Project Grant R41NR019735

This Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), will evaluate the use of mobile devices to extract vital signs to monitor patients with asthma. The $459,127 award to M5 Enterprise, LLC (doing business as Emedical Sentry) aims to improve the detection and management of asthma attacks through remote patient monitoring. The goal is to enhance telehealth by incorporating video-based vital sign...

This Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), provides $797,130 to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) from September 2024 to June 2028. The project aims to implement and evaluate the real-world effectiveness of "single maintenance and reliever therapy" (SMART) for managing moderate-to-severe childhood asthma in a predominantly Black pediatric population. The study uses a...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) under CFDA 93.361 - Nursing Research, will support the development and evaluation of IMAAP, an interactive mobile asthma action plan. The $441,375 award, effective July 17, 2024 through May 31, 2026, aims to create an innovative technology that leverages objective lung function assessment, symptom reporting, and personalized treatment recommendations to empower adolescents, particularly those from...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program to Loon Medical LLC, a woman-owned small business, to develop an innovative, user-friendly smartphone app called "MamaBear Health." The app aims to empower parents in rural and tribal communities to track their children's respiratory health and securely share this information with healthcare providers in...

This National Institutes of Health (NIH) R21/R33 grant award in the amount of $734,360 aims to develop and validate an innovative, inexpensive multi-modal digital stethoscope capable of automated lung sound and respiratory rate analysis, with mobile phone interoperability to an electronic health (eHealth) platform for real-time lower respiratory infection (LRI) and antibiotic surveillance in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The grant, awarded under the NIH's Child Health and Human...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), will support the development of a hand-held smart sensor system to detect exhaled volatile organic compound (VOC) biomarkers for the noninvasive, real-time identification of pulmonary exacerbations in children with cystic fibrosis. The $206,345 grant, awarded to the Trustees of Indiana University, doing business as Indiana University...

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a 5-year, $163,080 Project Grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to the Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. The objective of this project is to develop and validate longitudinal machine learning-based prediction models that leverage high-frequency physiological monitor data and clinical variables to accurately identify children at risk of new or...

This Project Grant award from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research) provides $863,328 to Aquillius Corp to develop a wearable graphene respiratory sensor for early detection and monitoring of asthma. The sensor will utilize graphene nanotechnology to provide real-time, continuous monitoring and measurement of pulmonary functions, which aims to improve patient monitoring, treatment, and diagnosis of asthma. The project will first optimize the...

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded a $117,750 Project Grant (CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research) to the Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago to develop and validate remote patient monitoring strategies for pediatric patients on invasive home mechanical ventilation (IHMV). The project aims to 1) validate the use of wireless biosensors and a portable capnograph to continuously collect physiologic data as an alternative to manual data...

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded a $1,602,357 Project Grant under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to KDH Research & Communication, Inc., a woman-owned small business located in Atlanta, GA. The grant funds the development and evaluation of the "Personalized Approach to Habits-Sleep" (PATH-S) mobile app, which aims to improve sleep duration and asthma symptoms for Black teenagers aged 14-17 with asthma. The PATH-S app will...