Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
333 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (142221)
Principal Investigator: Salloum,Ihsan Moussa
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 62,000
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): No
Start and End Dates: 7/1/22 - 6/30/24
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: Neuroscience
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Neuroscience
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: UTRGV International Conference on Health Disparities: Treatment and Recovery from Opioid and Alcohol Use Disorders and Related Comorbidities (ICHD-Recover)
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services
CFDA Link: HHS
93.279
Program Title:
Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs
CFDA Linked: Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs
Note:
SAMs 1.1.1--Opioid and alcohol misuse and use disorders represent a major national challenge, which is particularly severe for underserved minority populations for whom the consequences of health disparities were pointedly and tragically demonstrated by the recent Covid-19 pandemic. This R13 research application requests support for the UTRGV School of Medicine’s 5th & 6th Annual Research Symposia entitled “International Conference on Health Disparities: Treatment and Recovery from Opioid and Alcohol Use Disorders and Related Comorbidities (ICHD-Recover)” which aims at bringing national leaders, local scientists and community stakholders to address the pressing public health problem of health disparities in opioid and alcohol use disorder among disadvantaged minorities. The ICHD-Recover, the first of its kind in the region, will increase knowledge of US-Mexico border health disparities in opioid and alcohol misuse and use disorders, it will build community capacity for global minority health and health disparities research and will promote research collaboration, implementation of science based, culturally relevenat treatment approaches, and engage trainees from underrepresented population.
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