Project Grant R39OT22060

This $749,977 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) will fund research at Georgetown University to identify the neural basis of other-oriented decisions and altruism. Over a three-year period, the researchers will conduct behavioral studies and functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine brain activity in corticolimbic circuits related to altruism. The project aims to test whether comparable brain circuits...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), will support a 5-year research project led by Dr. Carrie Thiessen at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The $193,652 award aims to assess the impact of cognitive biases on patient and provider willingness to accept imperfect kidneys for transplantation. The project has three specific aims: 1)...

This $507,163 federal 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 research at The Ohio State University to examine the impact of state laws prohibiting ableist discrimination on access to kidney transplantation for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD). The project aims to: 1) Determine the efficacy of anti-discrimination laws in closing the...

This federal Project Grant award of $138,009 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program, aims to develop predictive models and data visualization tools to increase pediatric donor heart utilization and reduce waitlist mortality. The University of Virginia, as the prime awardee, will leverage machine learning technology to analyze over 30,000 pediatric heart transplant offers from 2010-2020. This...

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 $159,000.00 to the University of Pittsburgh to examine the feasibility of a randomized controlled trial comparing the synergistic effects of strategy training plus acceptance and commitment therapy (ST+ACT) to strategy training (ST) alone for improving social participation, psychological flexibility, and well-being...

This $197,250 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) will support a study to examine the impact of the Social Worker Outreach and Resource Delivery (SWORD) intervention on individuals bereaved by drug overdose. The study will leverage the random selection process used by the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to offer the SWORD intervention, which integrates evidence-based strategies to...

This federal Project Grant award of $183,767 from the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants program) supports a pilot hybrid implementation study to co-design and trial a package of brief peer-delivered and family-engaged interventions for youth suicide prevention in Nepal. The key products and services to be delivered include: Co-designing a "YPF-SUPP" intervention package containing evidence-based safety planning and contact follow-up...

This Project Grant award of $167,455 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 the "ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS: DILEMMAS, EDUCATION, AND CHOICES IMPACTING DECISIONS (AYAS DECIDE) STUDY" led by Dr. Kristina Suorsa-Johnson at the University of Utah. The primary goals of this 5-year project are to: 1) identify the informational needs and values influencing...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $994,004 to Boston Medical Center Corporation (BMC) to engage adolescents, young adults, families, youth providers, pharmacists, and people who use drugs to generate insights for developing overdose prevention interventions tailored to youth. The key activities include: 1) Exploring perceptions of overdose risk, drug supply, and safety...

This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) provides $394,696 to The Children's Hospital Corporation (Boston Children's Hospital) to study the implementation of social risk screening and referral programs in pediatric inpatient settings across different hospital types. The key objectives are to: 1) Survey and interview clinical leaders from a national network of hospitals to assess...