| Faculty | Title | Time Frame | Award | | Dr. Josie Bidwell | Ardmore Institute of Health a project entitled N-PALMS Funding was received from the Ardmore Institute of Health a project entitled N-PALMS (Nutrition and Physical Activity in Lifestyle Medicine Services). This grant will help establish a second location of the Lifestyle Medicine Clinic at the Flowood YMCA and establish our Exercise is Medicine program. | 11/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 | $70,000 | | Dr. Abigail Gamble | Mississippi Diabetes Project, CDC | 06/30/2023 - 06/29/2028 | $5,000,000 | | Dr. Abigail Gamble | Impact of Medicaid Postpartum Coverage Extension on Care for GDM and PIH (R01) under the Maternal Health Equity Research Center of Excellence NICHD | 09/2023 – 08/2030 | $1,802,545 | | Dr. Abigail Gamble | Teen Mom Study Cluster Randomized Trial, NIMHD (UAB Forge AHEAD Center) This 2.8-year cluster randomized trial will use a hybrid effectiveness-implementation design to test the effectiveness of a 24-week digital health intervention to address social needs, increase physical activity, and reduce sedentary behavior in pregnant, Black teens in the Mississippi Delta. This is the third large grant award for Dr. Gamble in 2023, totaling approximately $7 million. | 10/01/2023 – 06/30/2026 | $1,625,410 | | Dr. Abigail Gamble | HOP Peds, CDC/MSU-E | 08/30/2023 – 08/29/2028 | $397,695 | Dr. Abigail Gamble Dr. Victoria Gholar | Community Health Worker Program, MSDH | 08/31/2023 - 08/30/2024 | $149,415 | | Dr. Caroline Compretta | MS CEAL | 04/01/2023 – 03/01/2024 | $1,843,495 | | Dr. Caroline Compretta | Forge AHEAD | 07/01/2023 – 06/30/2024 | $254,942 | | Dr. Fazlay Faruque | Achieving the Right to Optimal Sexual and Reproductive Wellbeing (SRWB Project), NIH Dr. Fazlay Faruque is the UMMC site PI for a new grant project led by My Brother’s Keeper. The project title is “Achieving the Right to Optional Sexual and Reproductive Wellbeing,” and the Funding Mechanism: NIH- Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS). Community-led, Health Equity Structural Intervention (CHESI) | 09/30/2023 - 09/29/2028 | $315,374 | Dr. Bill Hillegass Dr. Philip Turk Emma McNeill Xiaoqian Zhu | Subaward: “Southern Center for Maternal Health Equity,” 1U54HD113159-01, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, PIs: Emily Harville, Susan Perez (Tulane University); Joseph Biggio (University of Alabama at Birmingham) | 2023 - 2030 | $1,967,693 | | Dr. Joshua Mann | MDStarnet, South Carolina DHEC | 09/01/2023 - 08/31/2024 | $15,000 | | Dr. Jennifer Reneker | Jackson Heart Study Training and Education Center at UMMC | 08/13/2023 - 08/12/2024 | $1,899,299 | | Dr. Mauda Monger | Medical Monitoring Project (MSDH) | 06/01/2023 - 05/31/2024 | $450,463 | | Dr. Mauda Monger | Capacity Building Assistance for High Impact HIV Prevention Program Integration (CDC) | 04/01/2023 – 03/30/2024 | $100,165 | | Dr. Thomas Dobbs | HIV PrEP Persistence R01 - HIV Prevention | 09/01/2023 - 08/31/2028 | $425,000 | | Dr. Thomas Dobbs | Faith in Action: Clergy and Community Health Center Communication Strategies for Ending the HIV Epidemic in Mississippi | 07/01/23 - 06/30/24 | $92,519 | | Dr. Thomas Dobbs | Project ECHO - Sexually Transmitted Disease in the Community | 10/01/2023 - 9/30/24 | $28,132 | Dr. Thomas Dobbs Dr. Abedulnaasseer
Mohammedelamien | UMMC Cares - Mobile App for HIV and STI Prevention and Linkage | 10/01/2023 - 9/30/2024 | $91,159 | Dr. Thomas Dobbs Dr. Victoria Gholar Dr. Mauda Monger Dr. Lori Ward | Enhancing STI and Sexual Health Clinic Infrastructure (ESSHCI) | 10/01/2023 - 9/30/2028 | $2,500,000 | | Dr. Yufeng Zheng | MS INBRE Subaward (NIH), Role: Co-Investigator and Data Science Core Director | 09/01/2023 - 08/31/2028 | $211,000 |
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