Here you will find press releases, media advisories, media notes and announcements produced by NIMHD, as well as NIH. These offer a glance into the research, medical advances, and activities that define NIMHD.
News Releases
March 29, 2022 – Large NIH-funded study published in Annals of Family Medicine suggests factors beyond affordability influence disparities in health care utilization.
Media Availability
Feb. 24, 2022 – Study highlights the need for public health messaging strategies that address biases against all population groups that have been marginalized.
Announcement
Oct. 28, 2021 – NIMHD and NHLBI directors awarded the Service to America COVID-19 Response Medal for leadership to reduce COVID-19 disparities experienced by underserved and vulnerable communities.
Announcement
Oct. 14, 2021 – Eleven research institutions to establish and support regional comprehensive research centers that address health services for comorbid chronic diseases that disproportionately affect populations with health disparities.
News Release
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 or approach, and the magnitude of the potential impact rather than on preliminary data or experimental details.
News Release
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, age and cause of death.
Announcement
Sept. 22, 2021 – Following a national search, Dr. Gargya Malla was selected as NIMHD's Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation intramural fellow. Her work supports NIMHD's overall mission and addresses COVID-19 health disparities.
News Release
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 designed to be implemented in low-to-middle income healthcare settings.
News Release
July 2, 2021 – The RADx Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) program will provide additional funding of up to $15 million for five projects to identify ways of safely returning students and staff to in-person school in areas with vulnerable and underserved populations.
Announcement
June 4, 2021 – Five grants awarded to address vaccine hesitancy and uptake among populations who experience health disparities with community engagement approach.
Media Availability
May 20, 2021 – Ethnicity & Disease supplement addresses need for expanded research efforts to understand connection between structural racism and discrimination and minority health and health disparities.
Announcement
May 3, 2021 – NIMHD Director Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable and NHLBI Director Dr. Gary H. Gibbons selected as joint finalists for their leadership with NIH's CEAL and RADx-UP initiatives that enhanced response within the communities hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.
News Release
Apr. 29, 2021 – New funds for the NIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities will launch 10 new CEAL teams and supplement the 11 already strengthening COVID-19 vaccine confidence and access.
Announcement
Apr. 13, 2021 – Adults and teens showcase art envisioning health equity to raise awareness about health disparities.
Announcement
Mar. 31, 2021 – Strategic plan details how NIH Institutes, Offices and Centers will engage in critical efforts to promote health equity.
Page updated March 29, 2022
