The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $385,816 Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to See Yourself Health LLC, a woman-owned small business located in Beverly, Massachusetts. The grant funding supports the development and testing of "MIRAME SALUD", a culturally and linguistically tailored mobile application that delivers immersive, interactive diabetes self-management training...
The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded a Project Grant (CFDA 93.867 Vision Research) totaling $718,397 to Northwestern University to conduct the "Health Equity and Access to Leverage Technology for Improved Diabetic Retinopathy Outcomes (HEAL-DR)" study. The project aims to address disparities in diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of blindness, by using data from the Sight Outcomes Research Collaborative (SOURCE) to develop models that can better identify minority populations at...
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $332,109 Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to Arizona State University (ASU) to implement the "SMARTSTART: A Digitally-Enhanced Diabetes Self-Management Intervention for Low-Income People Newly Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes" project. The project aims to address the disproportionate burden of type 2 diabetes experienced by low-income populations...
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $608,701 Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to Arizona State University (ASU) for the "SMARTSTART: A Digitally-Enhanced Diabetes Self-Management Intervention for Low-Income People Newly Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes" project. The grant, awarded on Sep 19, 2024, supports the development and implementation of a digital health intervention to...
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $994,032 Project Grant (CFDA 93.307) to New York University (NYU) to conduct research aimed at reducing disparities in mental and metabolic health among predominantly low-income Black and Hispanic women, with and without HIV. The 5-year grant, awarded on August 21, 2024, will focus on examining the relationships between experiences of poverty, epigenetic aging, the gut microbiome, and mental and metabolic health...
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $1,626,470 Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to the University of Illinois. The grant will fund a 5-year longitudinal study examining the impact of structural racism and discrimination on access to therapies and health outcomes for Black and Hispanic preschool children with developmental delays in Chicago. The interdisciplinary research team will...
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $272,365 Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program to Million Marker Wellness Inc., a minority-owned small business, to develop a mobile application and education program called "MEET" (Mobile Environmental Exposure Tracking). The goal of this project is to provide minority-focused environmental health education and exposure tracking for topics...
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $241,500 Project Grant (CFDA 93.307) to Duke University to develop and validate a Markov state-transition decision model of the natural history of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy (HDP) and its impact on mothers and children. The objectives are to use the model to evaluate the potential costs and benefits of primary prevention and treatment strategies that address racial disparities in HDP in the United States....
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $2,252,730 Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to the University of Chicago. The grant will fund a project to model the long-term health, equity, and economic impacts of national strategies to address food and nutrition insecurity. Key interventions to be evaluated include expanding the USDA Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program, expanding SNAP...
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $295,924 Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to Polygon Health Analytics LLC, a certified women-owned small business. The project aims to develop a social risk management tool called "ISMILE" (Individualized Social Risk Management in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Care) to address social determinants of health and improve outcomes for patients...