Project Grant STTMP051004

The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (Kaiser Permanente) $10.492 million on September 19, 2025, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307). The award funds a mixed-methods implementation science study examining racial and ethnic disparities in depression treatment and outcomes across five health systems in seven states (California, Texas, Georgia, Minnesota, Michigan, North Dakota, and...

The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities, a component of the National Institutes of Health under the Department of Health and Human Services, awarded $702,086 to the Morehouse School of Medicine on August 16, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307). The award funds research adapting the Diabetes Prevention Program to integrate family engagement and family health history assessment as mechanisms to improve adherence and...

The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Sam Houston State University $218,160 under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) on September 1, 2026. The award funds research to optimize mobile health clinic utilization and resource allocation in rural southwest Oklahoma. The project pursues two primary aims: identifying barriers to mobile health clinic uptake among rural residents, healthcare providers, and clinic staff through...

The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston $5.65 million on September 14, 2025, for the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to deliver a culturally tailored exercise training intervention for Hispanic adults with multiple sclerosis. The award carries a performance period through June 30, 2029, and work is performed in Texas. The recipient will create the first culturally...

The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco $2,306,030 on September 13, 2025, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct research on hypertension retention and cardiovascular risk reduction among people with HIV who use safety-net clinics. The recipient will conduct an explanatory sequential study combining quantitative survey data and qualitative contextual...

The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Health Tequity LLC $1,146,396.66 on September 17, 2025, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to develop and assess usability of the ACTIVATE Artificial Intelligence Accessibility Engine (AIA) for multilingual mobile applications and voice navigation in chronic illness care coordination. Health Tequity LLC will develop an ACTIVATE AIA prototype supporting three languages—English,...

The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded San Diego State University Foundation $1,424,715 on May 6, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to test the effectiveness of introducing a produce distribution service into small stores on increasing healthy food access and improving health outcomes among low-income, primarily Hispanic rural residents in Imperial County, California. The project will assess and characterize...

The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Boston Medical Center Corporation $500,214 on September 25, 2025, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to design and pilot clinic-based health information technology tools aimed at improving WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) retention among low-income families with young children. The project employs human-centered design methods to...

The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the National Institutes of Health, awarded Emory University $2,636,940 on September 19, 2025, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct the MATCH-POINT study, a Type 1 effectiveness-implementation randomized hybrid trial evaluating point-of-care testing (POCT) for sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women. The study addresses escalating STI rates in the United...

The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded The Ohio State University $775,836 on August 5, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to modernize gynecologic cancer clinical trial eligibility criteria and increase enrollment among racial and ethnic minority patients. The project will examine how broadening gynecologic cancer clinical trial exclusion criteria affects the racial and ethnic composition of trial-eligible...