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A Plan to Reduce Non-Communicable Disease-Related Morbidity and Mortality After Natural Disasters

Award Number: K23HL152368
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, & BLOOD INSTITUTE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/01/2020
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2025

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A Plan to Reduce Non-Communicable Disease-Related Morbidity and Mortality After Natural Disasters - There were over 1000 deaths during the 2017 hurricane season in the United States, with the majority occurring in the territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). Over a third of post-disaster mortality and morbidity was due to complications of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. With the rising frequency of natural disasters, there is an urgent need for feasible, acceptable, and effective emergency preparedness plans that will reduce morbidity and mortality related to non-communicable diseases after disasters. This is especially true for underserved, under-insured, minority populations that have historically suffered disproportionately after disasters. The proposed research will leverage the unique access of Federally Qualified Health Centers to underserved populations in the U.S. territories to develop both an organizational and disease-specific (i.e., hypertension, diabetes, heart failure) emergency preparedness plan. To achieve this objective, the candidate will use a mixed methods approach to evaluate existing emergency preparedness plans, engage key stakeholders to improve existing plans to address the management of non-communicable diseases after a natural disaster, and conduct a pilot study to test its feasibility and acceptability. This work will lay the foundation for developing a much-needed approach to saving lives and to reaching those populations most in need after a natural disaster. Dr. Hassan is a Medicine and Pediatrics trained physician whose research interest is in applying implementation science tools to design, implement, and evaluate interventions to reduce disparities in cardiovascular risk factors. She has worked with partners in the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the USVI for the past 2.5 years as Deputy Director of an NIH/NIMHD funded U54 (U54MD010711; lead PI Nunez-Smith). During this time, she has led a stakeholder engaged approach to implementing and evaluating a diabetes prevention intervention in clinical settings in both the USVI and Puerto Rico. The goal of this K23 proposal is to build on these experiences and provide Dr. Hassan with essential mentored training in mixed methods research, systems science, and disaster planning. These skills will provide her with expertise in methods that can be used to advance the field of implementation science and apply it to the pressing gaps in disaster planning for chronic disease management. This will position her well for future independent funding; enabling pursuit of her long-term goal of being an investigator with expertise in applying implementation science methods to reduce disparities in cardiovascular risk.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $171,745 )
2024	2024	EMORY UNIVERSITY	201 DOWMAN DR NE	ATLANTA	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	Translation and Implementation Science Research for Heart, Lung, Blood Diseases, and Sleep Disorders	000	6	5/9/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$171,745
														Subtotal = $171,745

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $171,745 )
2023	2023	EMORY UNIVERSITY	201 DOWMAN DR	ATLANTA	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	Translation and Implementation Science Research for Heart, Lung, Blood Diseases, and Sleep Disorders	000	5	5/23/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$171,745
														Subtotal = $171,745

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $171,745 )
2022	2022	EMORY UNIVERSITY	201 DOWMAN DR	ATLANTA	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	Translation and Implementation Science Research for Heart, Lung, Blood Diseases, and Sleep Disorders	000	4	4/29/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$171,745
														Subtotal = $171,745

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $171,766 )
2021	2021	EMORY UNIVERSITY	201 DOWMAN DR	ATLANTA	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	Translation and Implementation Science Research for Heart, Lung, Blood Diseases, and Sleep Disorders	002	3	4/22/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$171,766
2021	2020	EMORY UNIVERSITY	201 DOWMAN DR	ATLANTA	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	Translation and Implementation Science Research for Heart, Lung, Blood Diseases, and Sleep Disorders	001	2	11/13/2020	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$172,867
2021	2020	YALE UNIVERSITY	105 WALL ST	NEW HAVEN	CT	06511	SOUTH CENTRAL CT	USA	Translation and Implementation Science Research for Heart, Lung, Blood Diseases, and Sleep Disorders	000	1	11/10/2020	NEW	-$172,867
														Subtotal = $171,766

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $172,867 )
2020	2020	YALE UNIVERSITY	105 WALL ST	NEW HAVEN	CT	06511	SOUTH CENTRAL CT	USA	Translation and Implementation Science Research for Heart, Lung, Blood Diseases, and Sleep Disorders	000	1	4/21/2020	NEW	$172,867
														Subtotal = $172,867

Grand Total All Awards = $859,868

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A Plan to Reduce Non-Communicable Disease-Related Morbidity and Mortality After Natural Disasters

Award Number: K23HL152368

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, & BLOOD INSTITUTE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/01/2020

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2025

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