This $915,201 federal project grant awarded by the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) supports the development, refinement, and pilot testing of an online group singing intervention for older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The project aims to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention, which uses the JackTrip virtual studio platform to enable remote group singing sessions. The two-phase study will first refine the intervention to target key...
This $761,403 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) will fund a randomized clinical trial of a "Longitudinal Transdisciplinary Neuropalliative Care Support" (LOTUS) team intervention for patients with severe stroke and their families. The LOTUS team, led by a specialized nurse, will provide in-person and telehealth support to enhance palliative care integration into stroke care across awareness, assistance, adjustment, acceptance, and...
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) awarded a $143,960 Project Grant (CFDA 93.213 - Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health) to Autotune Me LLC to develop a therapeutic, music-based mobile application called "Tune Den" to combat neuropsychiatric symptoms in people living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The app is designed to respond to changes in heart rate and sedentary behaviors detected by a wearable device,...
This federal Project Grant award of $241,102, provided by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213), supports the development of an artificial intelligence-based recommendation engine for Art Pharmacy's social prescribing platform. Art Pharmacy is an arts-based social prescribing company that provides personalized arts prescriptions to help patients at risk of or...
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 $1,379,072 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 develop an enhanced, wearable neurorehabilitation device for improving post-stroke gait in chronic stroke survivors. The key objectives are to: 1) create a robust, wireless myoelectric interface system with engaging gaming software; 2) test the impact of this "Mint...
This Project Grant award, totaling $2,130,388.00, was provided by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) federal grant program. The award aims to improve understanding of why some stroke patients have poor outcomes despite successful recanalization (reopening of blocked blood vessels). The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing a longitudinal...
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded a $536,249 Project Grant under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) to Washington State University to develop a just-in-time adaptive music-listening intervention to regulate emotions and reduce stress among individuals within the first 90 days of detoxification from alcohol use disorder. The project aims to conduct formative research to identify features of music selections most effective in reducing stress, develop...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $165,240, was provided by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213). The grant will fund the development and pilot testing of a novel, daily, digital mindfulness-based intervention called MINDSET to reduce depressive symptoms in post-treatment cancer patients. The award recipient, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case...
This $1,149,995.00 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program (CFDA 47.070) supports research at New York University (NYU) School of Medicine to develop innovative methods in artificial intelligence (AI) and motion capture technology to analyze patient movement and improve stroke rehabilitation. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) develop a method to integrate multimodal data into a shared representation...
This 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), provides $706,367 to New York University to conduct a feasibility trial testing the use of a music listening intervention for mental health recovery in chronic stroke patients.
The key product or service to be delivered is the development and testing of a remote, music-based intervention guided by the NIH Music-Based Intervention Toolkit. The goal is to assess the feasibility of this intervention for improving mental health outcomes, such as depression and anxiety, among individuals in the chronic stage of stroke recovery. The award period runs from September 11, 2024 to August 31, 2026. This feasibility study aims to lay the groundwork for future larger-scale clinical trials exploring the neuromechanistic impacts of music listening on mental health recovery after stroke.