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Mentoring in community engaged implementation research to reduce cardiovascular disparities

Award Number: K24HL155897
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, & BLOOD INSTITUTE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/01/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/31/2026

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Mentoring in community engaged implementation research to reduce cardiovascular disparities - PROJECT SUMMARY This is a proposal for a K24 Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (POR) for Namratha Kandula, MD, MPH of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Kandula is Associate Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine and co-Director of the Center for Community Health. Dr. Kandula's scholarship is focused on understanding the social and cultural determinants of cardiovascular disease (CVD) disparities in South Asian Americans and implementing evidence-based interventions (EBIs) using community-based participatory research (CBPR) methods. South Asian Americans, the majority of whom are immigrants, are disproportionately affected by CVD compared to non-Hispanic whites and other Asian Americans. While there is ample evidence that intensive diet and physical activity interventions improve CVD risk factors in adults, these EBIs have limited reach in South Asian and other vulnerable populations because most EBIs were developed in narrow clinical populations, lack cultural salience, do not account for multilevel social determinants of health, and are difficult to implement in new settings. Dr. Kandula has expertise in epidemiologic studies and community-based lifestyle intervention trials and has been actively mentoring students and junior investigators on health disparities and community engaged research. The objective of this K24 application is to promote science and mentorship in community engaged implementation research to optimally deliver and sustain EBIs focused on populations with a high burden of health disparities. Support from the K24 will provide Dr. Kandula with protected time to: 1) Devote more time to mentoring a diverse group of young investigators in community engaged implementation research; 2) Improve her implementation science research and mentoring skills through mentor training and guidance from senior mentors; 3) Extend her currently funded work to fill critical gaps in the science of delivering and sustaining EBIs for vulnerable populations; and 4) Assume leadership in new multisector, collaborative research on how to optimally deliver EBIs to eliminate health disparities. The current K24 proposal builds upon the scientific premise and extends the research and mentorship of the PI in the context of her two NIH-funded, community engaged lifestyle intervention trials to reduce CVD disparities in South Asian adults and adolescents (SAHELI and SAATH trials). The PI and her mentees will use mixed methods to: 1) Investigate social and structural determinants that contributed to differences in implementation outcomes of EBIs in the SAHELI and SAATH trials; 2) Evaluate sustainability of the EBIs implemented in the SAHELI and SAATH trials; and 3) Understand stakeholder perspectives on which implementation outcomes and evaluation strategies are most meaningful and feasible when implementing EBIs for CVD prevention in health disparity populations. Conduct of the proposed Aims will accelerate science and mentorship in building sustainable community partnerships and models to optimally deliver EBIs that improve the health of vulnerable populations and advance health equity.


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 = $121,548 )
2024	2024	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Translation and Implementation Science Research for Heart, Lung, Blood Diseases, and Sleep Disorders	000	4	7/30/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$121,548
														Subtotal = $121,548

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $243,096 )
2023	2023	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Translation and Implementation Science Research for Heart, Lung, Blood Diseases, and Sleep Disorders	001	3	7/17/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$121,548
2023	2023	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Translation and Implementation Science Research for Heart, Lung, Blood Diseases, and Sleep Disorders	000	3	6/28/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$121,548
														Subtotal = $243,096

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $121,548 )
2022	2022	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Translation and Implementation Science Research for Heart, Lung, Blood Diseases, and Sleep Disorders	001	2	7/26/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$121,548
2022	2021	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Translation and Implementation Science Research for Heart, Lung, Blood Diseases, and Sleep Disorders	000	1	10/21/2021	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $121,548

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $121,548 )
2021	2021	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Translation and Implementation Science Research for Heart, Lung, Blood Diseases, and Sleep Disorders	000	1	7/22/2021	NEW	$121,548
														Subtotal = $121,548

Grand Total All Awards = $607,740

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Mentoring in community engaged implementation research to reduce cardiovascular disparities

Award Number: K24HL155897

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, & BLOOD INSTITUTE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/01/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/31/2026

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