Research Country: United States

Interdisciplinary Summer Institute on the Analysis of Complex, Large-Scale Longitudinal Data

Contemporary large-scale NIH initiatives have led to the emergence of many high-quality publicly available longitudinal datasets that that include complex data of various types, sources, and domains (e.g., biological, social, individual, family, neighborhood, etc.). However, use of these datasets without training can lead to scientific setbacks, including work that is imperfect, misleading, or even incorrect. … Read more

Improving Outcomes of Adolescents in Residential Substance use Treatment via a Technology-Assisted Parenting Intervention

Project Description When parents engage in their adolescents’ substance use (SU) treatment, the adolescents experience better outcomes and lower risk of relapse. Yet, parent engagement remains low across the SU treatment continuum, particularly in service lines designed for adolescents with severe SU. To address this gap, we created Parent SMART – a scalable technology-assisted intervention … Read more

PRIME-HIV: Personalized, Real-time Interactive Medical Education in HIV.

PROJECT SUMMARY There is an urgent need to strengthen the HIV clinical workforce in the United States, as demand for HIV prevention and treatment continues to rise while the supply of trained providers declines. Contributing factors include an aging clinician population, limited HIV-specific training during medical education, and systemic disincentives to managing complex HIV care. … Read more

Lipid regulation of the stem cell niche

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Adult stem cells are progenitor cells capable of tissue regeneration during life through the ability to both self- renewal and to produce specialized cells upon division. Stem cells reside in microenvironments called “niches” that integrate systemic cues and provide signals for stem cell maintenance. Over the years, the use of the stem cell … Read more

CAREER: Structure-Aware Learning from Weak Supervision for Knowledge Acquisition

Knowledge acquisition—the ability of artificial intelligence (AI) systems to extract actionable insights from vast amounts of unstructured text—is critical for advancements in healthcare, education, and scientific discovery. While Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown impressive capabilities, their reliability depends heavily on massive, perfectly curated datasets, which are expensive and often unavailable in specialized domains. This … Read more

REU Site: Cybersecurity Research of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

This award supports a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), Daytona Beach, Florida. Each summer, ten motivated undergraduates from universities across the United States participate in a rigorous 10-week Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) cybersecurity research program. The program combines faculty-mentored research with professional development activities designed to prepare students for … Read more

REU Site: Summer Program for Interdisciplinary Research and Education-Emerging Interface Technologies

The SPIRE-EIT (Summer Program for Interdisciplinary Research and Education – Emerging Interface Technologies) at Iowa State University is a 10-week summer program for undergraduates integrating research and education about emerging interface technologies (EIT). The project’s novelties are hands-on research experiences using cyberinfrastructure aligned with a mini-course curriculum in computer programming, 3D graphics, extended reality (XR), … Read more

Collaborative Research: Multisite REU in Synthetic Biology

This REU Site award to Simmons University, located in Boston, MA and North Carolina A&T University, in Greensboro, NC will support the training of 12 undergraduate students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2027-2029. Each institution will host a site with 6 students each summer. The focus of the program is to provide research … Read more

REU Site: Michigan Semiconductor Hands-On Research Experience (M-SHORE)

Americans rely on semiconductor technology in all aspects of their lives. We have come to expect continuous performance improvement and innovation in smart phones, watches and tablets and the cloud servers they access, in medical devices for diagnostics and treatment, in daily transportation whether by aircraft, automobile, boat, or e-bike/scooter, in management of our homes … Read more