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Examining Anti-Racist Healing in Nature to Protect Telomeres of Transitional Age BIPOC for Health Equity.

Award Number: U01ES036366
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/23/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2026

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Examining Anti-Racist Healing in Nature to Protect Telomeres of Transitional Age BIPOC for Health Equity. - Deaths from chronic diseases are disproportionately higher in communities of color. This is expected given the well-documented health inequities in the United States caused by centuries-old underinvestment in their wellness. To begin to redress this underinvestment during an economic crisis requires cost-effective, low- resource interventions. It also requires community engagement to ensure uptake and sustainability. Therefore, we propose to undertake community-prioritized research that will engage ancestral knowledges from different communities of color in a multilevel effort to address growing health disparities via intersectoral collaborations. The overall goal of our transformative Reclaiming Nature project is to reduce growing health disparities in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities through examination of culturally-appropriate interventions. These are aimed at reducing embodied stress in transitional-age BIPOC so as to prevent their development of chronic diseases as adults. The development of chronic diseases has been linked to the embodiment of stress through biological processes that include cortisol dysregulation and telomere erosion. In fact, emerging research from several research groups, including our own, finds that erosion of telomere in communities of color is accelerated. This is likely due to racism and discrimination that increase chronic stress and limits access to the social determinants of health (e.g., employment, education, housing). We thus aim to reduce embodied stress through increased access to what can be considered a social determinant of health – equitable access to physical activity in public parks. The proposed work is grounded by the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Research Framework, and is enabled by strong partnerships between academic and community researchers, public and private outdoor specialists, and government leaders. They are brought together to extend the work of the Roadmap to Peace initiative. In 2013 this initiative was borne out of a community call to action following the shooting deaths of several Latinx teens. Historically it has aimed to engage youth in healthy and healing relationships, and currently leads “La Cultura Cura” (Culture Heals) efforts to engage BIPOC youth (through racial/ethnic sister initiatives) in healthy and healing relationships with, and within, nature. This aligns with the efforts of partnering outdoor specialists to increase park visits by BIPOC communities, and with the research focus for the proposed work. Thus, a key innovation of the proposed work is a community-prioritized, intersectoral, multilevel approach for implementing and testing a healing intervention in nature by insider researchers committed to building sustainable systems change. The insider researchers come from the communities being recruited to the intervention. They are committed to examining the culture of four different communities (Black, Latinx, Pilipinx, and Pacific Islander) to test and institutionalize ideas for systems change as part of transformative research for 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: 2025 ( Subtotal = $722,637 )
2025	2025	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY	1600 HOLLOWAY AVE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Environmental Health	005	3	7/1/2025	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2025	2025	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY	1600 HOLLOWAY AVE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Environmental Health	000	3	10/11/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$125,927
2025	2025	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY	1600 HOLLOWAY AVE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Environmental Health	002	3	3/26/2025	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2025	2025	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY	1600 HOLLOWAY AVE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Environmental Health	008	4	7/25/2025	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$184,239
2025	2025	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY	1600 HOLLOWAY AVE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	007	4	7/23/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$412,471
2025	2024	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY	1600 HOLLOWAY AVE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	004	3	6/26/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2024	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY	1600 HOLLOWAY AVE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	3	3/26/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2024	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY	1600 HOLLOWAY AVE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	006	3	7/3/2025	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2025	2024	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY	1600 HOLLOWAY AVE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	003	3	3/26/2025	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
														Subtotal = $722,637

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $1,405,591 )
2024	2024	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY	1600 HOLLOWAY AVE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	002	3	6/13/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$631,015
2024	2024	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY	1600 HOLLOWAY AVE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	003	3	6/14/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$386,371
2024	2023	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY	1600 HOLLOWAY AVE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	2	2/12/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$388,205
2024	2023	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY	1600 HOLLOWAY AVE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	2	2/26/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
														Subtotal = $1,405,591

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $646,429 )
2023	2023	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY	1600 HOLLOWAY AVE BUILDING NAD ROOM 358C	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	2	9/22/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$646,429
														Subtotal = $646,429

Grand Total All Awards = $2,774,657

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Examining Anti-Racist Healing in Nature to Protect Telomeres of Transitional Age BIPOC for Health Equity.

Award Number: U01ES036366

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

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

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/23/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2026

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