Monday, May 5, 2025
5/5/2025
Black Minoritized Populations - Great Lakes Node of the NIDA CTN - This study is part of the NIH’s Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) initiative to speed scientific solutions to the national opioid public health crisis. The NIH HEAL Initiative bolsters research across NIH to improve treatment for opioid misuse and addiction. In alignment with RFA-DA-25-027, this application seeks to renew the Great Lakes Node of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) and expand both its mission to serve as the national Black Minoritized Populations Node (BMP) and its geographic reach. This expanded Black Minoritized Populations - Great Lakes Node (BMP-GLN) will draw on an experienced set of investigators in the Greater Chicago region and augment this with expertise from Howard University, RTI International, and additional Black and allied scholars from across the country to address the needs of African-American or other Black individuals with substance use disorders. The node will continue to serve as a vital Midwestern CTN hub (covering Chicago, Milwaukee, and rural areas of the Midwest) and adds Washington, DC, as a hub led by Howard University. Within this context, the BMP-GLN will support engagement with CTN protocols and also add the following: Aim 1: BMP-GLN will develop substance misuse intervention studies and clinical trials focused on the needs of BMPs and in collaboration with other nodes, work to address other minoritized populations. Aim 2: The node will develop and maintain a national network of experts in treatment interventions for BMPs. Aim 3: Leveraging this network, the BMP-GLN will serve as a national resource for CTN nodes and trials to improve inclusion, recruitment, and retention of BMPs in clinical trials. Aim 4: The BMP-GLN will develop and maintain a training infrastructure using its experienced faculty to facilitate recruitment and development of underrepresented minority substance use researchers. Aim 5: The BMP-GLN will implement a coherent succession and development plan to advance minoritized researchers into leadership roles within the node and the CTN, more generally. Ideally, this will result in multiple minoritized scholars advancing to PI roles on research trials and within nodes across the CTN.
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