Humana Foundation Awards Health Equity Research Grants Equal to $1 Million to Three University Partners
05 Dezembro 2023 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Grants of a quarter-million dollars each will
fund new research at the University of Texas Health Science Center
at Houston, Yale University and two schools at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Humana Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Humana Inc.
(NYSE: HUM) for the past 41 years, today announced the recipients
of its first-ever research grants in service of the Foundation’s
health equity strategy. Awards of $250,000 each were presented to
the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston’s School
of Public Health, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s
Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Social Work,
and Yale University’s School of Medicine. The research undertaken
by the Foundation’s university partners will examine barriers to
healthy emotional connections and approaches to nutrition, and
explore the relationship between these issues and chronic
disease.
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“The Humana Foundation is proud to support solutions-focused
research that contributes to national health equity as a core part
of the new strategy we announced at the beginning of the year,”
said Tiffany Benjamin, CEO of the Humana Foundation. “We’re
generating knowledge that translates into practical, scalable
solutions for removing the barriers that prevent people from living
connected, healthy lives.”
The two research grants awarded to the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, totaling $500,000, will address the
Foundation’s two focus areas of nutrition and mental health and two
target audiences of seniors and school-aged children. Earlier this
year, UNC’s Eshelman Institute received a Humana Foundation Health
Equity Innovation Fund grant in the amount of $750,000 to expand a
program that pilots health and nutrition solutions brought forward
by Black collegiate entrepreneurs.
Now, Lindsey Haynes-Maslow, PhD, MHA at the Gillings School of
Global Public Health will study the benefits of healthy,
home-delivered meals and social connectedness programs for seniors
with lower incomes. The 12-week intervention is designed to address
both food security and loneliness.
“Food is an integral part of society,” said Dr. Haynes-Maslow.
“It is one of the most basic human needs we require to physically
thrive, but it also fulfills our social needs. Food brings people
together. It is a uniter and a conversation-starter. This grant is
an opportunity to examine how we can nourish socially isolated
seniors’ physical and mental health.”
Dr. Hanes-Maslow’s colleague at the School of Social Work, Paul
Lanier, PhD, will research the potential for youth peer leaders to
improve suicide prevention programs. Dr. Lanier will identify and
recruit racially and ethnically diverse peer leaders at high
schools, and seek to deploy them more effectively through social
network and connection analysis.
“We’re grateful for the opportunity provided by the Humana
Foundation to improve youth mental health,” said Sheryl Zimmerman,
Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development and Kenan
Distinguished Professor, UNC School of Social Work. “Dr. Lanier is
a nationally recognized expert in conducting rigorous research to
improve children’s mental health services, and his research in
prevention science will be enriched by this grant.”
New research conducted by Shreela Sharma, PhD, of the University
of Texas Health Science Center at Houston’s School of Public Health
seeks to improve both food insecurity and health outcomes for
at-risk children and their families. Dr. Sharma will examine the
impact of a 32-week produce prescription program on the mental and
physical health of children who are overweight or obese, and stem
from low-income families.
With the final research grant, Terri R. Fried, MD, at Yale
School of Medicine will develop advance care planning tools to
improve mental health outcomes for caregivers of seniors living
with dementia. Dr. Fried will also test whether group visits to
address advance care planning has a positive impact on both
caregivers’ and patients’ sense of connectedness.
The Humana Foundation’s research grants are currently open by
invitation only. Organizations interested in connecting with the
Foundation to discuss research opportunities should visit
HumanaFoundation.org and complete this form.
About the Humana Foundation
The Humana Foundation was established in 1981 as the
philanthropic arm of Humana Inc. and is focused on health equity,
working to eliminate unjust, avoidable and unnecessary barriers in
health and healthcare. The Foundation fosters evidence-based
collaborations and investments that help people in underserved
communities live connected, healthy lives. As a steward of good
health, the Foundation creates healthy emotional connections for
people and communities and is shaping a healthier approach to
nutrition to support lifelong well-being. For more information,
visit humanafoundation.org.
Humana Inc. and the Humana Foundation believe everyone should
have access to the tools and support needed to have a fair and just
opportunity to be as healthy as possible. Our commitment to
improving health outcomes for all – our members and patients,
employees, the communities we serve, the healthcare system, and the
environment - is the foundation of our Environment, Social, and
Governance (ESG) impact platform.
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