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Network to Advance the Study of Mechanisms Underlying Mind-Body Interventions and Measurement of Emotional Wellbeing

Award Number: U24AT011281
ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH, NIH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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ABSTRACT Although the critical role of Emotional Well-Being (EWB; e.g., life satisfaction, happiness, meaning and purpose, positive emotions) in public health is increasingly acknowledged, research has lagged due to lack of consensus on essential components of EWB, valid ways to measure its components, and mechanisms to inform intervention theory. Mind-body interventions (MBIs) increasingly demonstrate effectiveness in reducing adverse mental health states, including dysfunction, depression, anxiety, and stress. Whether MBIs are also effective in promoting EWB, however, remains far less clear. Further, the mechanisms through which MBIs facilitate EWB and especially how they may work to target EWB across the life course (e.g., children, caregivers, adults with health challenges) remain largely unknown. To address this crucial gap in knowledge, we respond to RFA-AT-20-003 in proposing to lead a network to deepen our understanding of EWB measurement approaches and their role in MBIs as outcomes and as mechanisms. We capitalize on MPIs' interdisciplinary expertise in MBIs, EWB, measurement, neuroimaging, and inter-generational transmission and tap our broad network of colleagues across disciplines. To promote research linking MBIs and EWB, new avenues and resources are needed. First, we need to more fully characterize the dimensions comprising the umbrella construct of EWB. Second, we need to identify and/or create psychometrically sound instruments that fully capture these dimensions of wellbeing. Third, we need to identify the biological, psychological, and social mechanisms through which MBIs promote and maintain EWB. Inclusivity is essential; in addition to the more typical lifespan approach, we will focus on populations often excluded from this area of work by applying a developmental and inter-generational transmission lens that includes both child and caregiver populations as critical to work that moves the field vertically. Capitalizing on this critical moment in intervention science, we will establish a network that brings together a corps of researchers who can learn from one another's work to collectively establish innovative and rigorous scientific bases for a new generation of EWB research. The overarching goal of the network is to provide researchers with the conceptual and methodological resources to appropriately assess EWB and to promote interdisciplinary research that illuminates the role of EWB in MBIs as both an outcome itself and as a mechanism in improving mental and physical health outcomes. Specifically, we will create a taxonomy of components and collection of measures for EWB that spans the life course, establish a toolkit by refining measurement tools and approaches appropriate for populations across the life course, and identify potential mechanisms through which MBIs promote EWB. We will achieve these aims through a series of activities that include targeted strategies to engage a broad network of scholars including early career, focused meetings for co-learning and sharing findings, and robust multi-media dissemination.


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 = $0 )
2025	2024	UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT	438 WHITNEY RD EXTENSION UNIT 1133	STORRS	CT	06269	CAPITOL	USA	Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health	000	4	11/20/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $607,170 )
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT	438 WHITNEY RD EXTENSION UNIT 1133	STORRS	CT	06269	CAPITOL	USA	Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health	000	4	1/25/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$546,453
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT	438 WHITNEY RD EXTENSION UNIT 1133	STORRS	CT	06269	CAPITOL	USA	Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health	001	4	3/20/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT	438 WHITNEY RD EXTENSION UNIT 1133	STORRS	CT	06269	CAPITOL	USA	Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health	002	4	8/2/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$60,717
														Subtotal = $607,170

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $625,828 )
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT	438 WHITNEY RD EXTENSION UNIT 1133	STORRS	CT	06269	CAPITOL	USA	Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health	002	3	4/19/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT	438 WHITNEY RD EXTENSION UNIT 1133	STORRS	CT	06269	CAPITOL	USA	Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health	001	3	1/30/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$625,828
2023	2022	UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT	438 WHITNEY RD EXTENSION UNIT 1133	STORRS	CT	06269	CAPITOL	USA	Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health	000	2	11/29/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $625,828

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $631,912 )
2022	2022	UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT	438 WHITNEY RD EXTENSION UNIT 1133	STORRS	CT	06269	CAPITOL	USA	Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health	001	2	2/14/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2022	2022	UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT	438 WHITNEY RD EXTENSION UNIT 1133	STORRS	CT	06269	CAPITOL	USA	Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health	000	2	1/27/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$568,721
2022	2022	UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT	438 WHITNEY RD EXTENSION UNIT 1133	STORRS	CT	06269	CAPITOL	USA	Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health	002	2	5/5/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$63,191
														Subtotal = $631,912

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $566,926 )
2021	2021	UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT	438 WHITNEY RD EXTENSION UNIT 1133	STORRS	CT	06269	CAPITOL	USA	Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health	000	1	1/29/2021	NEW	$566,926
														Subtotal = $566,926

Grand Total All Awards = $2,431,836

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Network to Advance the Study of Mechanisms Underlying Mind-Body Interventions and Measurement of Emotional Wellbeing

Award Number: U24AT011281

ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH, NIH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

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

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