The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $152,216 Project Grant to the University of Washington to conduct research on the association between adverse maternal factors and neurodevelopmental outcomes among children in Kenya. The research project, funded under CFDA 93.865 (Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research), will leverage an ongoing cohort study to evaluate how maternal factors such as HIV infection, depression, and nutritional status...
This $1,463,500 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) supports a randomized controlled trial of an agricultural livelihood intervention to improve maternal and newborn health and nutrition in Kenya. The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco will conduct this 5-year study, which aims to determine the effectiveness of an agricultural intervention on improving...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded a $383,192 Project Grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to Rhode Island Hospital, a division of Lifespan Corporation, to evaluate the use of a smartphone-based, non-invasive method for detecting anemia in young children in Western Kenya. This research seeks to develop and validate a mobile health (mHealth) screening tool that can accurately diagnose anemia, a common and...
This Project Grant award of $657,757 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) aims to reduce nutrition insecurity and malnutrition among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The project will employ a combination of participatory "systems thinking" methods, quantitative data, and modeling to: 1) physically map the food environments around 10 schools...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) will support a research study to examine the long-term impacts of an early childhood development (ECD) parenting intervention in rural Kenya. The $332,000 award, effective September 17, 2024 through August 31, 2026, will allow the University of Southern California to follow up with the original study cohort of targeted children, now 6.5...
This federal Project Grant award for $517,886 was provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The award, titled "Feasibility and Efficacy of Ambulance-Based mHealth for Pediatric Emergencies (FEAMER) Trial," aims to support research on the use of mobile health (mHealth) technologies in pediatric emergency care delivered by ambulances. The primary grant...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) supports research to examine the effects of government-led cash transfer programs on health outcomes among women and young children in low- and middle-income countries. Using data from 37 countries, the $325,000 award will fund a longitudinal study to assess the impact of these programs on mortality rates, with a...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $830,053 Project Grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to the University of Southern California (USC) to develop and experimentally test the "Msingi Bora Familia" (MBF) intervention. The MBF intervention aims to promote responsive parenting and family well-being by integrating father-inclusive, gender-equitable, and family-focused curricula into the...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) provides $539,000.00 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to evaluate the population-level effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions along the preconception to postpartum continuum to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. The key products and services to be delivered under this...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), supports a comprehensive longitudinal study to assess the long-term immunologic, cardiovascular, metabolic, and neurocognitive outcomes in individuals with perinatal HIV exposure in Kenya. The $756,077 award, effective August 2024 through April 2029, aims to determine whether viral suppression on prolonged antiretroviral...