Pandemic-era NIH grants (FY2019-2024) covering coronavirus, gain-of-function research, mRNA vaccines, biosafety, and related funding flows. Metadata + abstracts from NIH RePORTER.
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Tatjana Piotrowski · STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH · 2024 · $15,000 — PROJECT SUMMARY We propose a series of five annual International Zebrafish Conferences rotating between locations in the US/Canada, Europe and Asia-Pacific that discuss progress made using zebrafish as a model organism to study vertebrate development, homeostasis, and disease. These conferences, to …
CINDY J. NOWINSKI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · 2024 · $760,331 — PROJECT SUMMARY Our objective is to widely implement and evaluate a user-centered, scalable, telemedicine - linked strategy for the routine detection of cognitive decline during the Annual Wellness Visit. Cognitive impairment is most prevalent among adults 65 and older, yet less than half of cases a…
KELLY J HUNT · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · 2024 · $481,842 — PROJECT SUMMARY Nationally, South Carolina (SC) ranks among the worst for poor pregnancy outcomes and high maternal and infant mortality rates, with vast racial/ethnic disparities present. Infection with the novel SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy has been associated with pregnancy complications and poor …
Alexander Vladimirovich Ovechkin · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · 2024 · $368,666 — Project Summary/Abstract Respiratory motor control deficit is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with spinal cord injury. The long-term goal of this research is to develop a rehabilitation strategy for respiration in patients with spinal cord injury as a standard of care. Our p…
Jeffrey Tornheim · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $639,787 — Project Summary Tuberculosis is the bacterial infection that kills the most people worldwide, especially in India, which has the highest burden in of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in the world. Delays in adequate treatment due to slow diagnostic tests and the usual one-size-fits-all MDR-…
Lusine Poghosyan · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · 2024 · $804,074 — More than 80% of adults aged 65 and older in the United States have at least one chronic health condition. Racial and ethnic minorities suffer more. They often lack high quality care and use hospitals and emergency departments (EDs) for routine care. Where minorities reside and receive care contribu…
Christina Higgins · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · 2024 · $48,974 — COVID-19 has resulted in a significant burden on the human population following the emergence of SARS- CoV-2. Since the discovery of SARS-CoV-2 in 2019, millions have succumbed to infection due to an imbalanced host response orchestrated by the biology of the virus. Characterization of the interacti…
AMY H. AUCHINCLOSS · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $562,340 — High rates of food insecurity and unhealthy diets – including overconsumption of highly-processed, unhealthy foods that are cheaper than their healthier, minimally processed counterparts -- are remarkably consistent across U.S. cities, particularly in many Black, Latino and low-income neighborhoods …
Kara Zivin · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2024 · $633,159 — Project Summary/Abstract This study directly responds to NIMHD Program Announcement for Health Services Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities (PAR-20-310). Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMAD), which include depression and/or anxiety in the year before and/or after delivery, are…
DAVID J. STEWART · COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY · 2024 · $60,185 — THE BIOLOGY OF GENOMES Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York May 9 – 13, 2023 May 7 - 11, 2024 May 6 – 10, 2025 May 5 – 9, 2026 May 11 – 15, 2027 Five successive annual conferences on THE BIOLOGY OF GENOMES (scheduled for each May of 2023-2027) will be held at Cold Spring …
Rebecca Saracino · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · 2024 · $174,699 — Project Summary/Abstract: As many as 35% of older adult cancer survivors (OACS; ≥65 years, ≥1-year post- treatment) have clinically significant depression. Presently, 64% of cancer survivors are ≥65 years old, and that number will increase to 73% by the year 2040. Thus, the number of depressed OACS …
Shadi Nahvi · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · 2024 · $194,400 — ABSTRACT Reductions in the health burden of tobacco and other substance use and of overdose mortality have not been equitably distributed. A minority of persons with substance use disorder (SUD) access treatment. To improve the equity in the delivery of evidence-based treatment of opioid-, tobacco- …
Janet M Catov · MAGEE-WOMEN'S RES INST AND FOUNDATION · 2024 · $551,784 — ABSTRACT The increasing rate of severe maternal morbidity and mortality events in the U.S. disproportionately burdens Black women. Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely than white women to suffer or die from complications during or after pregnancy. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) (e.g.,…
MEGAN L COMFORT · RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE · 2024 · $512,963 — PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The public health crisis engendered by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has fueled unprecedented efforts to address the risk of infection and transmission among vulnerable populations, including provision of non-congregate housing to people experiencing homelessness. The …
Laura Saslow · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2024 · $328,977 — ABSTRACT One-third of U.S. adults have prediabetes and are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes and its devastating health consequences. The landmark Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) trial demonstrated that a resource- intensive, one-on-one program combining diet and physical activity changes…
Bing Chen · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · 2024 · $772,175 — Summary Virus entry begins with the first encounter between the virus and the cell surface and ends with delivery of the contents of the virus into the host cell. HIV-1 membrane fusion is the first key delivery step, mediated by the virus-encoded envelope glycoprotein [Env; trimeric (gp160)3 cleaved…
Yewande Odeyemi · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · 2024 · $169,020 — PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death worldwide. While inflammation is a hallmark pathologic feature of pneumonia, the use of corticosteroids to blunt the profound inflammatory response remains undefined. Decades of studies in heterogeneous populations failed to…
Kartik Chandran · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · 2024 · $428,507 — Project Summary/Abstract Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) causes a life-threatening tick-borne disease in humans. The disease presents as a severe form of hemorrhagic fever with a case fatality rate of 10–40%. CCHFV outbreaks have spanned a wide geographic area ranging from Western and …
Sebastian Tong · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · 2024 · $272,125 — PROJECT SUMMARY Patients with chronic pain on opioids frequently experience loneliness, which is associated with poorer health outcomes and higher risks for opioid misuse and opioid use disorder. Given that almost half of opioids are prescribed in primary care, a critical need exists for the develo…
Cynthia A. Stappenbeck · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $577,426 — PROJECT SUMMARY Young adult men and women perpetrate intimate partner violence (IPV) at high rates. A summary of over 30 years of research concludes that alcohol is a causal factor of IPV, particularly acute alcohol intoxication, highlighting the critical need for interventions delivered proximally …