Results for Environment
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Forced Displacement and Community Resilience: Housing Insecurity under COVID-19 in Inland Southern California
The unique nature of the COVID-19 pandemic created a disaster situation that highlights the importance of stable housing, particularly as recent evidence suggests that eviction inc...
Sex Differences in Alcohol Use Disorder Neurodegeneration using Multimodal PET and DTI Neuroimaging
Project Summary/Abstract The program of research and training described in this K01 application will provide the candidate with the requisite skills to become an independent invest...
The Role of Perilipin 2 in Macrophages after Experimental Spinal Cord Injury
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to permanent motor and sensory loss that is exacerbated by persistent inflammation months after the injury. After SCI, monoc...
Neighborhood transportation vulnerability and geographic patterns of diabetes-related limb loss
Transportation is paramount to health care access and minority populations face disproportionate transportation barriers in the United States (US). Health insurance coverage expans...
A mixed methods approach to understanding obesity risk among sexual minority women
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Obesity, a preventable and treatable condition, is associated with the leading causes of death in the United States and worldwide. Women who identify as se...
A mixed methods approach to understanding obesity risk among sexual minority women
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Obesity, a preventable and treatable condition, is associated with the leading causes of death in the United States and worldwide. Women who identify as se...
Centering Those Engaged in Transactional Sex: A PrEP Innovation for Getting To Zero
Getting to Zero (GTZ) new HIV infections by 2030 is a public health priority. Increasing HIV prevention, self- management, and harm reduction among at-risk populations is critical....
Cross Training Core
The Cross-Training Core (CTC) for the U54 ROBIN OligoMET Center will consist of experienced faculty members of the Division of Computational and Systems Biology (CSP) in the Depart...
Centering Those Engaged in Transactional Sex: A PrEP Innovation for Getting To Zero
Getting to Zero (GTZ) new HIV infections by 2030 is a public health priority. Increasing HIV prevention, self- management, and harm reduction among at-risk populations is critical....
Autism Caregiver Coaching in Africa
ABSTRACT Globally there is a growing need to implement community-based services that support improvements in quality of life of autistic people. Early autism intervention is critic...
Mid-Career Mentoring Award in Palliative Care, Aging, and Cognitive Impairment
PROJECT SUMMARY Palliative care focuses on improving quality of life for people with serious illness and their family caregivers at any stage of illness and aligning medical treatm...
Unpacking the Multi-level Drivers of Cardiotoxicity Disparities in Breast Cancer Survivors
Abstract The improvement in breast cancer survival is partially due to improvements in treatments. However, these treatments are not without mild to life-threatening side effects....
Engineered microsystems to assess endothelial contribution to myeloproliferative neoplasm thrombosis
PROJECT ABSTRACT Thrombosis is the leading cause of mortality among patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). MPNs are characterized by excessive production of red blood c...
Experimental evolution of complex traits
PROJECT SUMMARY Evolution via natural selection results in organisms adapted to their environment, but also involves trade-offs. Many complex diseases affecting humans today are hi...
YAP/TAZ in Schwann Cells as Potential Therapeutic Targets in CMT1A and HNPP.
Project Summary The heterogeneous group of inherited peripheral neuropathies referred to as Charcot-Marie Tooth disease, have an estimated prevalence of 1:25001. Among these disord...
Genomic Instability from Fragmented Chromosomes in Micronuclei
Project Summary/Abstract Abnormal chromosomes are hallmark features of human diseases and genetic disorders. Cancer genome sequencing has uncovered a complex class of localized gen...
Intravascular microstructural, chemical and biomechanical characterization of coronary plaques
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US; the most prevalent type of heart disease is caused by atherosclerosis, the thickening of the vessel wall and creation of athe...
Optimizing care for older adults in the new treatment era for type 2 diabetes and heart failure: Strengthening causal inference through novel approaches and evidence triangulation
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT This application for a K01 Mentored Research Scientist Award is submitted by Xiaojuan Li, PhD in response to PA-20-190. Dr. Li is a pharmacoepidemiologist...
Effects of household concrete floors on child health
PROJECT SUMMARY Soil-transmitted helminth infections and diarrhea are responsible for a large burden of morbidity and mortality among children under 5-years and are associated with...
Mid-Career Mentoring Award in Palliative Care, Aging, and Cognitive Impairment
PROJECT SUMMARY Palliative care focuses on improving quality of life for people with serious illness and their family caregivers at any stage of illness and aligning medical treatm...