KlopfensteinGrant from the Colorado Department of Early Childhood
Project abstract: Colorado Evaluation and Action Lab (Colorado Lab) at the University of Denver will support evaluation planning of the stimulus-funded activities so the best possible evaluation strategies are pursued. This planning work allowed the Colorado Lab to deeply understand the goals and implementation approaches of each stimulus-funded activity and produce a set of evaluation recommendations.
Project abstract: Depression is one of the most common perinatal complications, with one in seven mothers diagnosed with postpartum depression (PPD) and even higher rates for those who identify as Hispanic/Latine, Black or African American, American Indian, or Alaska Native, or multiple races or ethnicities. This project addresses the major gap in prevention services for PPD, particularly among socioeconomically disadvantaged and minoritized groups, by testing two versions of a service-ready, efficacious preventive intervention.
Project abstract: Proposed here is a platform technology for the bottom-up synthesis of a directly polymerizable CO-releasing molecule. Once polymerized, this macromolecule can be placed into various biological systems to create CO gas upon photolysis. This photolysis is fast and high-yielding and creates innocuous, non-cytoxotic photo-byproducts.
Project abstract: Pervasive reductions in environmental oxygen availability (hypoxia) pose a serious threat to the roughly 140 million people worldwide that live at altitudes above 2500 meters. The proposed project will use wild, high-altitude deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) as a model to understand the integrated evolutionary mechanisms that allow animals to overcome the challenges of low oxygen.
ManczakGrant from the National Institutes of Health
Project abstract: Depression is a prevalent, recurrent, and frequently chronic disorder that affects approximately 21% of individuals in their lifetime and is associated with significant impairment and considerable public health burden. To elucidate factors that contribute to the onset and development of depressive symptoms, the current project seeks to test the role of alterations in peripheral cytokines as a biological mediator of associations between air pollution exposure and depressive symptoms in adolescents.
Project abstract: This project strategically leverages existing work published by the principal investigators outlining a three-lines-of-defenses framework for wildfire risk management in electric power grids. The overarching goal of this research is to develop solutions to enhance the assessment of wildfire and power grid risk.
Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
Project abstract: The proposed project will contribute to enhancing the capacity of public library staff to serve multilingual communities in culturally and linguistically sensitive areas and beyond information provision.
WatamuraGrant from the National Science Foundation
Project abstract: Racial biases are deeply entrenched in U.S. society, yet very little is known about the mechanisms responsible for spreading bias from culture to child. The proposed project will examine a cultural mechanism through which bias may spread and thus shape interracial relationships in middle childhood. The researchers hypothesize that children across the U.S. frequently observe a lack of empathy in cross-race interactions and consequently develop a tendency to distrust and avoid other-race individuals.
Project abstract: Stress in the prenatal period is hypothesized to contribute to cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adulthood. However, little is known about plausible biological mechanisms. The focus of this proposal is to assess the role of placental corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH), an understudied stress responsive hormone that regulates fetal development and birth outcomes, in offspring CVD risk (BMI z-score, waist circumference, and blood pressure) and obesogenic eating behaviors.
Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
Project abstract: This project will lay the groundwork for a future equitable workplace transition program for recent Library and Information Science (LIS) graduates with disabilities and neurodiverse conditions.
Project abstract: This project seeks to improve the knowledge of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia, promote brain health behaviors, prevent dementia, and reduce dementia worry among Chinese Americans aged 55 or older in the Denver metro area.
Project abstract: This effort shall focus on robotic capability demonstrations for the Waste Isolation Plant (WIPP) site, which has unique challenges for robotic operations. For example, the WIPP underground is GPS-denied and dusty, contains obstacles, and has an uneven ground surface. These features make the WIPP site an excellent proving ground for demonstration of robotic platforms.
LegetteGrant from San Jose State University (subaward State of California)
Project abstract: This project will create an electronic repository of resources in support of equity-oriented and school-wide restorative policies and practices with a focus on reducing exclusionary discipline outcomes and mitigating racial disparities by improving school climate.
Project abstract: This project will design and implement a community engagement strategy that will inform comprehensive equity decision-making and help enhance social and environmental change efforts for Sand Creek Regional Greenway (SCRG) and surrounding communities.
