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                Minority Health and Health Equity Research and Collaboration

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              Female Scientist Working in The Lab, Using Computer ScreenThe Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) Research and Collaboration Program works with FDA centers to support research studies about minority health and health disparities. Research under this program provides insight into the scientific basis for individual therapies. Studies also provide future directions for research and aid regulatory decision-making. This program includes:

OMHHE Challenge Grants that support FDA research.Project
			Awarded To
			Fiscal Year
			StatusExamining ethnic and racial disparities in critical care delivery to heart failure patients with artificial intelligence (AI) and real-world data (RWD)
			NCTR
			2022
			On GoingAssessment of Racial/Ethnic Diversity in BPCA/PREA Pediatric Clinical Trials Submitted to the US FDA
			OC
			2022
			On GoingMinimizing the impact of skin pigmentation in optical diagnostic devices through science-based best practices: literature review and numerical analysis
			CDRH
			2022
			On GoingReal-World Evidence Study on the Accuracy of Pulse Oximeters
			CDRH
			2022
			On GoingDefine and Overcome Gaps Between Clinical Trial Evidence (CTE) And Real-World Evidence (RWE) For Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Therapy And Outcomes
			CDER
			2021
			On GoingRacial and Ethnic Differences in Severe and Critical Hospitalizations and Mortality for COVID-19 Among Adults Under 65
			CDER
			2021
			On GoingDevelopment of Reference Panel for Rh Variants Blood Group Genotyping to Improve Transfusion Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease Patients
			CBER
			2020
			CompleteValidation of Epigenetic Biomarkers in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells From African American and European American Women With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
			NCTR
			2020
			On GoingPhantom-based test methods for evaluating skin pigmentation-based disparities in performance of photoacoustic breast imaging systems
			CDRH
			2020
			On GoingChildhood Obesity: A Focus Group Study with English- and Spanish-Speaking Hispanic Low-Income Parents
			CFSAN
			2019
			On GoingIdentification of genetic determinants of the susceptibility to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
			NCTR
			2019
			CompleteEvaluating the clinical comparability of U.S. vs. non-U.S. clinical trial data for FDA-regulated medical devices
			CDRH
			2019
			CompleteEvaluation of the correlation of ethnicity-related neuroinflammation differences in Alzheimer’s disease with ER stress-induced endothelial dysfunction in the brain
			NCTR
			2018
			CompleteA Pilot Database of Pharmacogenomics Biomarkers for Application to the Minority Groups
			NCTR
			2018
			CompleteEvaluating Skin‐Pigmentation‐Based Disparities In Performance Of Nearinfrared Cerebral Oximeters Using Phantom‐Based Test Methods (Year 2: Tissue Phantom Optimization And Confounding Biological Factors)
			CDRH
			2018
			CompleteRapid Message Testing with Consumer Panels
			CDER
			2017
			CompleteEvaluating skin-pigmentation-based disparities in performance of near-infrared cerebral oximeters using phantom-based test methods
			CDRH
			2017
			CompleteStudying Interactions between hepatitis B vaccines and hepatitis B immune globulin in newborn mice
			CBER
			2017
			CompleteScience of Engagement: Advancing Scientific Knowledge and Subpopulation Analysis for Minority Populations by Structuring Stakeholder Data into Meaningful Information and Analyzable Datasets
			CDER
			2017
			CompleteAn Examination of Advertising and Promotional Labeling in Adult Immunization Disparities
			CBER
			2016
			CompleteMolecular Characterization of Racial Disparities and Outcome in Multiple Myeloma
			CDER
			2015
			CompleteAn Epigenome-Wide Association Study (EWAS) of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from African American and European American Women With and Without Lupus
			NCTR
			2015
			CompleteInvestigation of Human Cytomegalovirus Strain-Specific Neutralizing Antibody Responses in Racial/Ethnic Minorities
			CBER
			2015
			CompleteAlzheimer’s disease (AD) in African Americans and Caucasians:  Comparisons of biomarkers of inflammation in human tissues
			NCTR
			2014
			CompleteThe development of anti-drug antibodies to therapeutic-proteins: The Pharmacogenetic basis for poor outcomes in minority populations
			CBER
			2014
			CompleteImproving transfusion outcomes through development of blood group genotyping reference panels
			CBER
			2014
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