News Release
NIH Launches Community-led Research Program to Advance Health Equity
Sept. 27, 2023: Awards to community organizations will enable examination of structural drivers of health.
News Releases & Announcements
Here you will find press releases, media advisories, media notes and announcements produced by NIMHD, as well as NIH. These offer a glance into the research, medical advances, and activities that define NIMHD.
News Release
NIH Designates People with Disabilities as a Population with Health Disparities
Sept. 26, 2023: NIMHD Director, in consultation with AHRQ Director, designate new health disparity population and announce funding opportunity in disabilities research.
News Release
NIH Awards $5.8M to Create Genomic Data Science Educational Hub for Early Career Researchers
Sept. 7, 2023: Funds from NHGRI, NIMHD, the NIH Office of Data Science Strategy, and the NIH All of Us Research Program will provide new educational and research opportunities for students of diverse backgrounds, including those from groups historically underrepresented in the biomedical sciences.
Announcement
New NIMHD Funding to Help Institutions Build Research Capacity through Endowments
Aug. 1, 2023: John Lewis Research Endowment Program grants awarded to six institutional endowments to expand minority health and health disparities research infrastructure and training.
Announcement
NIMHD Science Leader Receives Honors for Work Advancing the Science of Minority Health and Health Disparities
May 24, 2023: Dr. Monica Webb Hooper, NIMHD Deputy Director, recognized for her leadership and influence across biomedical and behavioral research.
News Release
NIH-Funded Study Highlights the Financial Toll of Health Disparities in the United States
May 16, 2023: Ground-breaking study provides national and state-level estimates of the economic burden of health disparities by race and ethnicity and educational levels. Video release: The Staggering Cost of Health Inequities
Media Availability
NIH's Climate and Health Initiative Tackles Global Health Effects Associated With a Changing Climate
Nov. 4, 2022: Agency leaders discuss new research plan to address the risk to human health posed by a changing climate in a commentary published in The Lancet.
News Release
Life Expectancy in the U.S. Increased Between 2000-2019, but Widespread Gaps Among Racial and Ethnic Groups Exist
June 16, 2022: County-level data provides unprecedented detail by geography and population groups. Video News Release: Life expectancy in the US by race and ethnicity
News Release
Scientists Find Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Use of Pediatric Acute Asthma Care
March 29, 2022: Large NIH-funded study published in Annals of Family Medicine suggests factors beyond affordability influence disparities in health care utilization.
Media Availability
People From Racial, Ethnic, and Other Groups Face Frequent COVID-19–Related Discrimination
Feb. 24, 2022: Study highlights the need for public health messaging strategies that address biases against all population groups that have been marginalized.
Page updated Sept. 28, 2023
