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Project # Project Title Research Focus Area Research Program Administering IC Institution(s) Investigator(s) Location(s) Year Awarded
1RM1DA059377-01
Person-Centered Quality Measurement and Management in a System for Addictions Treatment in New York State Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Optimizing the Quality, Reach, and Impact of Addiction Services NIDA NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NEIGHBORS, CHARLES J (contact); BURKE, CONSTANCE; LINCOURT, PATRICIA New York, NY 2023
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Research to Foster an Opioid Use Disorder Treatment System Patients Can Count On (RM1 - Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-23-046
Summary:

The number of drug overdoses in New York continues to rise. In response, the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) is promoting approaches that embrace person-centered care, evidence-based practices, equitable treatment, and harm-reduction principles. In this project, researchers will partner with OASAS to build a quality measurement and management research center that provides performance feedback to support and encourage leadership and staff of treatment clinics to improve practice. The center will also publicize quality measures to ensure public accountability.

1R61DA059032-01A1
Onsite PTSD Treatment to Improve MOUD Outcomes (OPTIMO): A Hybrid Type 1 Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of Harm Reduction PTSD Care at Syringe Service Programs Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Optimizing the Quality, Reach, and Impact of Addiction Services NIDA CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK LOPEZ-CASTRO, TERESA (contact); FOX, AARON D New York, NY 2023
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Translating Research to Practice to End the Overdose Crisis (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-23-053
Summary:

People who inject drugs often have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Co-occurring PTSD puts these individuals at increased risk of illicit opioid use, opioid use disorder, overdose, HIV, and hepatitis C virus infection. This project will adapt, with input from the community, an evidence-based PTSD treatment program for people with both opioid use disorder and PTSD who are participating in a syringe service program. The treatment will then be tested in multiple syringe service programs to determine its potential for improving outcomes for these individuals who are often marginalized in traditional care.

1R01DA059423-01
Automated Assessment of Maternal Sensitivity to Infant Distress: Leveraging Wearable Sensors for Substance Use Disorder Prevention and Research Enhanced Outcomes for Infants and Children Exposed to Opioids Virtual Assessments to Understand Developmental Trajectories of Substance Use Exposure NIDA UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN DE BARBARO, KAYA Austin, TX 2023
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Development and validation of virtual assessments to study children and caregivers in their natural environment (R01- Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-23-050
Summary:

High-quality parent-infant interactions set the stage for secure parent-child attachment, self-reliance, and children’s ability to flexibly solve problems and “bounce back” from difficulties. This constellation of behaviors reduces the risk of developing substance use disorders later in life. This project will develop algorithms that use data from wearable sensors, trained separately for English- and Spanish-speaking families, to assess the quality of early mother-infant interactions objectively, automatically, and remotely in natural home environments, with the goal of developing tools to facilitate identification and prevention of early risks for substance use disorders.

1U24NS135547-01
Meaningful Data Integration, Visualization and Distribution for Human Pain Associated Genes & Cells Datasets Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management Discovery and Validation of Novel Targets for Safe and Effective Treatment of Pain NINDS UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA WAGENAAR, JOOST B (contact); HUNTER, PETER JOHN; MARTONE, MARYANN E Philadelphia, PA 2023
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Human Pain-associated Genes & Cells Data Coordination and Integration Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-22-021
Summary:

The primary goal of the PRECISION Human Pain network and its participating centers is to generate comprehensive datasets of molecular signatures and cellular function phenotypes or signatures of various cell types that underlie transmission and processing of pain signals in humans. To maximize the impact of the data generated through this effort, it is vital to standardize and integrate all data generated by the various centers and make these data available in a meaningful way to the larger scientific community. As the Data Coordination and Integration Center, this project will support the network to curate, harmonize, and effectively integrate center-generated datasets as well as provide operational support for the network and conduct educational and outreach efforts.

1K99NS134965-01
Lymphocyte Antigen 6 (Ly6) Proteins: New Players in Chronic Pain Cross-Cutting Research Training the Next Generation of Researchers in HEAL NINDS NEW YORK UNIVERSITY GOMEZ, KIMBERLY New York, NY 2023
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative Advanced Postdoctoral-to-Independent Career Transition Award in PAIN and SUD Research to Promote Diversity (K99/R00 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-22-025
Summary:

Neuropathic pain—a debilitating form of chronic pain affecting millions of people—responds poorly to current analgesic treatment approaches. By better understanding the cellular mechanisms and compounds involved in neuropathic pain, researchers will be able to develop more targeted therapeutic approaches. This project will investigate the role that two proteins—Ly6e and Lynx1—play in various processes involved in the development of neuropathic pain, such as the activity of pain-triggering sensory neurons, interactions between neurons and immune cells, and the activity of an ion channel that has been implicated in the generation of pain signals.