RISE - Dr. Meghan Lane-Fall Receives NICHD Grant
January 19, 2024
Dr. Meghan Lane-Fall (RISE Cohort 5) received a grant from NICHD. Achieving Maternal Equity and Transforming Health through Implementation Science and Training (AMETHIST@Penn) https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10748593
RISE - Dr. Maria E. Garcia Receives Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant
January 19, 2024
Dr. Maria E. Garcia (RISE Cohort 6) received the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant:
Grant Title: Integrating community-based depression care to improve depression treatment for primary care patients with language barriers
Amount Awarded: $420,000
Awarded on: 6/27/2023
Timeframe: 6/30/23-6/29/27
Grant #: 80734 (see award details at: Seeking Out Previously Awarded Grants (rwjf.org)
RISE - Dr. Jorge Rodriguez Receives Administrative Supplement From NIMHD
January 19, 2024
Dr. Jorge Rodriguez (RISE Cohort 8) received an administrative supplement from NIMHD titled Evaluating the Use and Impact of Telemedicine Among Latina Women of Reproductive Age with Type II Diabetes . See award details at RePORT ⟩ RePORTER (nih.gov)
RISE - Dr. Charles Jonassaint Receives an Exploratory/Developmental Phased Award Cooperative Agreement from NHLBI
January 19, 2024
Dr. Charles Jonassaint (RISE Cohort 4) received an Exploratory/Developmental Phased Award Cooperative Agreement from NHLBI titled “Peer suppoRt for adolescents and Emerging adults with Sickle cell pain: promoting ENgagement in Cognitive behavioral thErapy. See award details at RePORT ⟩ RePORTER (nih.gov)
RISE - Dr. Jennifer Sanchez-Flack Received K01 award from NCI
January 19, 2024
Dr. Jennifer Sanchez-Flack (RISE Cohort 10) recently received K01 award from NCI titled “A digital intervention to promote healthy grocery purchases among Latino and African American parents with young children to reduce cancer disparities”. See award details at RePORT ⟩ RePORTER (nih.gov)
CVD - Dr. Dani Arigo received a 2023 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
January 19, 2024
Dr. Dani Arigo, CVD Cohort 4, received a 2023 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. This is an R01-equivalent grant that is part of the High-Risk, High-Reward program and supports the pursuit of innovative solutions to large-scale problems. Below are links to information about the mechanism, the awardees, and more of Dr. Arigo's work:
- NIH press release: https://commonfund.nih.gov/press-release/nih-award-over-187-million-exceptionally-creative-biomedical-and-behavioral-research
- NIH 2023 awardees webpage: https://commonfund.nih.gov/newinnovator/AwardRecipients (I cite PRIDE in my bio)
- Rowan Today story: https://today.rowan.edu/news/2023/10/arigo-named-nih-new-innovator.html
- NIH Reporter abstract: https://reporter.nih.gov/search/PkCWmdX0kke8f46KfDgsqg/project-details/10685733
OHD - Dr. Shanada Monestime Awarded a Bloomberg Fellow Scholarship
January 19, 2024
Dr. Shanada Monestime, OHD Cohort 7, has been awarded a Bloomberg Fellow Scholarship from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. For more information about the announcement, please see https://americanhealth.jhu.edu/news/introducing-2023-bloomberg-fellows
CVD- CGE - Dr. Benard Ogola Published in Microbiota and Host
January 19, 2024
Dr. Benard Ogola, CVD-CGE Cohort 10, was recently published in Microbiota and Host.
OHD - Dr. Nicole Powe Receives CDC Grant
January 19, 2024
Dr. Nicole Powe, OHD Cohort 7, is Principal Investigator of five-year grant to Youngstown State University as part of the CDC’s Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program. For more information, please see https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/state-local-programs/reach/reach-2023-2028.html
OHD - Dr. Carlota Dao Featured in the Boston Globe
January 19, 2024
Dr. Carlota Dao, OHD Cohort 10, has produced research that was recently featured in the Boston Globe. This story at https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/09/25/metro/how-do-fiber-food-insecurity-impact-health-nhs-hispanic-community/ describes her study investigating gut health among Hispanic populations in the United States