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The Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) Research and Collaboration Program works with external partners to support research studies about minority health and health disparities. Studies also provide future directions for research and aid regulatory decision-making.
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| Project | Awarded To | Fiscal Year | Funding Mechanism | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expanding Public Awareness of Skin-Lightening Practices and Chemical Exposure and Creating a Framework that Advances the Wellbeing of Impacted Communities | The Beautywell Project | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| Increasing Clinical Trial Opportunities and Enrollment of Non-English Speaking Research Subjects: A Revised Research Pathway | MaineHealth | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| Advancing Health Equity Through Linguistic Inclusion in Clinical Trials | University of Connecticut School of Medicine/DNT | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| Building Hybrid Operations to Promote Equity (HOPE) and Improve Clinical Trial Access Across North Carolina | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Clinical Trial Participation of Urban American Indians by Creating a Community Research Worker Role | Circle Clinical, LLC | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| REACH: HBCU and Faith-Based: Sickle Cell | University of Maryland Baltimore | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| REACH: HBCU and Faith-Based: Gluten Intolerance | University of Maryland Baltimore | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| REACH: HBCU and Faith-Based: Cosmetics: Fragrance Sensitivity and Chemical Hair Smoothers | University of Maryland Baltimore | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| REACH: Community Centers - FDA Key Message Testing | Florida State University | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| REACH: Indigenous Innovators Collaborative (IIC): Building and Strengthening Infrastructure | Americans for Indian Opportunity | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| Skin Lightening RFA: BeautyWell | The Beautywell Project | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| Hawai‘i Health Equity Research and Outreach Network (REACH HAWAI‘I HERON SUPPLEMENT, Pacific Island Project) | Queens Medical Center | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| Advancing Clinical Trial Diversity for Rural Communities (REACH FQHC Supplement, CDRH Decentralized CT) | North Carolina Community Health Center Association | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| Advancing Clinical Trial Diversity for Rural Communities (REACH FQHC Supplement, Clinical Trial Training) | North Carolina Community Health Center Association | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| Hawai‘i Health Equity Research and Outreach Network (REACH HAWAI‘I HERON Supplement, Fish Advice) | Queens Medical Center | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| Hawai‘i Health Equity Research and Outreach Network (REACH HAWAI‘I HERON Supplement, Clinical Trial Training) | Queens Medical Center | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| Hawai‘i Health Equity Research and Outreach Network (REACH HAWAI‘I HERON Supplement, Message Testing) | Queens Medical Center | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| Puerto Rico Racial & Ethnic Minority Acceleration Consortium for Health Equity (REACH PR-REACH Supplement, Skin Lightening) | University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| Assessing the Racial, Ethnic, and Geographic Equitability of COVID-19 Treatments in a Primary Care Population (Supplement) | Stanford University | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| Advancing Clinical Trial Diversity for Rural Communities (REACH FQHC Supplement) | North Carolina Community Health Center Association | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| Hawai‘i Health Equity Research and Outreach Network (REACH HAWAI‘I HERON Supplement) | Queens Medical Center | 2024 | RFA | On Going |
| Developing Innovative Equity-Focused Regulatory Science (DIVERSE) | University of Maryland Baltimore | 2023 | RFA | On Going |
| Utilizing a Lupus Clinical Trials Network to Advance Diversity and Representation in Clinical Trials: Perspectives, Preferences, and Unmet Needs of Patients, Providers, and Stakeholder Agencies (LUPUS Supplement) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2023 | RFA | On Going |
| Real-World Accelerator to Evolve the Standard of Care and Engagement in Clinical Studies (RACE); Real-World Accelerator to Improve the Standard of Collection and Curation of Race and Ethnicity Data in Healthcare (RAISE) (RAISE Supplement) | Reagan-Udall Foundation | 2023 | RFA | On Going |
| REACH: Tribal - Increasing Understanding of Diabetes Home Use Devices in Tribal and Urban Indigenous Communities | Americans for Indian Opportunity | 2023 | RFA | On Going |
| REACH: HBCU and Faith-Based - Food Allergy Disparities and Unmet Needs: Health Equity Implications | University of Maryland Baltimore | 2023 | RFA | On Going |
| REACH: Tribal - Gene Therapy | Americans for Indian Opportunity | 2023 | RFA | On Going |
| REACH: Community Centers - Elevating Community Voices by Developing a User-Centered Approach to Enable Self-Testing and Remote Data Collection Among Underrepresented Populations (Project Elevate) | Florida State University | 2023 | RFA | On Going |
| Improving Multicultural Engagement in Clinical Research through Partnership with Federally Qualified Health Centers and Community Health Worker Programs | North Carolina Community Health Center Association | 2023 | RFA | On Going |
| Hawai‘i Health Equity Research and Outreach Network (HAWAI‘I HERON) | Queens Medical Center | 2023 | RFA | On Going |
| Puerto Rico Racial & Ethnic Minority Acceleration Consortium for Health Equity (PR-REACH) | University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences | 2023 | RFA | On Going |
| REACH: HBCU and Faith-Based (Deans + Developing the Talent Pipeline through Fellowships, Curriculums, and Education) | University of Maryland Baltimore | 2023 | RFA | On Going |
| Community-Defined Measures to Bridge Health Equity Gaps for COVID-19: Small Town and Rural Needs | University of Maryland Baltimore | 2023 | RFA | On Going |
| Mitigating the Spread of Misinformation and Disinformation about COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment Initiatives among Hispanics | Texas Woman's University | 2023 | RFA | On Going |
| The Experiences of Ethnic Minorities, and Those with Liver Disease, During COVID-19, and the Impact on Related Health and Prevention Behaviors | Hepatitis B Foundation | 2023 | RFA | On Going |
| Assessing the Racial, Ethnic, and Geographic Equitability of COVID-19 Treatments in a Primary Care Population | Stanford University | 2023 | RFA | On Going |
| Raising Awareness on the Health Risks of Skin-Lightening Practices and Chemical Exposure Using a Cultural Lens Approach | The Beautywell Project | 2023 | RFA | On Going |
| Content Analysis of Advertisements and News of Skin-Lightening Products Targeting Black Women and Community Outreach Program | Communication and Culture, LLC | 2023 | RFA | On Going |
| The Shades of Beauty: Understanding African and Asian American Women's Perceptions of Using Skin Lightening Products and Creating Innovative and Educational Messages | Howard University | 2022 | RFA | On Going |
| Develop and Evaluate a Targeted Education Campaign in Northern Manhattan and the South Bronx to Protect West African, South Asian, and Latinx Populations from Hazardous Skin Lightening Products | WE ACT for Environmental Justice | 2022 | RFA | On Going |
| Strengthening FDA’s Ability to Communicate Health and Safety Information to Minority Populations About Pediatric COVID-19Vaccines and Vaccine Boosters Utilizing Social Media Platforms | National Minority Quality Forum | 2022 | BAA | On Going |
| Increasing Participation in Clinical Trials and Research in Tribal and Urban Indigenous Communities | American Indian Opportunity | 2022 | BAA | On Going |
| Advancing equity through the Alliance for Representative Trials (ARC) program to diversify and bring industry-sponsored trials to communities of color and underrepresented communities | National Minority Quality Forum | 2022 | RFA | On Going |
| LatinX/HIspanic Attitudes and Perspectives on Investigations and Studies- of New Drugs (LAPIS-ND) | University of California, San Francisco | 2022 | RFA | On Going |
| Examining Predictors of Vaccine Trial Engagement Outcomes among Sexual and Gender Minority LatinX Communities through an Explanatory Mixed Methods Design | Florida State University | 2022 | RFA | On Going |
| Examining misinformation correction strategies to encourage clinical trial participation among Black Americans | Indiana State University | 2022 | RFA | On Going |
| Utilizing a Lupus Clinical Trials Network to Advance Diversity and Representation in Clinical Trials: Perspectives, Preferences, and Unmet Needs of Patients, Providers, and Stakeholder Agencies | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2022 | RFA | On Going |
| Evaluating Impact of Mobile Community Education Engagement Initiative on Perceptions and Behaviors Related to Clinical Research Among Underserved Populations | Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP) | 2022 | RFA | On Going |
| Real-World Accelerator to evolve the standard of Care and Engagement in clinical studies | Reagan-Udall Foundation | 2022 | RFA | On Going |
| Multimorbidity and Medications: the unheard perspective of older Under-Represented Racial and Ethnic Minority Adults | University of California, San Francisco | 2022 | RFA | On Going |
| Co-creation of digital tools to enhance young adult minority participation in COVID-19 trials | California State University, Fullerton | 2022 | RFA | On Going |
| Hispanic, black and pacific islandeR perspectives on COVID-19 oUtreach Strategies and patient centered outcomes (HeAR US) | Queens Medical Center | 2022 | RFA | On Going |
| COMmunity Mistrust and Institutional Trustworthiness to advance health EQuity research (COMMIT-EQ) | University of Maryland, Baltimore | 2022 | RFA | On Going |
| Center for Advancing COVID-19 Health Equity Research | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 2022 | RFA | On Going |
| Utilizing the Pharmacy Advances Clinical Trials (PACT) Network to Achieve Diversity in COVID Clinical Trials: A Strategic Framework | Texas A&M University Health Science Center | 2022 | RFA | On Going |
| Bridging Gaps: Recruiting African American and Asian American Participants for COVID-19 Clinical Trials and Creating Culturally Competent Messages | Howard University | 2021 | BAA | On Going |
| Improving clinical trial diversity and participation among people living with Chronic Hepatitis B | Hepatitis B Foundation | 2021 | BAA | On Going |
| Integrating patient and consumer-generated discursive data to inform and enhance FDA One Health Initiative communication strategies | University of Maryland | 2021 | CERSI | On Going |
| Exploring the use of Real-World Data to Generate Real-World Evidence to support COVID-19 treatment outcomes among racial and ethnic minority groups | US Department of Veterans Affairs | 2021 | IAA | On Going |
| Using Big Data, Machine Learning, and Infoveillance Approaches to Detect and Characterize Adoptions and Adherence to PrEP Therapy Among Minority Populations | S-3 Research | 2021 | BAA | On Going |
| Skin Lightening Products: Understanding Consumer Perspectives and Effective Educational Messages | Reagan-Udall Foundation | 2021 | Cooperative Agreement | On Going |
| Understanding Barriers to Hepatitis B Clinical Trials | Hepatitis B Foundation | 2020 | RCA | On Going |
| Leveraging Community Engagement and Electronic Health Record Strategies to Promote Diverse Participation in COVID-19 Clinical Trials | Yale University | 2020 | BAA | On Going |
| Beyond Clinical Trials: Investments in Real world Evidence and Artificial intelligence for Studying the Safety of DOACs among Veterans | US Department of Veterans Affairs | 2020 | IAA | On Going |
| Characterizing Population-Specific Clinical Asthma Profiles | University of California, San Francisco-Stanford University | 2020 | CERSI | On Going |
| Usability Testing of Virtual Reality for Pain Management Among Diverse Patients | University of California, San Francisco-Stanford University | 2020 | CERSI | On Going |
| Social Listening for Patient Perspectives on Chronic Pain | Inspire | 2019 |
BAA |
Complete |
| Safer Medication Use for Children with Chronic Illness | University of California, San Francisco-Stanford University | 2017 | CERSI | Complete |
*Chart information presented from 2017