Grants

Our scientists are recipients of the following grants:

Current Grants

Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Title: The impact of cannabis laws on opioid
use disorder prevention and treatment
ID#: R01 DA059041
Role: Pl - Lindsay Allen (Northwestern
University)
Total Cost: $350,000 (estimated)
Project Period: September 30, 2024 -
September 29, 2027

Agency: U.S. Department of Justice/ Bureau
of Justice Assistance
Title: Upper Ohio Valley River Corridor Drug
Data Research Center to Combat the
Overdose Crisis
ID#: 1 SPBJA-23-GK-00715-COMB
Role: Pl
Total Cost: $3,550,151
Project Period: October 1, 2023 - September
30,2026

Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Title: Suicidal Intent in Fatal Drug Overdoses
Total Cost: $275,000
Project Period: Not specified

Agency: National Institutes for Health (Subcontract
from Lurie Children's Hospital)
ID#: 1R01HL155113-01A1
Title: Child and Mother Physical Activity Study
Role: Pl - Kwon, Site Pl - Welch
Total Cost: $1,941 ,001
Project period: March 1, 2022 - December 31,
2026

Agency: National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute
ID#: RO1 HL153154-01
Title: Effect of Hospital-Cardiologist
Integration on Clinical Practice, Healthcare
Quality, and Medicare Spending
Role: Pl - Ali Moghtaderi, Lead CO-I - Bernard
Black
Total Cost: $3,400,000.00
Project period: 2020-2025

Agency: National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute
ID#: 1RO1HL169873-01A1Title: Measurement 
and Reduction of Low Value Cardiovascular Care
Role: Pl - Vinay Kini, Lead CO-I - Bernard
Black
Total Cost: $4,100,000.00
Project period: 2024-2029

Agency: Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
ID#: 1 R01 H1U18DP006524-01-00
Title: Coverage and State-Level Delivery
Approaches on Healthcare Quality,
Outcomes, and Costs for Adults with Diabetes
Role: Pl - Bernard Black
Total Cost: $2,250,000.00
Project period: 2020-2025

Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Title: The Role of Telehealth in Improving
Access to and Costs of Unscheduled Care
Among Lower-Income Individuals
ID#: R01HS029340-01A1
Role: Lindsay Allen
Total Cost: $1,582,000
Project Period: September 30, 2023 - August
31, 2027

Agency: Northwestern University, Racial
Equity and Community Partnership Grant
Title: Movement, Music & Community
Pl: Morhardt
Role: Co-I
Project Period: July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025

Agency: National Institutes of Health
Title: Leveraging State Drug Overdose Data to
Build a Comprehensive Case-Level National
Dataset to Inform Prevention and Mitigation
Strategies
ID#: 1 R21 DA058583-01
Role: Pl - Post, L.
Total Cost: $469,483
Project Period: April 1, 2023 - March 31, 2025

Agency: National Institute of Child Health and
Development
Title: Physical Activity in South Asian Youth
Role: Pl - Soyang Kwon
Total costs: $157,531
Project Period: September 10, 2024 - August
31, 2026

Title: An Integrated Analysis of the COVID-19
Crisis on Labor Market Outcomes and
Mortality
ID#: 2242472
Role: Pl -Hannes Schwandt, CO-I - Til von
Wachter
Total Cost: $811,888.00
Project Period: 2023-2026

Title: Health and Economic Benefits of
Cholesterol Reduction for the Prevention of
CVD and Dementia
ID#: 24CDA1274989
Role: Pl - Ciaran Kohli-Lynch
Total Cost: $231,000.00
Project Period: April 1, 2024 - March 31, 2027

Agency: National Institute of Nursing
Research
Title: Using the Fitbit for early detection of
infection and reduction of healthcare
utilization after discharge in pediatric surgical
patients.
Site Pl: Soyang Kwon
Total costs: $79,607
Project period: September 1, 2024-June 30,
2027

Agency: Stanley Manne Children's Research
Institute
Title: Health in Early Childhood among Asian
Americans Research
Role: Pl - Soyang Kwon
Total costs: $50,000
Project period: February 1, 2024 - July 31,
2025

Agency: Illinois Criminal Justice Information
Authority
Title: Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program
- Local FRO Implementation Support and is
administered by the Illinois Criminal Justice
Information Authority (ICJIA) focused on
Firearm Restraining Order Implementation in
Lake County
Role: Pl - Maryann Mason
Total costs: $126,759

Agency: National Institute of Nursing
Research
Title: Implementing a secure firearm storage
program in Illinois health centers in
partnership with Alliance Chicago and the
Illinois Primary Health Care Association.
ID#: 1 R01 NR021291-01
Pl: Beidas, R, Co-I - Maryann Mason
Total cost: $3,507,922
Project Period: July 24, 2024 - May 31, 2029

Agency: American Public Health
Association/CDC
Title: Open source data science tool for statebased
NVDRS data quality control to reduce
bias using ethical data science methods.
ID#: TBD 
Role: Pl - Zheng, Q, Contact Pl - Maryann Mason
Total costs: $75,000
Project period: May 1, 2024 - April 30, 2025

Agency: Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Title: Advancing Surveillance of Violent Deaths
Using the National Violent Death Reporting
System (NVDRS)
ID#: NU17CE0010141
Pl: Mason, M.
Total cost: $2,200,000
Project period: September 1, 2022 - August
31, 2027

Agency: Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (Sub-contract from Illinois
Department of Public Health)
Title: State Unintentional Drug Overdose
Reporting System and Block by Block
Intervention
ID#: 1 NU17CE010216-01 -00
Role: Pl - Mason, M.
Total costs: $6,928,125
Project period: September 1, 2023 - August
31, 2028

Sponsor: Anonymous Donor Philanthropic Gift
Title: Communicating to turn data into Action
ID#: AGMT# 08/25/21
Role: Pl - Mason, M.
Total costs: $460,000
Project period: September 1, 2020 - August
31, 2025