The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) recently awarded five research grants to address vaccine hesitancy, uptake, and implementation among populations who experience health disparities. A total of $14.5 million has been committed over five years for these five grants, subject to available funds. Over $3.67 million has been provided by the Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, to fund the first year of these grants.
Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH is the domestic division director of The Behavior and Technology Lab at UNC, which facilitates health behavior change through technology-based research on all aspects of sexual health including factors that impact the acquisition, transmission, and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Hightow-Weidman and co-PI Henna Budhwani, PhD received one of the five grants, and will adapt an HIV digital health intervention strategy for COVID-19 vaccine uptake.
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