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• 251NIH research projects

NIH-funded research (newest 40 of 251)

Early-stage science funded by the US National Institutes of Health. Most of these projects don't enroll patients, but they show what is being worked on.

• Investigating how a specific signaling molecule affects brain blood vessel health in dementia.

  This study is looking at how a substance called sphingosine 1 phosphate (S1P) might help protect the blood-brain barrier and improve brain health for people with Cerebral Small Vessel Disease, which can lead to dementia, and it hopes to find new ways to slow down or prevent this condition.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-9972630

• Administrative Core for a Cancer Research Program

  This NIH grant funds an Administrative Core to manage a large cancer research program and ensure compliance, coordination, and data resources to support studies on cancer causes and patient populations.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11644055

• Administrative Core for a cancer research program

  A central hub at a major medical center helps coordinate cancer research, data resources, and compliance to accelerate progress for people affected by cancer.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11644052

• Engagement Optimization for AI/AN Cancer Genomics and Care

  A patient-friendly project aims to use AI tools to better understand cancer genetics in American Indian and Alaska Native communities and use that knowledge to improve screening, prevention, and treatment.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11640965

• GenomeCharacterization for AI/AN Cancer Health

  A large NIH project aims to map the cancer genomes of American Indian and Alaska Native people to uncover unique mutations and patterns that could improve cancer screening, prevention, and treatment for AI/AN communities.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11640964

• Engaging AI/AN Communities in Cancer Genomics for Better Screening and Care

  A community-engaged research effort to understand cancer genetics in American Indian and Alaska Native people with the goal of improving screening, prevention, and treatment.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11640963

• Engagement of AI/AN Communities in Cancer Genome Sequencing (Administrative Core)

  A dedicated program partners with American Indian and Alaska Native communities to explore cancer genomes and how sequencing information can improve screening, prevention, and treatment for AI/AN people.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11640962

• Primary Care Bridge: Building Research in Diverse Geographic Settings

  A national network hub in New Mexico will connect rural clinics and communities to faster, more usable primary care research so patients in underserved areas can benefit from new evidence.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11618652

• Microbiome and gut-brain links in Lewy body diseases

  A study is exploring how the gut microbiome may be connected to Lewy body diseases, with samples and imaging collected to understand early disease signals.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11599432

• New Mexico NCORP: Improving Cancer Care Across the State

  A statewide program in New Mexico aims to improve cancer care and ensure more people have access to high-quality screening, prevention, treatment, and cancer-clinical trials.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11543519

• Role of circRNAs in Pain Sensitization

  A study exploring how circular RNAs in nerve tissue influence chronic pain and the body’s response to opioids, with potential implications for new pain therapies.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11535946

• Integrative Analysis of Lung Cancer Risk and Its Causes

  A large, multi-part study at the University of New Mexico is exploring why lung cancer happens and how to better prevent and detect it.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11523887

• Integrative Analysis of Lung Cancer Risk and Causes

  A large NIH project is exploring how tobacco use, behavior, biology, and screening practices influence lung cancer risk and outcomes to help prevent and detect it earlier.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11523876

• CEDAR Center: a new hub to advance dementia and aging research in New Mexico

  A new building at UNM Health Sciences Center will bring researchers, healthcare providers, and community members together to accelerate dementia and aging studies in New Mexico.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11523333

• Healthy Brain and Child Development study consortium

  A large, nationwide effort to understand how genes and early life experiences shape brain development in thousands of babies and young children.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11518973

• Roles of Biotransformation in Arsenic-Linked Anemia

  This grant explores how arsenic processing in the body leads to anemia by disrupting early blood cell development and identifying who might be at risk.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11506801

• Microplastics and brain waste clearance: how tiny plastics affect cerebrospinal fluid cleaning

  A patient-friendly look at a study that explores whether micro-nano-plastics can accumulate in the brain and interfere with how CSF helps clear waste from the brain.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11506799

• How cells choose their EV neighbors and how to map it

  Researchers are testing a new method to understand how tiny particles called extracellular vesicles talk to specific cell types, which could reveal why some signals reach certain brain cells.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11502652

• Brain cells that drive cue-triggered cocaine craving

  This project looks at how a rare type of nerve cell in the brain’s reward center affects cue-driven cocaine craving, with the goal of helping people recovering from cocaine use disorder.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11458756

• Harnessing malaria immunity data in vaccinated and unvaccinated children to improve therapies

  A study in children in Kenya looks at how immunity to malaria works in both those who got a malaria vaccine and those who didn’t, with the goal of guiding better treatments.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11454771

• Newb nature of adenovirus eye infections and how they cause damage

  Adenovirus-related conjunctivitis and a severe form called EKC are studied to understand how the virus causes eye injury and how to stop it.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11446697

• Systematic PTM Knowledge Extraction in Alzheimer's Disease

  A research project will automatically pull out important protein modification details from scientific papers to better understand Alzheimer’s disease in people.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11442757

• Understanding how micro/nano plastics affect the brain and inflammation

  This NIH grant looks at how tiny plastic particles in the brain may disrupt lipids and trigger glial inflammation, with hope of informing safer materials and therapies for people at risk of brain diseases.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11439656

• How the tumor environment helps ovarian cancer spread by activating c‑Jun and AKT2

  This work looks for molecular changes in the tumor surroundings that switch on c‑Jun and AKT2 and help ovarian cancer cells spread, aiming to guide new treatments for people with metastatic ovarian cancer.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11437716

• Engaging AI/AN communities in cancer genome sequencing to improve screening and care

  A nationwide project partners with American Indian and Alaska Native communities to study cancer genomes in people like them, aiming to improve cancer screening, prevention, and treatment.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11412634

• UNM Pediatric Clinical Trials Center: Expanding Access to Pediatric Trials in IDeA States

  A pediatric trials center at UNM aims to help diverse children, including those in rural and underserved communities, participate in high-quality clinical trials.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11402566

• Understanding how ILC2 immune cells affect allergic asthma in adults

  This grant studies how a specific immune group, ILC2s, influence allergic asthma in adults and whether turning down their activity could help treat the condition.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11400523

• Mesenchymal stem cells to restore corneal endothelium

  Fat and bone marrow stem cells may be turned into corneal cells to help people with diseased eyes.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11398144

• Emerging Environmental Exposures and Brain Aging in Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias

  This research investigates how pollutants like wildfire smoke, microplastics, and heavy metals may speed up brain aging and contribute to Alzheimer’s and related dementias in people.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11393169

• Pilot Core to Grow FASD Research at NMARC

  A national-standard core at NMARC helps new researchers study fetal alcohol spectrum disorders by enabling interdisciplinary projects over two years.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11392555

• How alcohol exposure in pregnancy affects brain myelin and learning

  This grant studies how exposure to alcohol before birth changes the brain’s insulation (myelin) and learning abilities, using a mouse model to mirror late-pregnancy exposure.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11392552

• C5-Circular RNAs and Immune Sensitization in FASD

  A study exploring how circular RNAs in the brain may connect prenatal alcohol exposure to later immune-related brain changes and cognitive struggles, especially during adolescence and early adulthood.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11392551

• How prenatal alcohol exposure changes brain circuits that control thinking and memory

  This project explores how exposure to alcohol before birth affects brain communication between key areas, and how this may lead to problems with memory and flexible thinking.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11392550

• C3 neural rhythms and vision in teens with fetal alcohol exposure

  Teens with fetal alcohol exposure may have lasting brain rhythm changes that affect vision and thinking, and this grant explores those brain patterns to guide future help.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11392548

• New Mexico Alcohol Research Center Scientific Core

  A shared research resource helps doctors study how prenatal alcohol exposure affects brain development and supports efforts to diagnose and treat Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11392546

• Administrative leadership core supports NMARC center and coordination

  This grant funds the administrative core of NMARC to guide its research work, coordinate programs, manage budgets, and organize key meetings and community outreach.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11392543

• Fetal alcohol exposure and its lasting brain effects: diagnosis and care improvements

  A national center is testing how exposure to alcohol before birth affects brain development, with hopes of better diagnosis and more effective ways to help affected children.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11392542

• TLR-based Nano-therapy delivered into the abdomen to fight peritoneal metastases

  A new nano-therapy given directly into the abdomen uses TLR-agonist–modified particles to target and kill cancer cells in people with peritoneal metastases, especially from ovarian cancer.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11392520

• Impact of prenatal alcohol exposure and placental blood flow problems on brain function in children and teens

  This study looks at how moderate prenatal alcohol exposure plus placental problems affect attention and brain structure in youngsters.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11392424

• Activating CMA to help fight Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

  A researcher team is studying how a cellular cleanup system called CMA can be turned on to support brain health in people with Alzheimer’s disease and similar dementias.

  NIH research University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr · Albuquerque, United States · NIH-11392326

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