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Project # Project Title Research Focus Area Research Program Administering IC Institution(s) Investigator(s) Location(s) Year Awarded
3UM1DA049412-04S1
MassHEAL - Reducing overdose deaths by 40% (2019-2023) Cross-Cutting Research Training the Next Generation of Researchers in HEAL NIDA BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER SAMET, JEFFREY Boston, MA 2022
NOFO Title: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: PA-21-071
Summary:

Although there are effective prevention and treatment programs and services to address opioid misuse, opioid use disorder, and overdose, gaps remain between those needing and those receiving prevention and treatment. There is a need to better understand how to make these programs and services most effective at a local level, a problem being addressed by the HEALing Communities Study. This project supports a scientist from a group underrepresented in biomedicine to continue ongoing work to test the impact of an integrated set of evidence-based practices across health care, behavioral health, justice, and other community-based settings.

3UH3AR077360-04S1
A sequenced-strategy for improving outcomes in patients with knee osteoarthritis pain Cross-Cutting Research Training the Next Generation of Researchers in HEAL NIAMS JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CAMPBELL, CLAUDIA MICHELLE (contact); CASTILLO, RENAN C; COHEN, STEVEN P Baltimore, MD 2022
NOFO Title: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: PA-21-071
Summary:

Knee osteoarthritis is one of the leading causes of chronic pain and disability worldwide, affecting more than 30% of older adults. Rates of this condition have more than doubled in the past 70 years and continue to grow sharply, given increases in life expectancy and body mass index among the U.S. population. This project supports a scientist from a group underrepresented in biomedicine to expand ongoing clinical research comparing various non-medication-based treatments for knee osteoarthritis.

3UH3AR076724-04S1
Technology Research Site for Advanced, Faster Quantitative Imaging for BACPAC Cross-Cutting Research Training the Next Generation of Researchers in HEAL NIAMS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO MAJUMDAR, SHARMILA San Francisco, CA 2022
NOFO Title: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: PA-20-222
Summary:

Despite the significance of spine disorders, there are few reliable methods to determine appropriate patient care and evaluate intervention effectiveness. The Back Pain Consortium Research Program
(BACPAC) is developing machine learning-based methods to obtain disease-related features from biological images. This project supports a scientist from a group underrepresented in biomedicine to expand ongoing research to improve ways to interpret medical data about spine disorders and associated pain.

3UH3CA261067-03S1
Optimizing the use of ketamine to reduce chronic postsurgical pain Cross-Cutting Research Training the Next Generation of Researchers in HEAL NCI NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WANG, JING (contact); DOAN, LISA New York, NY 2022
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Pain Management Effectiveness Research Network: Clinical Trial Planning and Implementation Cooperative Agreement (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-20-028
Summary:

Approximately 20% of patients who undergo surgery develop chronic Postsurgical Pain, which is linked with slow recovery, persistent opioid use and dependence. This project supports a scientist from a group underrepresented in biomedicine to expand ongoing research testing ketamine during and/or after surgery to prevent post-mastectomy pain syndrome. Ketamine is a low-risk treatment option that is easy to implement in a wide range of clinical settings.

3U2CDA050097-04S1
JCOIN Coordination and Translation Center Cross-Cutting Research Training the Next Generation of Researchers in HEAL NIDA GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY TAXMAN, FAYE S (contact); FERGUSON, WARREN J; MOLFENTER, TODD DAVID; RUDES, DANIELLE Fairfax, VA 2022
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) Coordination and Translation Center (U2C Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: DA19-024
Summary:

Many individuals with opioid use disorder pass through the criminal justice system over the course of their life. Improved access to high-quality, evidence-based addiction treatment in justice settings is critical to addressing the opioid crisis. The Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) is studying approaches to increase high-quality care for people with opioid misuse and opioid use disorder in justice populations. This research supports a scientist from a group underrepresented in biomedicine to expand capacity of the Mason Coordination and Translation Center that is managing logistics, stakeholder engagement, and dissemination of findings and products from the JCOIN network.

3UG1DA049467-04S1
Great Lakes Node of the Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network Cross-Cutting Research Training the Next Generation of Researchers in HEAL NIDA UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO KARNIK, NIRANJAN Chicago, IL 2022
NOFO Title: The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (UG1 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-008
Summary:

The Great Lakes Node of the NIDA-supported Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network (CTN) represents all of the major academic medical centers in the Greater Chicago and Wisconsin areas and serves as a vital Midwestern hub for the CTN. This project supports a scientist from a group underrepresented in biomedicine to expand the work of this CTN node on research in several areas. These include mHealth, eHealth, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and telehealth interventions; focus on youth/adolescent health and seniors/aging; health disparities; and professional education about opioid and substance treatment.

3U24NS112873-04S1
Clinical Coordinating Center for the Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures Program Cross-Cutting Research Training the Next Generation of Researchers in HEAL NINDS UNIVERSITY OF IOWA SLUKA, KATHLEEN A (contact); COFFEY, CHRISTOPHER S; FREY LAW, LAURA A Iowa City, IA 2022
NOFO Title: Clinical Coordination Center for Common Fund Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures (A2CPS) Program (U24 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-RM-18-035
Summary:

The Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures Program is developing a comprehensive data set that can be used to help predict which patients will recover from acute pain associated with surgery or injury and which ones will develop long-lasting chronic pain. This project will support an early career faculty member from a group underrepresented in biomedicine. The research will enhance skills development toward conducting and coordinating clinical pain research, generating omics datasets, advancing understanding of statistical methods, and other activities required for career development.