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Examining How Psychosocial Stress Gets "Under the Skin" and Leads to Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Diverse Children: A Mixed-Methods Study

Award Number: R01HL156994
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, & BLOOD INSTITUTE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 01/01/2022
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2026

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Examining How Psychosocial Stress Gets "Under the Skin" and Leads to Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Diverse Children: A Mixed-Methods Study - ABSTRACT Recent reports from the American Journal of Public Health and the American Psychological Association identified a critical need to examine mechanisms by which exposure to psychosocial stress in childhood increases the risk for obesity and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adulthood. Given there is a lag in time before the impact of psychosocial stress experienced in childhood is expressed as disease in adulthood, these calls-to-action urge researchers to investigate the role of modifiable factors over the course of childhood that may mitigate risk for later obesity and CVD. The proposed mixed-methods study is uniquely designed to answer these calls-to-action by examining how stress “gets under the skin” to put children at higher risk for later obesity and CVD, and ultimately health disparities by race/ethnicity. The main objectives of this study are to: (1) comprehensively examine the relationships between multi-level psychosocial stressors (i.e., individual, dyadic, household, societal) and their dimensions (i.e., severity, frequency, timing), biological factors (e.g., hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis activity), and child weight and emerging CVD risk over the course of childhood and (2) identify modifiable factors at the individual, parental, and familial level to interrupt these stress pathways. The proposed study will build on and expand a prior parent R01 study (HL126171). The parent R01 study is a two-phased, mixed-methods study including a prospective epidemiological cohort study with 1307 diverse parent/child (ages 5-16) dyads (≈200 each African American, Hispanic, Native American, Immigrant/Refugee, White) and an embedded ecological momentary assessment (EMA) sub-sample with 627 parent/child dyads (≈100 per each racial/ethnic group). Data was collected at two time points (baseline, 24-month follow-up). In the proposed study, online survey data and 7-day EMA data will be continued at 48 and 72 months, allowing for a total of four waves of data collection. Children, who are now ages 9-16 will be added to both the online survey and EMA data collection, in addition to participating in three 24 hr. dietary recalls and 7-day accelerometry. New biological measures (e.g., hair cortisol, body composition, arterial stiffness) with children and parents, neighborhood factors (e.g., child opportunity and disadvantage index) using geo-spatial measures, and societal-level factors (e.g., structural racism, sociopolitical shift, COVID-19) contributing to psychosocial stressors will also be added at both time points. Human-Centered Design multi-family focus groups will also be carried out to co-create intervention targets with families. This study will provide breadth and depth in understanding the pathways between multi-level psychosocial stressors and child weight and emerging CVD across important developmental milestones (e.g., puberty) and family life cycle stages (e.g., families with young children to families with adolescents). Importantly, this study will identify modifiable factors (e.g., family adaptability/resilience) that mitigate the negative impact of multi-level psychosocial stressors on child CVD that can be targeted in interventions.


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: 2025 ( Subtotal = $1,342,164 )
2025	2025	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF COLORADO	13001 E 17TH PL STE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	006	4	7/23/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$67,108
2025	2025	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	002	2	11/20/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$67,108
2025	2025	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	001	2	11/20/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$603,974
2025	2025	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF COLORADO	13001 E 17TH PL STE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	005	4	12/17/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$603,974
2025	2024	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF COLORADO	13001 E 17TH PL STE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	004	3	11/20/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$288,776
2025	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	003	2	11/20/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	-$26,869
2025	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	002	2	11/20/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	-$17,816
2025	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	001	2	11/20/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	-$17,816
2025	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	000	2	11/20/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$226,275
														Subtotal = $1,342,164

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $645,140 )
2024	2024	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO	13001 E 17TH PL STE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	003	3	6/24/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$50,379
2024	2024	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO	13001 E 17TH PL STE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	001	3	3/18/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$594,761
2024	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	000	2	3/18/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2024	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	002	2	3/22/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
														Subtotal = $645,140

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $756,408 )
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	003	2	3/6/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$69,390
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	001	2	12/21/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$17,816
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	000	2	12/16/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$624,517
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	004	2	8/15/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$26,869
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	002	2	12/22/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$17,816
														Subtotal = $756,408

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $737,733 )
2022	2022	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	001	1	6/30/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$14,728
2022	2022	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	000	1	12/22/2021	NEW	$708,277
2022	2022	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	002	1	7/5/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$14,728
														Subtotal = $737,733

Grand Total All Awards = $3,481,445

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Examining How Psychosocial Stress Gets "Under the Skin" and Leads to Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Diverse Children: A Mixed-Methods Study

Award Number: R01HL156994

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, & BLOOD INSTITUTE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 01/01/2022

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2026

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