarded a $125,026 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213). The grant aims to investigate the brain bases of mindfulness, a state of open, accepting attention to the present moment. The project will use resting-state functional MRI to identify brain network connections that predict trait mindfulness, as well as...
This 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 $750,079 to The General Hospital Corporation (doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital) to develop and pilot test a combined "Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART)" and Qigong/Tai Chi (QTC) intervention for Asian Americans with co-occurring major depressive disorder...
The National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health awarded New York University $785,637 under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213) from June 2021 through May 2025. This Cooperative Agreement will support the development and pilot testing of telephone-delivered and video-based Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) protocols for patients with migraine headaches and depressive symptoms. Specifically, the...
This $169,575 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) will fund a study to assess the impacts of an 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) intervention on brain health indices and whole-person health outcomes in individuals with asthma. The primary aims are to: 1) Evaluate changes in brain health metrics like white and gray matter...
This $432,300 Project Grant, awarded by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) under its Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213), will fund a multi-site pilot randomized controlled trial to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) called "Learning to Breathe Plus" (L2B Plus) for addressing stress-related problems in college students. The primary objectives are to: 1)...
This Project Grant award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) under CFDA Program 93.213 - Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health will support a research project to develop computational models predicting how different mechanoreceptor subtypes in the peripheral nerves respond to deep pressure touch stimuli. The $155,748 award to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia will leverage microneurography, tissue deformation...
The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded a $1,643,228 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to develop an Integrative Mindfulness-Based Predictive Approach for Chronic Low Back Pain Treatment (IMPACT). The key objectives of this 2-year IMPACT project are to: 1) Initiate a clinical trial of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for chronic low back pain...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to the University of Washington provides approximately $1,365,011 to conduct research on the mechanisms of mindfulness meditation and self-hypnosis for managing chronic pain in older adults. The 5-year study (09/26/2024 - 08/31/2029) aims to use functional MRI and EEG techniques to determine the neuromodulatory mechanisms underlying the pain-relieving effects of these non-pharmacological...
This 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), will evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of combining mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) with open-label placebo (OLP) treatment for chronic pain management. The $682,950 award to Arizona State University will fund a single-site, three-arm randomized controlled trial to assess the...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) under CFDA Program 93.213 - Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health, aims to improve chronic musculoskeletal pain care in the Military Health System. The $635,589 award will fund a hybrid pragmatic clinical trial to evaluate two holistic, non-pharmacological pain interventions - Empowered Relief and Move-to-Health - compared to usual care. The project...