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MIRRORS+ (Maternal Initiative for Reflective Recovery-Oriented Residential Services Plus)
Sept. 30, 2023 – Sept. 29, 2028
SAMHSA – SMH TI086411
$172,634
Kowalchuk, Subaward PI (Bell, PI)

EmpowHER
Sept. 30, 2023 – Sept. 29, 2028
SAMHSA TI086801
$2,500,000
Zoorob, PD

Access to Care
Sept. 30, 2023 – Sept. 29, 2028
SAMHSA – BHSST TI086247
$157,972
Gonzalez, Subaward PD (Martinez, PD)

Nueva Start
Sept. 30, 2023 – Sept. 29, 2028
SAMHSA – BHSST TI086081
$157,972
Gonzalez, Subaward PD (Martinez, PD)

Advancing Health Equity through Integrated Care: Earmark
Sept. 30, 2023 – Sept. 29, 2024
SAMHSA FG001036
$1,195,996
Zoorob, PD

THECB Family Medicine Residency Program (2023 Renewal)
Sept. 1, 2023 – Aug. 31, 2024
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
$195,100
Warwick, PD

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Diagnostic Stewardship Intervention to Reduce Inappropriate Antibiotic Use for Urinary Tract Infections in Primary Care
Aug. 1, 2023 – May 31, 2028
AHRQ HS029489
$2,322,759
Grigoryan, Contact PI; Faustinella, Co-I (Trautner, MPI; Chen, Co-I)

Prostate Cancer Project
Aug. 1, 2023 – July 31, 2024
The V Foundation for Cancer Research T2022-014
$16,588
Rustveld, Collaborator (Sreekumar, PI)

Implementation of a Hypertension Education Class at a Community-Based Clinic in an Underserved Urban Area
May 4, 2023 – April 30, 2024
TAFP
$3,750
Atkinson, PI; Waqar, Co-I

Reducing Use of Antibiotics without a Prescription: Testing of a Stakeholder-Driven, Patient Education Intervention in Primary Care
May 1, 2023 – April 30, 2024
TAFP
$10,000
Grigoryan, PI; Zoorob, Co-I (Trautner, Co-I)

Familias Contra Diabetes: Group Visits to Teach Self-Management Strategies to Diabetic Patients and their Families
May 1, 2023 – April 30, 2024
TAFP
$5,540
Nguyen, PI

A Multi-level Approach to Assess the Role of Environmental and Social Factors on the Health of the Black Maternal-Fetal Dyad during Pregnancy: A Pilot
April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024
NIH/NIMHD
$50,000
Spooner, PI (Symanski, PI)

Behavioral Health American Rescue Plan Act Funding for Harris County Public Health Services (ARPA LFRF): I-Care Clinic
Dec. 1, 2022 – Oct. 24, 2024
HUD – SMH SLFRFP1966
$740,273
Zoorob, Subaward PI (Gilmore, PI)

Fueling Hope
Sept. 30, 2022 – Sept. 29, 2027
SAMHSA – BHSST TI085219
$568,407
Gonzalez, Subaward PI (Martinez, PI)

FRONTLINES+ Project (First Responder Opioid Overdose Naloxone Training and Linkage Into Needed Evidence-Based Services Plus) (2022 Renewal)
Sept. 30, 2022 – Sept. 29, 2026
SAMHSA – City of Houston TI084774
$210,802
Kowalchuk, Subaward PI

Clinical Trial of Bacteriophage for Urinary Tract Infections in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
July 31, 2022 – July 30, 2025
Craig H. Neilsen Foundation
$22,335
Grigoryan, Co-I (Trautner, PI)

A Cluster Randomized Trial of Two Implementation Strategies to Disseminate a Successful Antibiotic Stewardship Intervention
July 1, 2022 – April 30, 2027
AHRQ HS028776
$2,490,000
Grigoryan, Co-PI (Trautner, PI)

Graduate Medical Education Expansion Grant Houston 2022–2024
July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2024
THECB
$900,000
Warwick, PD

Graduate Medical Education Expansion Lufkin 2022–2024
July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2024
THECB
$675,000
Warwick, Interim PD

Be Well Texas (BWTX) Program
May 16, 2022 – Aug. 31, 2024
SAMHSA – UTSA – SMH
$116,460
Kowalchuk, Subaward PI (Gilmore, PI)

Elevated Homocysteine in African American Prostate Cancer: Association with Diet and Dietary Practices, Evaluating its Biomarker Potential and Characterizing its Tumor Promoting Function
April 1, 2022 – March 30, 2027
NIH CA267090
$2,797,150
Rustveld, PI (Sreekumar, Contact PI)

BCM Buprenorphine Education Among Residents and (Medical) Students (BCM BEARS)
Sept. 30, 2021 – Sept. 29, 2024
SAMHSA TI083986
$445,867
Kowalchuk, PI; Zoorob & Mejia, Co-Is; Gonzalez, Evaluator

Community Access & Resources Education Project (CARE)
Aug. 31, 2021 – Aug. 30, 2026
SAMHSA – BHSST SP082149
$150,167
Gonzalez, Subaward PD (Sanchez, PI)

Expansion of the Lung Cancer Screening and Tobacco Control (LCTC) Network to Rural and Medically Underserved Populations
Aug. 31, 2021 – Aug. 30, 2024
CPRIT PP210044
$1,999,664
Zoorob, PI; Mejia, Co-PD; Levine, Evaluator

T32: National Research Service Award in Primary Care
July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2026
HRSA HP10031
$1,921,275
Zoorob, PI; Gonzalez & Grigoryan, Associate PDs; Kowalchuk, Mentor

Center for Biomedical and Minority Health Research (RCMI)
Sept. 25, 2020 – May 31, 2025
NIMHD – TSU MD007605
$39,000
Mejia, Subaward Collaborator (Olaleye, PI)

Enhancing Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Education through Community-Based Outreach and Information Technology
Aug. 31, 2020 – Aug. 30, 2024
CPRIT PP190068
$1,941,778
Rustveld, PD

Come Home Houston
April 30, 2020 – April 29, 2025
SAMHSA TI082637
$1,998,220
Zoorob, PD

Bringing Alcohol and Other Drug Research to Primary Care
April 1, 2020 – March 31, 2024
NIH AA028203
$2,624,815
Zoorob, Contact PI; Kowalchuk, MPI; Grigoryan, Evaluator

Reducing Use of Antibiotics without a Prescription among Outpatients in a Safety Net Healthcare System
July 1, 2019 – April 30, 2024
AHRQ HS026901
$2,460,456
Grigoryan, MPI (Trautner, Contact PI)