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Miami-Dade County, Fla., funds by Health and Human Services, Department of

Listing $161,057,397.04 in stimulus funds from Health and Human Services, Department of for Miami-Dade

Note: For some programs where states do not report where money will be distributed across the state, we do not have the allocation for individual counties. Those programs include: Medicaid, unemployment benefits and food stamps. Those amounts are included in the totals for where the state agency receiving that money is located.

Amount refers to both the amount of stimulus funding going toward the project and the face value of the loan.

Recipient Amount Description Federal Dept./Agency Date
EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF MIAMI-DADE/MONROE, I $19,888,648 ARRA Child Care and Development Block Grant ARRA Supplemental Funding for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF); Description: Provide child care financial assistance to low-income working families and fund activities to improve the quality of child care. The Agency will be investing in system
This spending item is part of a $105,331,254 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/09/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $14,821,565 National Center for Research Resources, Recovery Act Construction Support The Neuroscience & Health Annex will create an interactive hub for interdisciplinary research and will provide facilities to be shared by scientists from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Miller School of Medicine. This... Show more National Institutes of Health 1/29/2010
HEALTH CHOICE NETWORK OF FLORIDA, INC. $12,556,858 ARRA - Health Information Technology Extension Program This award provides funding for the South Florida Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (SFREC). The SFREC will provide technical assistance, guidance and information on best practices to support and accelerate health care provi... Show more
This spending item is part of a $14,428,318 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of 2/08/2010
MIAMI-DADE, COUNTY OF $5,054,658 ARRA - Community Services Block Grant As previously reported under award G0901FLCOS2, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded $29,060,460 to Florida for the Community Services Block Grant Program (CSBG) through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). These fu
This spending item is part of a $29,060,460 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/10/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $4,579,869 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Making HIV testing routine is one of the major HIV prevention strategies in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently recommended that prevention counseling not be required as part of HIV screening programs in medical care
This spending item is part of a $12,292,823 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
HEALTH CHOICE NETWORK OF FLORIDA, INC. $3,140,887 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] Health Choice Network will implement three projects under an umbrella program entitled the Capacity, Health information technology Infrastructure, and Meaningful use Enhancement (CHIME) Program. The CHIME program?s overarching goal is ... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/01/2010
Miami-Dade County Public Schools $2,919,906 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work The CPPW Project goal is to increase physical activity, improve nutritional habits, and decrease screen time in order to manage the prevalence of obesity among underserved and underinsured population. To reach those geographical ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $14,738,754 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/18/2010
HEALTH, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF $2,839,056 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work The CPPW Project goal is to increase physical activity, improve nutritional habits, and decrease screen time in order to manage the prevalence of obesity among underserved and underinsured population. To reach those geographical ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $14,738,754 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/18/2010
HEALTH, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF $2,697,471 The purpose of this award is to conduct activities to establish Specialized Cancer Registries by enhancing data collected through a subset of NPCR central cancer registries for comparative effectiveness research. Activities include additional data collect
This spending item is part of a $20,000,000 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 5/03/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $2,615,045 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Proteomics remains virtually without context. The project will show context-specific proteomic maps of wild type neurons in the intact brain, furnishing a much-needed intellectual infrastructure to transform definitions of the molecular circuitries affec National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
COMMUNITY HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA INC $2,500,000 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] The Capital Improvement Project: upgrade our electronic medical record to Intergy, a certified E.H.R. product. In addition, funds will be used to upgrade dental and radiology services to offer digital care and to replace patient tra... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/25/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $2,159,075 ARRA Grants for Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry Training and Enhancement This grant requests funding to support the development, implementation, and evaluation of the Public Health Physician (PHP) Curriculum for combined degree MD/MPH students. The PHP curriculum is a component of th... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 8/31/2010
MIAMI-DADE, COUNTY OF $1,929,429 ARRA - Head Start This award provides for ARRA Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA $943,405), and Quality Improvement Funding ($2,518,785) consistent with the provisions of Section 640(a)(5) of the Head Start Act for the Head Start and/or Early Head Start program. Head Start p
This spending item is part of a $3,453,190 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 7/15/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $1,754,157 ARRA Accelerating Adoption of Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Best practices for prevention and management of diabetes are known but not fully implemented in clinical and community settings. Working with the University of Miami, the Health Foundation of South Florida, a community partner in ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $2,869,929 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/13/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $1,510,121 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Increasingly large and diverse data sets are being generated by publicly funded screening centers using various high- and low-throughput screening technologies. Much of this data is accessible. The largest public repository of small molecule screening r National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $1,495,230 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Family Study of Stroke Risk and Carotid Atherosclerosis (2-R01-NS040807-07) Eleventh ARRA Quarterly Report: April 1st, 2012 G?? May 31st, 2012 The goal of the Family Study of Stroke Risk and Carotid Atherosclerosis is to identify genetic determinants of National Institutes of Health 8/17/2009
CHILDREN & FAMILIES, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF $1,477,526 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work The CPPW Project goal is to increase physical activity, improve nutritional habits, and decrease screen time in order to manage the prevalence of obesity among underserved and underinsured population. To reach those geographical ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $14,738,754 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/18/2010
JESSIE TRICE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC. $1,463,695 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] Jessie Trice Community Health Center (JTCHC) is an organization with six comprehensive primary health care clinics, eighteen school clinic sites, and a residential treatment center. JTCHC has been providing comprehensive primary health... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/25/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $1,425,014 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The P30 award will provide critical support for strengthening two of the Cancer Center's seven multidisciplinary research programs. Two candidates are proposed for recruitment-one into the Viral Oncology Program and the other into the Bio-behavioral Oncol National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $1,371,055 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Increasing minority representation in clinical trials is a priority for the National Institutes of Health. Without adequate representation of all racial/ethnic groups, the results from randomized clinical trials, which are the gold standard for evaluation
This spending item is part of a $1,652,959 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY $1,286,571 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support ?Brief Intervention for Marijuana Use among Latino Youth is a two-year research project designed to develop and test a school-based, brief intervention for marijuana using, Hispanic/Latino 10th & 11th graders. Clinical trials support the effectiveness of National Institutes of Health 8/11/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $1,278,043 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support PREVENTING DRUG ABUSE AND HIV HISPANIC FIRST OFFENDORS - Hispanic youth in the juvenile justice system are at increased risk of HIV infection and of using illicit drugs. The proposed study's overarching goal is to reduce the ethnic disparities in illicit National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
BARRY UNIVERSITY, INC. $1,223,615 ARRA Grants for Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry Training and Enhancement Addressing Primary Health Care Shortages in the U.S. Virgin Islands through Physician Assistant Training. Health Resources and Services Administration 9/03/2010
COMMUNITY HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA INC $1,201,752 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] ?Increased Delivery for Services (IDS) Project: to hire and retain health center staff that will expand services and reduce barriers to care. In addition, funds will be used to provide integration of primary and behavioral health ca... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
CBS CORPORATION $1,200,000 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work The CPPW Project goal is to increase physical activity, improve nutritional habits, and decrease screen time in order to manage the prevalence of obesity among underserved and underinsured population. To reach those geographical ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $14,738,754 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/18/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $1,156,352 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work The CPPW Project goal is to increase physical activity, improve nutritional habits, and decrease screen time in order to manage the prevalence of obesity among underserved and underinsured population. To reach those geographical ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $14,738,754 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/18/2010
CITRUS HEALTH NETWORK, INC. $1,149,465 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] This is a capital improvement program to provide renovations, improvements and capital equipment for four different sites that provide primary care health services. The improvements are expected to increase access to health services fo... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $1,143,975 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating neuroimmunological and neurodegenerative disorder affecting more than 400,000 individuals in the United States. Epidemiological and genetic studies have produced overwhelming evidence for a genetic influence on th
This spending item is part of a $2,391,446 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $1,129,448 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The primary goal this project is to examine the long-term effects of outpatient treatments for illicit drug using adolescents. Specifically, this study proposes to complete a follow-up assessment with a sample of 379 young adults that participated in a re
This spending item is part of a $1,350,523 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $1,087,151 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The study will provide a significant complement to the parent HCHS/SOL study, to help achieve the goal of examining varied risk and protective factors in Hispanic health and will provide much needed information on the role of SES, sociocultural and psycho
This spending item is part of a $4,710,605 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $1,073,458 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Given the severe and often life-long consequences linked to drug abuse, criminal involvement, and risky sexual behavior in childhood and adolescence, early intervention is considered by many to be crucial to halt the progression of these devastating probl National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
MIAMI BEACH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC. $1,046,320 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] Miami Beach Community Health Center, Inc. has served residents in its service area for over 30 years, maintaining a standard of excellence in patient care and satisfaction. In these increasingly harsh economic times, with loss of empl... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/25/2009
MIAMI-DADE, COUNTY OF $1,009,581 ARRA - Early Head Start This award (ARRA Early Head Start Expansion) was funded to serve 128 children which were from the local community according to the Community Needs Assessment. The Head Start program provides family-centered services for low- income families to promote the
This spending item is part of a $3,596,360 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 11/23/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $1,000,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This project will develop new statistical approaches for analysis of next-generation sequence data which is currently being generated to study genetic variation underlying important human disease traits. Our approaches will improve statistical techniques National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $996,077 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This grant addresses broad Challenge Area (04) Clinical Research, and specific Challenge topic 04-GM-101: Personalized drug response and toxicity. The Challenge and Potential Impact: With a global incidence of 1,151,298 each year, breast cancer is the mos National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $985,620 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This award is being used for a physician-scientist, who joined the faculty on July 1, 2010 to expand the focus of the laboratories of airway biology within the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at the University of Miami Mi National Institutes of Health 9/21/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $980,688 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support There is emerging evidence to suggest that culturally informed and tailored/flexible intervention can lead to enhanced treatment effects with minority youth (Griner & Smith, 2006). CIFFTA was designed to address unique stressors faced by minority youth i
This spending item is part of a $999,221 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/24/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $956,250 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The mean time to reperfusion of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients in the USA is 3-4h. The metabolic activity within the ischemic tissue over this period is a major determinant of outcome and is critically influenced by the glycemic and insulin-r National Institutes of Health 6/01/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $948,933 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support As the population of the United States ages, there is an increased risk of cognitive impairment and physical deconditioning. Physical exercise has been shown to have physical and health benefits in the elderly and there is increasing evidence that systema National Institutes of Health 9/24/2009
FEMWELL GROUP HEALTH, INC. $948,200 ARRA - Health Information Technology Extension Program This award provides funding for the South Florida Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (SFREC). The SFREC will provide technical assistance, guidance and information on best practices to support and accelerate health care provi... Show more
This spending item is part of a $14,428,318 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of 2/08/2010
HELEN B. BENTLEY FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, INC. $906,355 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] CIP Funds will allow HBB to make some major repairs to the existing roof and HVAC System. We will also be able to replace and update computer equipment, office furniture, auxilliary generator . Medical Equipment, Exam Tables, X-Ray eq... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/25/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $903,771 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This award addresses broad Challenge Area (15) Translational Science and specific Challenge Topic, 15- NS-103: Demonstration of 'Proof of Concept' for a New Therapeutic Approach in a Neurological Disease. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant heal National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
The Alliance For Aging Inc $889,119 Aging Congregate Nutrition Services for States Meal Distribution
This spending item is part of a $4,842,845 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/18/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $838,494 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This study can provide usefull knowledge about organizational processes, including processes leading to organizational change, that are involved in the succsful integration of high-quality drug abuse treatment services in the juvenile justice settings and
This spending item is part of a $907,120 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
BORINQUEN HEALTH CARE CENTER INC $806,395 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] Capital improvement grant to community health center. Health Resources and Services Administration 6/25/2009
MIAMI-DADE, COUNTY OF $788,789 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work The CPPW Project goal is to increase physical activity, improve nutritional habits, and decrease screen time in order to manage the prevalence of obesity among underserved and underinsured population. To reach those geographical ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $14,738,754 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/18/2010
JESSIE TRICE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC. $783,891 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] The Increased Demand for Services funds will allow JTCHC to hire and give market adjustments to 8.8 new/retained staff. New staff will include (1) full-time ARNP, (1) full-time outreach worker, (1) full-time customer service representa... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
HEALTH COUNCIL OF SOUTH FLORIDA, INC. $781,926 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work The CPPW Project goal is to increase physical activity, improve nutritional habits, and decrease screen time in order to manage the prevalence of obesity among underserved and underinsured population. To reach those geographical ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $14,738,754 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/18/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $774,251 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy and the second highest cause of cancer mortality in American men. New prognostic and predictive biomarkers are urgently needed to better inform our treatment decisions. Recent studies have demonstrated that qu
This spending item is part of a $1,017,802 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/18/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $768,258 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The goal of this project is to identify objective, quantitative bio-molecular parameters that correlate with healing outcomes for diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). Chronic non-healing DFUs are a widespread and serious clinical problem with high rates of morbid
This spending item is part of a $902,641 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/21/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $764,972 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This application addresses the NIH broad Challenge Area (11) Smart Biomaterials, and the specific Challenge Topic, 11-EB-103, Modular Platforms for Regeneration and Development. Working under this award we will create for the first time a th National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $751,750 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Classical Pavlovian conditioning has a major role in the development and persistence of drug addiction. Consistent with this view, exposure of drug-abstained subjects to drug-associated cues precipitates relapse which is a major problem in the management National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $750,396 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Award Title: Biochemical Mechanisms of Drug Resistance in HIV RT Description: Nucleosides are an important class of drugs against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); however, drug resistance is frequently selected during therapy. Drug resistance to nuc National Institutes of Health 9/16/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $747,102 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Two million people are visually impaired by glaucoma in the US. Glaucoma causes progressive dysfunction and death of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) resulting in blindness. Our long-term goal is to prevent RGC death in the early stages of glaucoma and spare National Institutes of Health 7/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $738,500 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Characterization of TGR5-D2-WSB1 pathway - testing the hypothesis that TGR5 and WSB1 regulation of D2 activity and thyroid hormone activation is a key pathway involved in the control of energy homeostasis. Generating genetically engineered mouse models (G National Institutes of Health 7/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $735,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Knowledge of the mechano-electrochemical signals around the cells and solute transport within a tissue is crucial to understanding cell biology, tissue growth and remodeling in vivo or in vitro. Bioreactors are essential for tissue engineering in vitro as National Institutes of Health 8/11/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $729,110 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This award will accelerate and enhance the ongoing research within the Resource to research effects of aging on the nervous system and AlzheimerG??s disease. The specific aims of this supplement are: 1. Molecular characterization of the DG??Aspartate (D-A National Institutes of Health 8/20/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $688,500 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The effects of yoga on prenatally depressed women will be tested in this study. Yoga would be expected to reduce depression, enhance vagal activity, reduce cortisol and increase gestational age (reduce premature deliveries) in depressed women. The women National Institutes of Health 7/28/2009
COALITION OF FLORIDA FARMWORKERS ORGANIZATION INC $670,485 ARRA - Community Services Block Grant As previously reported under award G0901FLCOS2, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded $29,060,460 to Florida for the Community Services Block Grant Program (CSBG) through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). These fu
This spending item is part of a $29,060,460 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/10/2009
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY $648,737 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support G?Brief Intervention for Marijuana Use among Latino Youth is a two-year research project designed to develop and test a school-based, brief intervention for marijuana using, Hispanic/Latino 10th & 11th graders. Clinical trials support the effectiveness of National Institutes of Health 8/11/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $621,264 Recovery Act Comparative Effectiveness Research - AHRQ The overall aims of the Expansion of Research Capability to Study Comparative Effectiveness in Complex Patients project are (1) To establish a real-time linkage between Florida Cancer Data System, the statewide cancer registry, and hospital elec... Show more
This spending item is part of a $981,252 allocation. See details
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 9/28/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $614,110 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This project will take advantage of the existing infrastructure of the PHACS Study which began protocol development in 2005 after successfully competing for funding by the NICHD. This is a multicenter, multidisciplinary and collaborative study. The PHACS
This spending item is part of a $1,012,474 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY $600,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This proposed project targeting Hispanic migrant workers in South Florida, is a 2-year CBPR-based research education program with the goal of building the knowledge and skills needed at the community level to develop and sustain an effective CBPR partners National Institutes of Health 9/21/2009
ALLIANCE FOR A HEALTHIER GENERATION, INC. $600,000 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work The CPPW Project goal is to increase physical activity, improve nutritional habits, and decrease screen time in order to manage the prevalence of obesity among underserved and underinsured population. To reach those geographical ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $14,738,754 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/18/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $598,442 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Tumors appear to be very sensitive to virus infection compared to normal cells. We aim to exploit these observations by developing novel, viral-based therapies that specifically kill tumor cells. Such strategies should lead to new anti-cancer therapies. National Institutes of Health 8/20/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $592,413 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Using high resolution comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) array analysis of 235 ovarian cancers, we have narrowed the most frequent region of copy number increase in ovarian cancers to an ~3.2 MB wide region at 3q26.2. Real time PCR of genes within th
This spending item is part of a $677,167 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 8/10/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $555,978 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The Gulf Coast Transdisciplinary Research Recovery Center for Community Health brings together outstanding academic and public health institutions and centers as a Consortium. The Consortium will coordinate new research studies and projects with existing
This spending item is part of a $4,000,000 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
HEALTH CHOICE NETWORK OF FLORIDA, INC. $555,000 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] The Electronic Oral Health Record (EOHR) Project will allow expansion and dissemination of Health Choice Network's successful, multi-market, sustainable business model for adoption of EOHR into community health centers (CHCs)in West Vi... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 9/19/2009
MIAMI BEACH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC. $539,251 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] MBCHC has a commitment to provide ongoing health care services to its North Miami patient population. We already see an increased demand for services at this site and with the economic downturn we can expect additional patients. Curre... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
HELEN B. BENTLEY FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, INC. $536,240 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] The receipt of IDS funds in March 2009, allowed HBB to employ a 1.00 FTE ARNP, a 1.00 FTE M.A., and retained 1.00 FTE Registered Nurse, 2.00 FTE Community Health Workers and 0.10 part time Pharmacist. With this capability, HBB has bee... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $498,991 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Although the development of new therapeutic modalities against CVD has reduced overall CVD mortality by nearly 50%, the gap between certain minority groups and non-minority groups has not diminished. There is preliminary evidence, including our own, that
This spending item is part of a $947,328 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/20/2009
SOUTH FLORIDA VA FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INC $498,150 ARRA Accelerating Adoption of Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Best practices for prevention and management of diabetes are known but not fully implemented in clinical and community settings. Working with the University of Miami, the Health Foundation of South Florida, a community partner in ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $2,869,929 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/13/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $497,833 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Type 1 Diabetes is a series disease for which there is no cure but palliative treatments. Islet transplantation might represent, if successful, a cure. The ICR has provided islets of uncompromised quality for basic science, preclinical and clinical stud National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
HEALTH CHOICE NETWORK, INC. $478,125 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] The proposed Phase II EHR Development Project will allow expansion and dissemination of Health Choice Networks multi-market, sustainable business model for adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHR) in CHCs. The goal of the proposed ... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 9/14/2009
Friends of Lubavitch of Florida, Inc. $458,585 ARRA - Early Head Start This award (ARRA Early Head Start Expansion) was funded to serve 128 children which were from the local community according to the Community Needs Assessment. The Head Start program provides family-centered services for low- income families to promote the
This spending item is part of a $3,596,360 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 11/23/2009
Kidco Child Care Inc. $456,288 ARRA - Early Head Start This award (ARRA Early Head Start Expansion) was funded to serve 128 children which were from the local community according to the Community Needs Assessment. The Head Start program provides family-centered services for low- income families to promote the
This spending item is part of a $3,596,360 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 11/23/2009
The Alliance For Aging Inc $449,463 Aging Home-Delivered Nutrition Services for States Meal Distribution
This spending item is part of a $2,384,170 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/18/2009
HUMANA INC. $448,337 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Although the development of new therapeutic modalities against CVD has reduced overall CVD mortality by nearly 50%, the gap between certain minority groups and non-minority groups has not diminished. There is preliminary evidence, including our own, that
This spending item is part of a $947,328 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/20/2009
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY $435,551 ARRA - Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students Florida International University (FIU) is one of the 25 largest universities in the Nation, based on enrollment. Today, FIU has more than 38,000 students, almost 1,000 full-time faculty and more than 124,000 alumni. As a federally designated Minority S... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/14/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $420,752 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Despite the importance of visual impairment (VI) and ocular conditions as a public health problem there has been relatively little research on the influence of these conditions on economic consequences, morbidity and mortality. The proposed investigative National Institutes of Health 9/23/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $420,750 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The project R21 NS 062669, entitled, G?HIV-1 infection: Central Serotonergic Activity and its Health ImplicationsG?, investigates the hypothesis that HIV-1 infection impacts the central serotonergic system in different brain regions and that the HIV-1 ind National Institutes of Health 6/01/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $420,750 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The repair of human peripheral nerve injuries using traditional surgical techniques has limited success, particularly when a damaged nerve segment needs to be replaced. Nerve regeneration is critically dependent on the presence of Schwann cells, and the National Institutes of Health 5/15/2009
BORINQUEN HEALTH CARE CENTER INC $420,525 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] ARRA - Increase Services to Health Centers Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
BORINQUEN HEALTH CARE CENTER INC $420,525 ARRA Increased Demand for Services Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
CAMILLUS HEALTH CONCERN INC $415,760 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] This proposal will enable Camillus Health Concern (CHC) to upgrade its information technology and facility capacities. Upgrading its EHR to Sage Intergy, a certified EHR system, will maximize workflow efficiencies and enhance CHC's abi... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $407,219 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support At different stages of Parkinson's Disease, the pathological changes occur at different critical brain regions. Using genomic convergence approach, gene expression from critical brain region will provide valuable candidate genes for further analysis. As National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
MICCOSUKEE CORPORATION $404,539 ARRA - IHS Tribal Agreements EPA provided IHS $380,200 of Drinking Water Infrastructure Grants Tribal Set Aside funds through Interagency Agreement DW-75-95766001-0 for this project. Project scope: Construct a new 250,000 gallon ground level water storage tank and pumping system and Indian Health Service 9/21/2009
VSBROOK, INC $400,000 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work The CPPW Project goal is to increase physical activity, improve nutritional habits, and decrease screen time in order to manage the prevalence of obesity among underserved and underinsured population. To reach those geographical ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $14,738,754 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/18/2010
Haitian Youth & Community Center of Florida Incorporated $398,143 ARRA - Head Start This award (ARRA Head Start Expansion) was funded to serve 100 children which were from the local community according to the Community Needs Assessment. The Head Start program provides family-centered services for low- income families to promote the healt
This spending item is part of a $1,790,715 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 9/17/2009
MIAMI, CITY OF $391,130 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work The CPPW Project goal is to increase physical activity, improve nutritional habits, and decrease screen time in order to manage the prevalence of obesity among underserved and underinsured population. To reach those geographical ... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/18/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $382,500 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The processes by which activated T cells develop into armed effector cells or ultimately persist as long-lived memory cells are becoming better understood. Signal transduction through the IL-2R prominently contributes to these processes. IL-2 promotes opt National Institutes of Health 8/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $382,500 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support We have been fortunate to receive support from an ARRA supplement to perform novel work dealing with toll-like receptors and their role in intestinal epithelial cell biology and cancer. In the last several months, we have successfully characterized the ex National Institutes of Health 5/29/2009
Haitian Youth & Community Center of Florida Incorporated $382,132 ARRA - Early Head Start This award (ARRA Early Head Start Expansion) was funded to serve 128 children which were from the local community according to the Community Needs Assessment. The Head Start program provides family-centered services for low- income families to promote the
This spending item is part of a $3,596,360 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 11/23/2009
MIAMI-DADE, COUNTY OF $378,128 ARRA - Head Start This award (ARRA Head Start Expansion) was funded to serve 100 children which were from the local community according to the Community Needs Assessment. The Head Start program provides family-centered services for low- income families to promote the healt
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Administration for Children and Families 9/17/2009
Le Jardin Community Center Inc $377,210 ARRA - Early Head Start This award (ARRA Early Head Start Expansion) was funded to serve 128 children which were from the local community according to the Community Needs Assessment. The Head Start program provides family-centered services for low- income families to promote the
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Administration for Children and Families 11/23/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $365,107 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work The CPPW Project goal is to increase physical activity, improve nutritional habits, and decrease screen time in order to manage the prevalence of obesity among underserved and underinsured population. To reach those geographical ... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/18/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $349,014 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support In the R21 part of this application we have shown that gp96-Ig based vaccination against HIV generates excellent mucosal and systemic immunity. In the R33 part of this grant we plan to challenge immunized macaques with SIV to determine the degree of prote National Institutes of Health 9/01/2009
CITRUS HEALTH NETWORK, INC. $342,898 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] ARRA-Increased Services to Hea lth Centers: this funding will be used to pay for increases in costs of serving additional patient load, including costs related to staffing, medical supplies and medications. This is expected to fund a t... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $336,084 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The Ocular hypertension Treatment Study is a large multicenter randomized clinical trial to determinewhether lowering intraocular pressure with topical ocular hypotensive medication in subjects with ocular hypertension prevents or delays the development
This spending item is part of a $617,367 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/16/2009
UNITED WAY OF MIAMI-DADE, INC. $333,692 ARRA - Early Head Start This award (ARRA Early Head Start Expansion) was funded to serve 128 children which were from the local community according to the Community Needs Assessment. The Head Start program provides family-centered services for low- income families to promote the
This spending item is part of a $3,596,360 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 11/23/2009
MIAMI, CITY OF $323,476 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work The CPPW Project goal is to increase physical activity, improve nutritional habits, and decrease screen time in order to manage the prevalence of obesity among underserved and underinsured population. To reach those geographical ... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/18/2010
Llirrafo Inc $323,130 ARRA - Head Start This award (ARRA Head Start Expansion) was funded to serve 100 children which were from the local community according to the Community Needs Assessment. The Head Start program provides family-centered services for low- income families to promote the healt
This spending item is part of a $1,790,715 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 9/17/2009
HEALTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA, INC. $317,622 ARRA Accelerating Adoption of Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Best practices for prevention and management of diabetes are known but not fully implemented in clinical and community settings. Working with the University of Miami, the Health Foundation of South Florida, a community partner in ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $2,869,929 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/13/2010
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY $315,538 ARRA - Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students Florida International University (FIU) is one of the 25 largest universities in the Nation, based on enrollment. Today, FIU has more than 38,000 students, almost 1,000 full-time faculty and more than 124,000 alumni. As a federally designated Minority S... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 9/03/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $309,628 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Improving Hand and Arm Function in Individuals with SCI Persons with tetraplegia due to spinal cord injury (SCI) have impaired hand function. This study of repetive transcranial magnetic stimulation (sham-controlled) will determine whether this technolog National Institutes of Health 2/25/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $309,166 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Continuing scientific progress in Parkinson disease (PD) and other parkinsonian syndromes relies upon accurate diagnosis of these disorders and the availability of patients and controls for study. The ongoing efforts of the current Ascertainment and Clin National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $306,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This administrative supplement supports our experiments on finding novel cures for retinal disease and is allowing us to increase the pace of our research. The supplement is used to support the salary of a PhD-level scientist and to purchase necessary sup National Institutes of Health 9/14/2009
CIRCLE OF ONE MARKETING, INC $302,000 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work The CPPW Project goal is to increase physical activity, improve nutritional habits, and decrease screen time in order to manage the prevalence of obesity among underserved and underinsured population. To reach those geographical ... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/18/2010
BARRY UNIVERSITY, INC. $300,978 ARRA - Nurse Faculty Loan Program The purpose of the Nurse Faculty Loan Porgram is to increase the number of qualified nursing faculty by providing loans to students. Health Resources and Services Administration 8/10/2009
VARIETY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL $300,000 ARRA ? Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals MCH will significantly expand and enhance its training capabilities for dental residents, as well as access to care for low-income patients by acquiring and installing a comprehensive video and audio telecommunication system. The telemedic... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 9/04/2010
MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER OF FLORIDA, INC. $300,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This amended Program Project competitive renewal is focused on revealing mechanisms of action following Florida red tide toxin exposure in laboratory models, and at providing relevant information for humans exposed on beaches. Florida red tides caused by
This spending item is part of a $799,999 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $297,307 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Alzheimer's disease affects over 5 million people in the US costing the Federal Government over $100 billion dollars/year. Because our population is aging, in 2050, if the disease remains untreatable, there will be 16 million people in the US with AD cos
This spending item is part of a $5,401,791 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $297,250 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Miami HIV/AIDS Clinical Therapeutic and Vaccine Trial Unit: Immunopathogenesis of Immune Reconstitution Syndrome. Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) among patients with HIV infection is defined as a paradoxical infectious or inflammatory
This spending item is part of a $422,957 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 8/30/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $295,072 ARRA ? Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals Miami Area Geriatric Education Center (MAGEC) has been operating as a highly-successful Consortium GEC, training in the four-county area of Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties since 1988. MAGEC has a distinguished, veteran ... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 9/04/2010
PARADISE CHRISITAN SCHOOL AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER $293,632 ARRA - Head Start This award (ARRA Head Start Expansion) was funded to serve 100 children which were from the local community according to the Community Needs Assessment. The Head Start program provides family-centered services for low- income families to promote the healt
This spending item is part of a $1,790,715 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 9/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $284,868 ARRA ? Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals The University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies (SONHS) uses evidence-based instructional methods to train undergraduate students. Through this grant, Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals: Nursing Workforce D... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 9/01/2010
BARRY UNIVERSITY, INC. $273,332 ARRA ? Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals Equipment to Enhance Physician Assistant Training in the U.S.Virgin Islands.Establish a distance education campus in St. Thomas that provides the opportunity for place bound residents to receive PA training and prepares graduates to provid... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 9/04/2010
Friends of Lubavitch of Florida, Inc. $270,999 ARRA - Head Start This award (ARRA Head Start Expansion) was funded to serve 100 children which were from the local community according to the Community Needs Assessment. The Head Start program provides family-centered services for low- income families to promote the healt
This spending item is part of a $1,790,715 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 9/17/2009
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY $261,618 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The overall purpose of our project funded by the Recovery Act is to structurally and functionally analyze the small nuclear RNA (snRNA) variants in humans. Our supplemental proposal aims to examine the assembly into splicesomes and the splicing capacity National Institutes of Health 8/07/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $252,450 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Recently a novel intracellular virus recognition pathway was described that appears to be crticial for host innate immune responses to a viral infection. We aim to further dissect this pathway and explore its ramifications. Given the critical nature of National Institutes of Health 5/21/2009
FAMILY CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC, THE $240,894 ARRA - Head Start This award provides for ARRA Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA $943,405), and Quality Improvement Funding ($2,518,785) consistent with the provisions of Section 640(a)(5) of the Head Start Act for the Head Start and/or Early Head Start program. Head Start p
This spending item is part of a $3,453,190 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 7/15/2009
BARRY UNIVERSITY, INC. $235,856 ARRA - Nurse Faculty Loan Program The purpose of the Nurse Faculty Loan Porgram is to increase the number of qualified nursing faculty by providing loans to students. Health Resources and Services Administration 6/14/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $235,613 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The goal of this project is to assess the mucosal immunity of individuals exposed to HIV who remain uninfected. Two subprojects will investigate the innate and adaptive immunity using the same cohort of HIV exposed persons and their partners, highly expo
This spending item is part of a $325,264 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/07/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $234,880 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The majority of individuals in criminal justice settings across the U.S. have a critical need for sciencebased, psychosocial treatment that targets substance use and HIV risk behavior. The investigative team has developed and demonstrated the efficacy of
This spending item is part of a $3,439,782 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $234,880 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The majority of individuals in criminal justice settings across the U.S. have a critical need for sciencebased, psychosocial treatment that targets substance use and HIV risk behavior. The investigative team has developed and demonstrated the efficacy of
This spending item is part of a $3,439,782 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $231,079 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The Oceans and Human Health Center at the University of Miami will enhance and accelerate the ongoing research and training at the OHH Center through research focused on harmful algal blooms (HABs) and their toxins, including evaluating the extent of thei National Institutes of Health 9/06/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $228,001 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Molecular in vivo imaging allows for diagnostic imaging, target screening, and therapeutic monitoring of disease on a molecular level, prior to evidence of anatomical changes that are detected with conventional imaging modalities. We propose to further de National Institutes of Health 8/04/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $228,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The ultimate goal of this new project is recruit new sequencing technology to detect, identify and catalogue all microorganisms that populate human ocular surface, and can potentially affect vision. This is the first comprehensive characterization of micr National Institutes of Health 8/31/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $227,994 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support There are over 3.2 - 4.7 million people in the US suffering from dry eye syndrome (DES) by middle age. DES is a common multi-factorial disease of the tears and ocular surface that results in symptoms of discomfort, visual disturbance, and tear film instab National Institutes of Health 8/31/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $225,000 We have been awarded a contract to provide tumor types to the NCI for The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project. Specifically to establish a Tissue Source Site (TSS) Network capable of delivering clinically annotated biospecimens through either or both retr
This spending item is part of a $1,627,009 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/27/2010
Le Jardin Community Center Inc $217,308 ARRA - Head Start This award provides for ARRA Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA $943,405), and Quality Improvement Funding ($2,518,785) consistent with the provisions of Section 640(a)(5) of the Head Start Act for the Head Start and/or Early Head Start program. Head Start p
This spending item is part of a $3,453,190 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 7/15/2009
CAMILLUS HEALTH CONCERN INC $213,111 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] The purpose of this award is to expand primary care services for homeless persons with the addition of a 1.0 FTE Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) and a 1.0 FTE Medical Assistant (MA). The expansion will alleviate increasin... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $208,589 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The main objective of the parent and proposed research is to investigate the biogenesis of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase (COX) in wild type cells and in cells with mutations in evolutionary conserved COX assembly factors. COX deficiency is the most f National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $206,372 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The supplemental request expanded on two of the parent grantG??s objectives: 1. To investigate the extent to which a museum-based health exhibit and related classroom resource can lead to gains in high school studentsG?? knowledge about cardiovascular h National Institutes of Health 9/24/2009
MIAMI DADE COLLEGE $201,555 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The overarching goal is to increase the number of underrepresented, underserved minority students entering Ph.D. programs in biomedical research. This supplemental award focuses on institutional, curriculum and faculty enhancement. We aim to G?increase
This spending item is part of a $362,076 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 8/05/2009
SCIENTIFIC CLINICAL RESEARCH, INC. $201,204 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Project Title: A Six-Month, RCT of Probuphine Safety and Efficacy in Opioid Addiction. We are conducting a six-month, randomized, placebo and active-controlled, multicenter clinical trial of Probuphine in patients with opioid dependence for the purpose
This spending item is part of a $7,586,848 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY $198,900 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support We propose to develop and improve a novel minimally-invasive retinal prosthesis design. The goal is to restore a limited but useful level of vision to patients blind with retinitis pigmentosa or macular degeneration. The implant will be driven wirelessly,
This spending item is part of a $2,270,042 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 6/05/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $191,358 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This supplemental grant provides additional financial support to support the acceleration of the pace of scientific activity under the parent grant by hiring two researchers, and provides funding for the purchase of newly developed scientific equipment ac National Institutes of Health 8/04/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $191,250 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The role of innervation for hormone secretion in human islets. Understanding the biology of the endocrine pancreas, the islets of Langerhans, is crucial for any type of therapy for diabetes mellitus, a devastating disease affecting millions worldwide. National Institutes of Health 8/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $187,487 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Comparative phenotypic, functional, and molecular analysis of pluripotent stem cells arguably the most significant challenge in stem cell biology today is determining whether human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) are truly equivalent to human embry
This spending item is part of a $3,432,177 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
Kidco Child Care Inc. $178,616 ARRA - Head Start This award provides for ARRA Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA $943,405), and Quality Improvement Funding ($2,518,785) consistent with the provisions of Section 640(a)(5) of the Head Start Act for the Head Start and/or Early Head Start program. Head Start p
This spending item is part of a $3,453,190 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 7/15/2009
Breastfeeding Resource Center of Miami, Inc $171,612 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work The CPPW Project goal is to increase physical activity, improve nutritional habits, and decrease screen time in order to manage the prevalence of obesity among underserved and underinsured population. To reach those geographical ... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/18/2010
MIAMI RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC $169,000 The contractor shall furnish all necessary facilities, equipment, materials, and personnel, and shall perform all services necessary to conduct three clincial studies entitled FUF14 - H1N1 Adult/Ederly Clinical Study; FUF15 - H1N1 Pediatric Clinical Study
This spending item is part of a $29,360,000 allocation. See details
Office of Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management 9/30/2009
MIAMI RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC $163,600 The contractor shall furnish all necessary facilities, equipment, materials, and personnel, and shall perform all services necessary to conduct three clincial studies entitled FUF14 - H1N1 Adult/Ederly Clinical Study; FUF15 - H1N1 Pediatric Clinical Study
This spending item is part of a $29,360,000 allocation. See details
Office of Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management 9/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $160,521 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The overarching goal is to increase the number of underrepresented, underserved minority students entering Ph.D. programs in biomedical research. This supplemental award focuses on institutional, curriculum and faculty enhancement. We aim to G?increase
This spending item is part of a $362,076 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 8/05/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $159,527 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support 'Several projects were funded under this award. Project #1 - To evaluate and qualify new assays for infant diagnosis and viral load monitoring of HIV under standard laboratory conditions prior to field testing. Outputs: 1 or 2 manuscripts Delivera
This spending item is part of a $721,615 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 7/20/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $159,120 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The incidence of congenital heart disease, including heart valve abnormalities, is approximately 1% of live births, and structural anomalies of heart valve leaflets and supporting structures are commonly observed. Mature heart valve structures are compose National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $157,776 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Opiate drug abuse and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are two major public health problems. Opiate drug abuse affects many people with substantial adverse impact on society. In the worldwide, more than 40 million people are currently infected with HIV. National Institutes of Health 2/16/2011
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $152,908 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This administrative supplement request seeks to accelerate software development for a system that provides fully-automated processing and analysis of volumetric metabolite images. This aim directly supports all Specific Aims of the parent grant, while add National Institutes of Health 7/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $147,577 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Alzheimer's disease affects over 5 million people in the US costing the Federal Government over $100 billion dollars/year. Because our population is aging, in 2050, if the disease remains untreatable, there will be 16 million people in the US with AD cos
This spending item is part of a $5,401,791 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $145,474 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Funds provided under this grant have been used to develop and characterize a new technology of Open Reading Frame (ORF) Phage Display to identify Autoantigens in patients with Uveitis. The specific Aim is to identify autoantigens by ORF phage display and National Institutes of Health 1/29/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $142,992 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The goal of this project is to carry out a set of definitive experiments on key novel concepts emanating from the original application currently under a non-cost extension and at the same time consolidating the team presently working in the project. Data National Institutes of Health 8/31/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $141,930 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support There is overwhelming evidence for a central role of mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease. This project is based upon our report of a significant association of the mitochondrial J and K haplogroups with Parkinson Disease (PD). In the parent g National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $138,935 The Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT)-Senior ARRA expansion is designed to test the SPRINT intervention in participants who are ? 75 years of age. Approximately 3,250 of the 9,250 SPRINT participants are expected to be age 75 or older. I
This spending item is part of a $2,671,616 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/24/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $132,705 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This Recovery Act administrative supplement provides funding to support additional investigators in our lab, and greatly enhances our productivity and ability to make progress on the critical, labor intensive functional studies for understanding the genet National Institutes of Health 12/04/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $130,249 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support It has recently been appreciated that the aggressive behavior of malignant tumors is related to their extracellular environment. Laminins are the major extra-cellular components of basement membrane that cover the basal surfaces of epithelia and underlie National Institutes of Health 8/28/2009
Consulting Registered Dietitians Inc $130,000 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work The CPPW Project goal is to increase physical activity, improve nutritional habits, and decrease screen time in order to manage the prevalence of obesity among underserved and underinsured population. To reach those geographical ... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/18/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $129,787 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Restoring blood flow to the site of injured tissue is a prerequisite for mounting a successful repair response. It is now well established that the sources of endothelial cells which build newly-formed blood vessels come from both pre-existing vessels (an National Institutes of Health 3/22/2010
UNITED WAY OF MIAMI-DADE, INC. $126,683 ARRA - Head Start This award (ARRA Head Start Expansion) was funded to serve 100 children which were from the local community according to the Community Needs Assessment. The Head Start program provides family-centered services for low- income families to promote the healt
This spending item is part of a $1,790,715 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 9/17/2009
NORTH MIAMI, CITY OF $125,574 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work The CPPW Project goal is to increase physical activity, improve nutritional habits, and decrease screen time in order to manage the prevalence of obesity among underserved and underinsured population. To reach those geographical ... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/18/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $122,400 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Genetic Studies in Neurological Disorders To date, researchers have completed sequencing 576 individuals for 32 primer sets covering the exonic regions of MECP2, MBD5, MBD6, SETDB1, and SETDB2. From these preliminary results, we have identified 46 variati National Institutes of Health 8/18/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $119,998 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This project will provide support for key personal in my laboratory where we study Molecular genetic bases of Non-syndromic deafness, and to explore our recent new finding that loss-of-function mutations in PRPS1, an important regulator of rates of the pa National Institutes of Health 7/17/2009
HEALTHY START COALITION OF MIAMI-DADE, INC. $112,800 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work The CPPW Project goal is to increase physical activity, improve nutritional habits, and decrease screen time in order to manage the prevalence of obesity among underserved and underinsured population. To reach those geographical ... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/18/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $108,009 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This administrative supplement supported the hiring of a new research technician who assists with the scientific tasks of this grant. This grant is accelerating the rate of research discovery which is aimed at understanding the cellular and molecular mech National Institutes of Health 9/23/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $102,403 The University of Miami has been awarded a contract to provide tumor types to the NCI for The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project. Specifically this award is to fund the provision of breast lobular and ductal cases for 65 cases. The collection of the spe National Institutes of Health 9/27/2010
HEARTWELL LLP $102,000 ARRA - Health Information Technology Extension Program This award provides funding for the South Florida Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (SFREC). The SFREC will provide technical assistance, guidance and information on best practices to support and accelerate health care provi... Show more
This spending item is part of a $14,428,318 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of 2/08/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $100,980 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Pain from injury to the peripheral or central nervous system is often persistent and debilitating, and presents a significant clinical challenge as it does not respond well to traditional therapies. The underlying hypothesis and motivation for these stud National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY $100,506 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support According to the 2005 Woodrow Wilson Foundation report, Diversity & the Ph.D., while African Americans and Hispanics together currently constitute approximately 1/3 of the U.S. citizens in the Ph.D. candidate age range, they only receive 7% of the doctora National Institutes of Health 7/31/2009
SOUTH FLORIDA VA FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INC $100,259 The Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT)-Senior ARRA expansion is designed to test the SPRINT intervention in participants who are ? 75 years of age. Approximately 3,250 of the 9,250 SPRINT participants are expected to be age 75 or older. I
This spending item is part of a $2,671,616 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/24/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $100,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The purpose of the award is to study the effects of a novel inhibitory enzyme in podocytes called serpin B13. This enzyme inhibits cytosolic cathepsin L (main topic in paternal grant) that leads to podocyte injury and kidney disease. The studies of this a National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $99,999 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support In a prospective longitudinal study, it is hypothesized that the built environment's walkability will impact the social environment's collective efficacy, and that these environmental variables together will influence physical activity. Controlling for di National Institutes of Health 7/31/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $99,639 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate (NSCLP) is a common birth defect affecting approximately 4,000 newborns each year in the US and a million worldwide. Multidisciplinary approaches have improved the care of these children but long-term problems persist and
This spending item is part of a $200,207 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/22/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $98,100 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS) was established to evaluate 2 critical areas in pediatric HIV research: the long-term safety of fetal and infant exposure to prophylactic antiretroviral (ART) chemotherapy, and the effects of prenatally acquired
This spending item is part of a $1,888,985 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $94,050 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Our parent project (R0-1GM083897) involves studying the role of the novel DNA-binding and dimerization (DBD) domain of MAP kinase phosphatase 5 (MKP5) phosphatase in regulating gene transcription pertinent to cellular activities such as cell growth, cell National Institutes of Health 8/25/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $89,289 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The goal of Project I is to examine candidate genes based on the convergence of evidence as a PD risk factor from different studies (association, linkage and expression), and to enhance these efforts by including analysis of complex genetic and environmen National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $88,220 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE LONG TERM ISLET GRAFT SURVIVAL (ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT. The current funding of the parent grant is reserved for direct patient costs; funding for these costs are disbursed only as the patients are transplanted by the participatin National Institutes of Health 12/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $82,129 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The California sea hare, Aplysia californica, is a large marine snail with a very simple nervous system. The National Resource for Aplysia, located at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science of the University of Miami, raises and ships 25, National Institutes of Health 7/13/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $80,515 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support As a mid-career investigator in applied behavioral and social sciences related to HIV/AIDS, my goal in applying for a Short-term Mentored Career Development Award (K-18) is to learn to employ hierarchical linear modeling/structural equation modeling analy National Institutes of Health 9/20/2010
ST ALBANS DAY NURSERY, INC $78,220 ARRA - Head Start This award provides for ARRA Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA $943,405), and Quality Improvement Funding ($2,518,785) consistent with the provisions of Section 640(a)(5) of the Head Start Act for the Head Start and/or Early Head Start program. Head Start p
This spending item is part of a $3,453,190 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 7/15/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $77,387 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The purpose of the award is to understand the mechanisms by which a certain categories of proteins (known as DEAD-box helicases) regulate molecular processes inside the cell. These studies are being conducted in bacteria, which contain the same class of p National Institutes of Health 8/20/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $76,500 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The primary goal of this proposal is to increase the pace of experimental determination of the function of large and high priority gene families in bacterial genomes. These genes can help elucidate the mechanisms of antibiotic resistance, provide new drug
This spending item is part of a $4,000,000 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
PARADISE CHRISITAN SCHOOL AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER $75,919 ARRA - Head Start This award provides for ARRA Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA $943,405), and Quality Improvement Funding ($2,518,785) consistent with the provisions of Section 640(a)(5) of the Head Start Act for the Head Start and/or Early Head Start program. Head Start p
This spending item is part of a $3,453,190 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 7/15/2009
FOOD TRUST, THE $75,000 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work The CPPW Project goal is to increase physical activity, improve nutritional habits, and decrease screen time in order to manage the prevalence of obesity among underserved and underinsured population. To reach those geographical ... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/18/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $74,700 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Estrogen receptor-a (ER-a, hereon in, ER represents ER-a) and progesterone receptor (PR) are ligand-induced transcription factors. Accessory proteins, termed coactivators modulate the transcriptional activation of these factors. Coactivators in general ar National Institutes of Health 2/05/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $72,901 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) affect approximately 1 out of 150 children and adolescents in the United States, making them one of the most common neurobiological conditions. Comorbid anxiety disorders affect as many as 80% of youth with ASD, causing sub National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY $70,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This is an administrative supplement award to the existing parent R-15 grant (R15CA119253) that was awarded for a 1-year period. The objective of this administrative supplement award is to purchase an equipment (intensified charge coupled device, ICCD, National Institutes of Health 8/31/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $65,912 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Heritable factors are responsible for 70-80% of the variability in the timing of puberty. However, the mechanism that initiates puberty, and thus the genetic causes of abnormal pubertal development is still unknown. The majority of the new developments in National Institutes of Health 8/26/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $64,048 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support We propose to train, employ and mentor undergraduate students as Research Assistants in our NICHD-funded study, 'Addressing Health Literacy and Numeracy to Prevent Childhood Obesity' (R01 - HD059794-01) -- a multi-site, controlled trial of a low-literacy
This spending item is part of a $253,771 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $62,860 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The funds will be used to develop, open and analyze three H1N1 studies in HIV-infected populations. The first study will determine the safety and immunogenicity of an H1N1 vaccine in HIV-infected pregnant women. The second study will determine safety an
This spending item is part of a $1,701,287 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 11/25/2009
ALLIANCE FOR AGING INC, THE $62,431 ARRA - Communities Putting Prevention to Work: Chronic Disease Self-Manage In collaboration with the Recovery Act-funded Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) program, this funding will support the deployment of evidence-based chronic disease self-management programs that empower older people... Show more
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Administration on Aging 3/29/2010
BARRY UNIVERSITY, INC. $61,176 ARRA - Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students Scholarship for Disadvantaged Students.The Scholarship for Disadvantaged students program helps alleviate the financial hardship for students and their families.Scholarships targeted at disadvantaged students will offset tuition costs and result in the r... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/14/2010
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY $60,471 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Mosquito-transmitted parasitic diseases are among the major causes of mortality and morbidity in the world. Recent dramatic increases in the incidence of mosquito-borne diseases, like malaria and dengue fever, and the wide-spread resistance of mosquitoes National Institutes of Health 7/06/2010
CARLOS ALBIZU UNIVERSITY $60,357 ARRA - Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is a strategic and significant investment in our country's future by assisting college students aspiring to have a professional education. Health Resources and Services Administration 9/03/2009
Accentmarketing Communications, Lc $60,000 In support of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases' (NCIRD) aim to promote immunization throughout the lifespan, AED will apply communication and social marketing and risk communication research, theories, principles, and practice
This spending item is part of a $4,450,426 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 9/30/2010
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY $59,402 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Malaria and other human diseases caused by mosquito-borne pathogens are major threats to global health. The spread of insecticide-resistant mosquitoes, drug-resistant parasites and the lack of effective or affordable vaccines have all led to an alarming i National Institutes of Health 9/15/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $56,304 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The central focus of the parent grant is to address the health concerns of women and their developing offspring affected by drug abuse by providing the optimal environment to encourage and facilitate clinical and translational research. The approach is to National Institutes of Health 6/01/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $54,910 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Low back pain is a major socio-economic concern in the United States. While the exact cause of low back pain is not clear, it is believed that degeneration of the intervertebral discs (IVD) of the spine is the main etiologic factor leading to the onset o National Institutes of Health 7/21/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $54,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Beta2 integrins are critical for the normal function of leukocytes. Yet, the structural mechanism behind integrin activation is not completely clear. The overall goal of this project is to define structural mechanisms behind integrin activation. National Institutes of Health 12/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $52,190 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The overall purpose is to enhance and expand the undergraduate research and training activities of the NSF NIEHS Oceans and Human Health Center through a summer internship program funded by this grant at the University of Miami National Institutes of Health 6/04/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $51,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The Impact of Early Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV Persistence grant aims to determine the effect of early versus delayed HAART on viral persistence, and to determine the association between high-through put measures of low level viral load and amount of r
This spending item is part of a $1,408,606 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $50,935 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This administrative supplement provides $999,945 for 1 year, effective 9/15/10-8/31/11. Funds were approved for the following items: statistician, statistical programmer, Center for Biostatistics and AIDS Research (CBAR) computing, and consortium costs fo
This spending item is part of a $999,186 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/22/2010
BARRY UNIVERSITY, INC. $49,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Pif1P's Regulation and Role in Telomere End Protection in S. cerevisiae National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY $47,779 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support FIU is a public minority-serving research institution located in Miami. It has an enrollment of 38,000+ students (71.99% URM), health as a designated mission area, and a stated goal to be one of the nation's top public urban research universities. FIU pro National Institutes of Health 8/11/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $45,900 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The immune system provides the bodyG??s primary defense against infectious diseases. However, de-regulated immune system can attack healthy cells in many parts of the body rather than pathogens resulting in autoimmune diseases. There are more than 80 typ National Institutes of Health 8/30/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $44,628 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The overall purpose of the award is to provide undergraduate students with experience in an NIH-funded biomedical research lab. In addition to the obvious goal of giving summer jobs to deserving young people, There are two major goals. First, to teach stu National Institutes of Health 7/20/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $44,627 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating condition which results in lifelong disability. To date there exists no treatment that can restore significant function to persons with SCI. We have previously demonstrated that a combinatory strategy of Schwann c National Institutes of Health 7/20/2009
CARLOS ALBIZU UNIVERSITY $44,411 ARRA - Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides scholarship funds to underpriviledged graduate students admitted to colleges/universities Health Resources and Services Administration 6/14/2010
Our Child Care Inc $43,656 ARRA - Head Start This award provides for ARRA Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA $943,405), and Quality Improvement Funding ($2,518,785) consistent with the provisions of Section 640(a)(5) of the Head Start Act for the Head Start and/or Early Head Start program. Head Start p
This spending item is part of a $3,453,190 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 7/15/2009
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY $43,275 ARRA - Public Health Traineeship Program Florida International University (FIU) is a federally designated minority serving institution, one of three in the nation. The Public Health student body reflects the rich population diversity of the South Florida Community with approximately 80% of our s Health Resources and Services Administration 9/03/2009
The Alliance For Aging Inc $42,107 Aging Congregate Nutrition Services for States Meal Distribution
This spending item is part of a $4,842,845 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/18/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $41,860 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Health literacy is a critically important problem in improving the health outcomes in patients with HIV infection. Patient behaviors essential to the successful treatment of HIV infection, such as high levels of medica
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National Institutes of Health 9/16/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $39,999 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The overall goal of our research is to elucidate the pathogenesis of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) making it possible to implement effective screening and prevention strategies and to develop novel therapies. The primary aim of this proposal is to id
This spending item is part of a $503,839 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 6/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $39,908 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support While Latin American and Caribbean investigators have dramatically increased their participation in collaborative international bioscience research, there continues to be interesting and important impediments to the establishment of adequate mechanisms fo National Institutes of Health 9/03/2009
Allapattah Community Action, Inc $36,809 ARRA - Head Start This award provides for ARRA Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA $943,405), and Quality Improvement Funding ($2,518,785) consistent with the provisions of Section 640(a)(5) of the Head Start Act for the Head Start and/or Early Head Start program. Head Start p
This spending item is part of a $3,453,190 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 7/15/2009
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY $36,795 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This is a summer supplement award to the existing parent R-15 grant (R15CA119253) that was awarded for a 2-year period. The objective of this administrative supplement award is to provide summer research experience for (undergraduate/high school) student National Institutes of Health 6/03/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $34,425 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This two-year study will utilize a randomized design with the active interventions running for 18 months. We have 26 active US sites (27 approved sites with one having to drop out due to lack of indirect cost recovery to pay IRB costs). The 26 sites will
This spending item is part of a $1,349,862 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 8/19/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $28,039 ARRA - Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students This ARRA award will provide scholarships for students from disadvantaged backgrounds who have financial need for scholarships and are enrolled, or accepted for enrollment, as full-time students at the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Stu... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/14/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $27,935 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated that exposure to tobacco products is an important risk factor in the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Among the numerous harmful substances found in tobacco, nicotine is one of the highly active compound
This spending item is part of a $1,140,410 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/17/2009
SUNFLOWERS ACADEMY $27,607 ARRA - Head Start This award provides for ARRA Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA $943,405), and Quality Improvement Funding ($2,518,785) consistent with the provisions of Section 640(a)(5) of the Head Start Act for the Head Start and/or Early Head Start program. Head Start p
This spending item is part of a $3,453,190 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 7/15/2009
BARRY UNIVERSITY, INC. $25,351 ARRA - Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students Health Resources and Services Administration 9/03/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $22,314 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Cyclic Nucleotide Regulation in Traumatic Brain Injury: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant health concern, affecting 1.4 million people in the United States each year at a cost of $56 billion. Both focal and diffuse brain pathologies result f National Institutes of Health 7/20/2009
Haitian Youth & Community Center of Florida Incorporated $22,197 ARRA - Head Start This award provides for ARRA Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA $943,405), and Quality Improvement Funding ($2,518,785) consistent with the provisions of Section 640(a)(5) of the Head Start Act for the Head Start and/or Early Head Start program. Head Start p
This spending item is part of a $3,453,190 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 7/15/2009
Gibson Memorial Fund $18,533 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support There is emerging evidence to suggest that culturally informed and tailored/flexible intervention can lead to enhanced treatment effects with minority youth (Griner & Smith, 2006). CIFFTA was designed to address unique stressors faced by minority youth i
This spending item is part of a $999,221 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/24/2009
Dietz & Associates $18,500 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work The CPPW Project goal is to increase physical activity, improve nutritional habits, and decrease screen time in order to manage the prevalence of obesity among underserved and underinsured population. To reach those geographical ... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/18/2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $16,680 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support iPS Cells As Models of ALS: To gain an understanding of the mechanisms underlying any given disease requires access to relevant cell classes on the same genetic background. Although ALS research has seen significant advances over recent years, this precon
This spending item is part of a $3,782,000 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $12,100 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This supplement is the NORDIC (Neuro-Ophthalmology Research Disease Investigator Consortium) Headquarters portion of a joint effort for both Drs Mark Kupersmith and Karl Kieburtz on behalf of our respective institutions, St. Luke?s Roosevelt Hospital and
This spending item is part of a $799,913 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 8/19/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $11,157 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Novel Gene Targets for CNS Axonal Regeneration: Undergraduate research experiences are essential to providing important skills and encouragement for students to pursue careers in the health related sciences. These opportunities are often very difficult fo National Institutes of Health 7/09/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $10,460 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The funds will be used to develop, open and analyze three H1N1 studies in HIV-infected populations. The first study will determine the safety and immunogenicity of an H1N1 vaccine in HIV-infected pregnant women. The second study will determine safety an
This spending item is part of a $1,701,287 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 11/25/2009
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI $8,100 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Funds to employ undergraduates for summer 2009 in research projects that relate to my Career Development Award. I have a talented pool of undergraduates who have volunteered in the lab and whom I have trained. Stimulus funds have allowed me to gainfully National Institutes of Health 7/19/2009
UNITED WAY OF MIAMI-DADE, INC. $7,400 ARRA - Head Start This award provides for ARRA Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA $943,405), and Quality Improvement Funding ($2,518,785) consistent with the provisions of Section 640(a)(5) of the Head Start Act for the Head Start and/or Early Head Start program. Head Start p
This spending item is part of a $3,453,190 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 7/15/2009