Project Grant U0A54982
- This federal Project Grant award of $536,766 was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110). The award will establish the University of Pittsburgh as a Center of Excellence (COE) in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Education, Science, and Practice. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year project include: 1) providing comprehensive didactic and applied MCH education to...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 - Cardiovascular Diseases Research) provides $616,864.00 to the University of Pittsburgh to conduct research on optimizing maternal health and reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors during the perinatal period. The project, titled "Optimizing Maternal Health: Assessing Sleep-Based Strategy Enhancement of Diet, Physical Activity and Self-Regulation Interventions in Perinatal Health -...
- This federal Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912) provides $299,186 to the UPMC Center for High-Value Health Care to implement the Postpartum HEART program. The program aims to optimize care transitions and improve cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes for individuals diagnosed with hypertensive...
- The University of Michigan School of Public Health (UM-SPH) was awarded a $366,765 Project Grant from the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110), overseen by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to establish a Center of Excellence for Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health. The Center aims to strengthen and diversify the MCH public health workforce by enhancing training opportunities and fostering academic-practice partnerships. Key...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (CFDA 93.110 Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs) provides $134,532.00 to the University of Utah to develop a 15-credit graduate certificate program in Maternal and Child Health (MCH). The goal is to train individuals, especially those representing the rural, frontier, and Native American populations in the 6-state Region VIII, to address critical MCH workforce needs. This includes providing...
- This $446,000 project grant awarded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), aims to examine the impact of cash transfers during pregnancy on maternal and infant health and health disparities in the US. The project will leverage the 2021 expansion of the US Child Tax Credit as a natural experiment to 1) estimate the impacts of receiving monthly cash...
- The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $161,735 Project Grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to the Metis Foundation, a non-profit research organization based in San Antonio, Texas. The funding will support a pilot feasibility study on a single-session, CBT-informed treatment for loss-of-control eating during pregnancy. The goal is to develop a brief, evidence-based intervention...
- The Maternal and Child Health Public Health Catalyst Program - Track 1 Start-Up, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110), will provide $134,439 to Montclair State University over a 5-year period starting June 1, 2025. The project aims to develop a Master's-level curriculum and pathways in maternal and child health (MCH) workforce development at Montclair State University, which is designated...
- This $1,664,038 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) will examine the impact of extending Medicaid postpartum insurance coverage from 60 days to 12 months on maternal and newborn health outcomes. The University of South Carolina, the award recipient, will conduct a natural experiment comparing maternal and newborn health metrics between women on Medicaid (treatment group) and...
- The University of Pennsylvania received a $134,979 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110). The purpose of this 5-year grant is to strengthen the maternal and child public health workforce by enhancing training for public health students and practitioners. Specifically, the University of Pennsylvania will create the Penn Program in Maternal Child Health, which will: (1)...
The Maternal and Child Health Research Consortium was awarded a $560,061 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110). The grant will fund a series of collaborative research studies, known as Project PITCH (Perinatal Incentivized Treatment and Care for Hypertension), to improve outcomes for women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). The key products and services to be delivered include: A co-development study using semi-structured interviews and human-centered design activities to optimize two evidence-based interventions - care navigation and incentivized care - to promote engagement in important health activities related to HDP and cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention. An intervention study comparing the effectiveness of care navigation alone versus care navigation combined with incentivized care, with participants randomly assigned to one of two study arms and monitored for one year. Outcome data will be compiled from the organization's Magee Obstetric Maternal & Infant (MOMI) database and biobank for analysis. The grant was awarded to the UPMC Center for High-Value Health Care, a non-profit organization in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 1, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 9/16/25 | ||
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| Not listed | $560.1k | 7/28/25 |