This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) will support research to identify and address racial disparities in predictive modeling for survivors of critical illness. The $181,864 award, effective September 30, 2024 through June 30, 2026, will enable the University of Pittsburgh to integrate expertise in healthcare disparities, statistical modeling, and causal inference to...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Virginia to develop data-driven, multimodal methods for behavior-based epidemiological modeling. The key objectives are to: Improve techniques for deriving meaningful insights from imperfect, real-world sensor data like mobile phones and search engine logs to capture complex human behaviors in real-time. Couple agent-based disease models...
This Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 - Cardiovascular Diseases Research) totaling $2,374,347 will fund research to understand changes in access to care, cardiovascular risk factors, hospitalizations, and mortality among rural working-age adults in the U.S. before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The research will evaluate the effects of expanding Medicare eligibility and broadband access on healthcare access, preventive care, and cardiovascular...
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $2,459,492 Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, through its University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Division. This grant, titled "Mobile Health for Migrant Health (MHEALTH-4-MHEALTH): Assessing the Effectiveness of Implementing an mHealth Program to Increase COVID-19 Testing and Treatment Among...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities under the Mathematical Biology program provides $181,425 to the University of Wyoming from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The grant supports the development of a data-driven multiscale metapopulation mobility network model to examine the impact of containment policies on infectious disease transmission dynamics and public health disparities in rural areas. Key objectives include: 1)...
This Project Grant award of $200,000.00 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) supports a research project titled "Harnessing Data Science to Improve HIV Care Continuum Outcomes: A Hybrid Type 2 Trial Evaluating a Machine-Learning Algorithm-Based Implementation Strategy". The primary goal is to develop and evaluate an algorithm-driven implementation strategy for a Comprehensive Care Management and Care Coordination (CCM/CC)...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) provides $4,219,628 to Yale University to conduct a behavioral intervention study targeting the prevention of HIV-related comorbidities among Black and Latinx sexual minority men. The key objectives are to: 1) utilize formative research to modify the intervention to address social determinants of health impacting prevention of shared...
This federal Project Grant award of $2,065,719, provided by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research), aims to develop and optimize a community-based behavioral intervention to increase COVID-19 and influenza vaccination rates among African American/Black and Latino (AABL) persons in New York. The study, led by a collaborative team from New York University and the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation,...
This $170,566 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) supports the development and delivery of an innovative mathematical modeling framework to integrate public health policy, public opinion dynamics, and epidemic outcomes. The project aims to establish a detailed, integrated system that captures the complex feedback among public health policies, dynamic public opinions, and...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) provides $183,860 to the University of California, Berkeley to examine the neighborhood-level drivers of persistently poor cardiovascular health outcomes and disparities in the Southeastern United States. The research will focus on measures of social vulnerability, disinvestment, and racial/economic isolation in rural areas, and explore...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) provides $646,000.00 to West Virginia University Research Corporation to develop novel behavior-informed multi-task machine learning frameworks for targeted public health interventions in rural America.
The project leverages insights from the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, utilizing state-wide testing, vaccination, and hospitalization data from West Virginia, as well as data from prior COVID-19 testing projects in the state. The goals are to gain behavioral insights into how individuals in rural communities sought testing and its impact on other healthcare resources, and to develop new machine learning models that can help public health officials create more targeted interventions. The findings are expected to be applicable beyond the COVID-19 pandemic to other emerging infectious diseases and public health crises. The award period runs from September 16, 2024 to April 30, 2026.