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NIH and Prostate Cancer Foundation launch large study on aggressive prostate cancer in African American men

March 7, 2024

The largest coordinated research effort to study biological and non-biological factors associated with higher burden and aggressive prostate cancer in African American men has begun. The $26.5 million...

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NIH Designates People with Disabilities as a Population with Health Disparities

September 26, 2023

Sept. 26, 2023: NIMHD Director, in consultation with AHRQ Director, designate new health disparity population and announce funding opportunity in disabilities research.

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NIH Awards $5.8M to Create Genomic Data Science Educational Hub for Early Career Researchers

September 7, 2023

Sept. 7, 2023: Funds from NHGRI, NIMHD, the NIH Office of Data Science Strategy, and the NIH All of Us Research Program will provide new educational and research opportunities for students of diverse...

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NIH-Funded Study Highlights the Financial Toll of Health Disparities in the United States

May 16, 2023

May 16, 2023: Ground-breaking study provides national and state-level estimates of the economic burden of health disparities by race and ethnicity and educational levels. Video release: The Staggering...

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Life Expectancy in the U.S. Increased Between 2000-2019, but Widespread Gaps Among Racial and Ethnic Groups Exist

June 16, 2022

June 16, 2022: County-level data provides unprecedented detail by geography and population groups. Video News Release: Life expectancy in the US by race and ethnicity

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Scientists Find Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Use of Pediatric Acute Asthma Care

March 29, 2022

March 29, 2022: Large NIH-funded study published in Annals of Family Medicine suggests factors beyond affordability influence disparities in health care utilization.

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New, Highly Innovative NIH Research Awards to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity

October 13, 2021

Oct. 13, 2021 – Eleven grants were awarded to support the work of exceptionally creative researchers across the United States based on the significance of the research problem, the novelty of the idea...

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NCI Study Highlights Pandemic’s Disproportionate Impact on Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Latino Adults

October 4, 2021

Oct. 4, 2021 – Using data from the same 10-month period in 2020 and 2019, scientists from NCI, NIMHD and the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation compared excess deaths by race/ethnicity, sex...

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NIH Prize Challenge Recognizes Undergraduate Biomedical Engineers for Innovative Medical Device Designs

August 25, 2021

Winners in the Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge have been selected. NIMHD supports the Healthcare Technologies for Low-Resource Settings prize, which challenges the next generation of researchers to develop solutions to meet the health care needs of populations in low-resource settings.

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DEBUT Challenge Awards Prizes to Future Bioengineers

August 25, 2021

Aug. 25, 2021 – Joining three other NIH institutes, NIMHD awarded $15,000 to a team from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania for their inexpensive, point-of-care sickle cell disease screening device...

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NIH and Prostate Cancer Foundation launch large study on aggressive prostate cancer in African American men

NIH Designates People with Disabilities as a Population with Health Disparities

NIH Awards $5.8M to Create Genomic Data Science Educational Hub for Early Career Researchers

NIH-Funded Study Highlights the Financial Toll of Health Disparities in the United States

Life Expectancy in the U.S. Increased Between 2000-2019, but Widespread Gaps Among Racial and Ethnic Groups Exist

Scientists Find Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Use of Pediatric Acute Asthma Care

New, Highly Innovative NIH Research Awards to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity

NCI Study Highlights Pandemic’s Disproportionate Impact on Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Latino Adults

NIH Prize Challenge Recognizes Undergraduate Biomedical Engineers for Innovative Medical Device Designs

DEBUT Challenge Awards Prizes to Future Bioengineers

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