Project Grant R34HL188567
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded Pennsylvania State University $157,300 through the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to conduct research comparing child eating patterns in controlled laboratory and home environments. The project, which commenced September 11, 2025 and is scheduled for completion by August 31, 2027, will deliver empirical research data examining whether eating...
- The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded The Pennsylvania State University $470,816 on June 1, 2026, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to investigate molecular and metabolic mechanisms governing secretory activation and milk volume in mothers with infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. The research uses transcriptomic and biochemical analysis of inflammatory and lipid metabolism pathways to identify biological...
- The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded Pennsylvania State University operating as Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center $679,059 on September 3, 2026, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to conduct research on thiamine supplementation as an intervention to prevent neurologic sequelae in infants with invasive bacterial infections. The research, titled "Thiamine for Recovery in Vulnerable Early-Life...
- The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute awarded Pennsylvania State University (operating as Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center) $777,903 on August 4, 2026, under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to develop software tools and statistical methods for dissecting functional and environment-dependent effects of lipid-associated genetic variants. The award funds development of novel computational approaches to integrate experimental genomic data and refine...
- The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded The Pennsylvania State University $120,399 on July 10, 2026, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to conduct a longitudinal, multi-method investigation of biobehavioral synchrony and hormonal correlates of parenting from pregnancy through toddlerhood. The research integrates functional near-infrared spectroscopy and microanalytic coding to assess neural and behavioral...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded The Pennsylvania State University a $428,208 project grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) beginning September 12, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2027. The project develops milk protein-based amorphous solid dispersions (ASD) utilizing casein proteins from bovine milk to create ethanol-free oral liquid...
- The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases awarded The Pennsylvania State University $799,713 on August 12, 2026, under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) to conduct a randomized controlled trial testing enhanced responsive parenting interventions for early overweight prevention in rural, low-income infants. The PROGRESS (Parent Responsiveness Optimized—Growth, Regulation, Eating, Sleep, and Soothing) trial will enroll...
- The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute awarded the University of Pennsylvania $685,212 on August 15, 2026, under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to develop policy-relevant evidence on the scope and effects of prior authorization (PA) for cardiovascular care. The project quantifies patient exposure to PA for cardiovascular services from 2016 through 2024, identifying which patient groups experience PA barriers and measuring how PA affects service use, care...
- The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Office of the Director awarded $349,640 to Data4Systemschange, Inc. on September 1, 2026, under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) to develop NUTRI-DEEPDISH, an AI-powered dietary assessment tool that uses computer vision and deep learning to estimate portion sizes and predict nutritional content from meal images. The project expands an existing dietary assessment system based on semantic segmentation and...
- The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases awarded The Pennsylvania State University $753,158 on July 15, 2026, under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) to characterize the relationship between eating behavior phenotypes and obesity risk in middle childhood. The research tests a novel eating behavior phenotype called PACE, which combines portion size susceptibility, appetitive traits, loss of control eating, and eating...
The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Office of the Director awarded The Pennsylvania State University $150,594 on September 1, 2026, under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to develop and validate customizable, feasible, and cost-effective dietary assessment methods for infants. The project will pilot and validate three novel infant-tailored dietary assessment methods designed to inform future clinical trials examining early-life interventions on diet quality and cardiovascular health. The study enrolls 120 parent-infant dyads from the ENRICH trial (NCT06272045) and compares the three infant-tailored approaches against the existing gold-standard 24-hour dietary recall method. Specific aims include assessing criterion validity of the Mediterranean Eating Pattern for Americans (MEPA-CHILD) screener adapted for infants at 12 months; examining the feasibility and acceptability of two infant-tailored adaptations to the 24-hour dietary recall method to capture contextual factors and improve efficiency at infant ages 3, 6, 9, and 12 months; and evaluating agreement between the standard recall method and the two adapted variants across those same ages. Work is performed in State College, Pennsylvania. The award runs through May 31, 2029. This is a Project Grant, an assistance type funding mechanism.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $150.6k | 9/3/26 |