Project Grant R21MD021283
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center $834,657 on September 1, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct a randomized controlled trial evaluating telemedicine-enabled guideline-directed medical therapy optimization for rural heart failure patients. The Rural-HF Trial is a Type 1 hybrid effectiveness-implementation study enrolling 600 patients hospitalized...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Brown University $755,110 on September 1, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct a mixed-methods study examining the implications of Medicare Advantage enrollment growth on mortality and clinical outcomes among older adults in rural America. The research investigates how Medicare Advantage provider networks and reimbursement practices affect access to acute hospital...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Texas A&M Agrilife Research $772,567 on June 21, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct a multi-site, church-engaged randomized trial reducing cardiovascular disease and cancer risk in lower-income communities across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The project, "StrongPeople Together," engages ten church sites through three coordinated aims. Aim 1...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded The Johns Hopkins University a $768,055 project grant on August 16, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to examine hospital closure risk and evaluate the potential impact of global budget models in rural areas using a social resource-based lens. The research integrates comprehensive data sources, including Kythera Labs claims data covering Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health, awarded The Johns Hopkins University $311,000 under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) on August 17, 2026. The award funds a 20-year retrospective analysis of opioid-involved overdose deaths (OODS) with focus on racial and ethnic health disparities. The research examines OODS trends from 2005 to 2024 across...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center $260,767 on July 28, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct a feasibility trial of a multi-level health behavior intervention for truck drivers. The project, titled "Driving Wellness," addresses the disproportionately high burden of overweight, obesity, and cardiovascular disease among heavy-truck...
- The University of Oklahoma received a $485,952 project grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities to study the effect of Medicaid expansion on mortality disparities and poverty. The grant aims to identify the relationship between Medicaid expansion and rural-urban ethnoracial disparities, and estimate the mediating role of poverty alleviation in this relationship. Key products and services to...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health, awarded Ochin, Inc. a Project Grant of $1,460,161 on August 15, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307). Ochin will create an integrated dataset by harmonizing data from national, state, and local sources to investigate the longitudinal relationship between housing transitions and health outcomes for...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded the University of Houston System $445,168 on July 5, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to develop and validate a depression screening instrument tailored for patients with sickle cell disease. The project addresses a critical diagnostic gap: current screening tools such as the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 fail to distinguish depressive symptoms from somatic symptoms...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Accuhealth Technologies Incorporated a $311,977 project grant on September 1, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to implement and scale the Health360X clinical research platform service for decentralized, point-of-care clinical trials. Accuhealth will develop Health360X as a two-phase effort. Phase I focuses on optimizing electronic health record integration to enable...
The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Sam Houston State University $218,160 under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) on September 1, 2026. The award funds research to optimize mobile health clinic utilization and resource allocation in rural southwest Oklahoma. The project pursues two primary aims: identifying barriers to mobile health clinic uptake among rural residents, healthcare providers, and clinic staff through surveys and interviews, then developing tailored communication strategies and service enhancements to increase community awareness and engagement; and creating a dynamic decision-support tool that integrates geographic information science modeling and real-time community health data to enable data-driven deployment decisions and efficient resource allocation by health administrators. The research combines community-engaged methods with geospatial analytics to improve rural healthcare access beyond traditional health professional shortage area designations. Performance occurs in Huntsville, Texas, with work concluding by February 29, 2028. The project is structured as a Project Grant under NIH assistance mechanisms.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $218.2k | 9/1/26 |