This year the Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) Core, the Biomedical Informatics, Bioinformatics, and Cyberinfrastructure Enhancement Core (BiBEC) of the Hispanic Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research (ALLIANCE) and the Hispanic-IN-Research Capability Endowment (HiREC) joined hands to make the 2023 – 2024 Alliance/HiREC call for proposals using Big Data. For this year three teams of young investigators were selected.
We want to congratulate the 2023 new Alliance/HiREC Small Grant Awardees,
- Dr. Kai Guo from UPR-Medical Sciences Campus,
- Dr. Nayra Rodriguez from Albizu University, and
- Dr. Normarie Torres from the Ponce Health Science University
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- The project of Dr. Kai Guo is titled “Changes in Body Weight and Body Mass Index in Hispanic Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic using N3C data: A longitudinal study”. It will assess data from the National Cohort COVID Collaborative (N3C) to explore weight-related lifestyle factors, such as changes in dietary choices and physical activity levels during the pandemic.
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- The project of Dr. Nayra Rodriguez is titled “Association between mental health and SARS-CoV severity in children: the Role of Social Vulnerability”. This study will also assess the data from the National Cohort Covid Collaborative (N3C) to determine the impact of the social vulnerability index on children’s SARS-CoV2 severity and mental health-related hospitalizations.
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- The project of Dr. Normarie Torres, along with her co-PIs Dr. Caleb Esteban and Dr. Mario E. Bermonti, is titled “A risk model of chronic health conditions associated to trauma-related mental health conditions among Hispanic/Latinx sex, sexual, and gender minorities”. This study will assess data from the ALL of Us Workbench to investigate health disparities experienced by Hispanic/Latinx sex, sexual, and gender minorities with trauma-related mental health conditions to determine social determinants of health, including discrimination and limited access to healthcare resources.
This funding opportunity supports the analysis of existing large databases to understand health disparities and common health issues among Hispanics.
