Seed Grants Awarded
A listing of MPRC Seed Grants awarded since 2009, in reverse chronological order
| Title | Description | Effective Date |
|---|---|---|
| Premature Mortality and its Correlates: A Study of Individual and Contextual Factors Associated with Early Mortality among Black Adults in the United States | Heide Jackson to investigate contextual and individual factors associated with racial disparities in mortality | Feb 25, 2025 11:05 AM |
| Charting neurocognitive impairments and strengths following ecological adversity across adolescence: Implications for multisystem health and wellbeing | Arianna Gard to transform current approaches to the study of adversity defects on adolescent development | Feb 25, 2025 10:45 AM |
| The Impact of an Abortion Ban on Prenatal Screening and Testing for Fetal Anomalies | Rebecca Gourevitch to investigate the impact of an abortion ban on use of routine screening and testing for fetal anomalies | Feb 25, 2025 10:45 AM |
| Life consequences of school quality during childhood and adolescence | Dahai Yue to study examine how school quality has impacts throughout the life course | Feb 25, 2025 10:40 AM |
| Infant Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexico | Monica Caudillo to examine the effect of COVID-19 on health at birth in Mexico | Feb 25, 2025 10:35 AM |
| Kinship, Marriage and Child Health in Kenya: From the Perspective of Men | Sangeetha Madhavan to understand the role of men in child care in Nairobi, Kenya | Feb 24, 2025 02:20 PM |
| Linked Lives in Unsettled Times: A Mixed-Methods Study of Racialized Familial Disruption in the Context of U.S. Social Instability | Collin Mueller to advance understanding of the stratification of biographical time in the context of a dynamic gendered racialized social system | Feb 24, 2025 02:15 PM |
| Mental health and pregnancy outcomes after being denied an abortion due to the Dobbs v Jackson Supreme Court decision | Julia Steinberg's study to help women access desired abortions and promote mental health | Feb 24, 2025 01:55 PM |
| Evaluating the list experiment method for reproductive health behavior in six U.S. states | Heide Jackson to develop and evaluate the list experiment method to estimate the fraction of women who have experienced abortion | Feb 24, 2025 01:50 PM |
| Facing the System: Navigating Institutions as Young Adult Children of System-Impacted Parents | Rachel Ellis to examine the collateral consequences of system contact | Feb 14, 2025 03:20 PM |
| Lockdowns and Labor Market Dynamics | This COVID-19-related analysis will assess local job destruction during lockdowns and job creation once they are gradually eased across cities (and local labor markets re-open) | Nov 15, 2021 12:00 AM |
| Linking Racial Disparities in School Discipline to Black Children’s Suicidality | Black children in elementary school are two to three times more likely to be suspended or receive an office discipline referral compared to White children for the same behaviors | Nov 15, 2021 12:00 AM |
| Targeting the spatial context of obesogenic disparities | Taylor Oshan, Geographical Sciences, is examining the spatial context of obesity rate determinants in the U.S. | May 14, 2021 12:00 AM |
| A Tale of Two Epidemics: Understanding the Convergence of Coronavirus and Gun Violence in Baltimore, Maryland | Dr. Joseph Richardson, African America Studies, will use a mixed-methods approach to measure twin epidemics of gun violence and COVID | Oct 15, 2020 12:00 AM |
| Trauma and resilience among Central American immigrant adolescents and their families | Amy L. Lewin, Kevin Roy, Family Science, individual and structural inequalities deriving from traumatic experiences among immigrant Latino youth | Apr 15, 2019 10:05 AM |
| Population Health Trends among Hetrosexual and Sexual Minority Adults | Jessica N. Fish, Family Science, investigates sexual-orientation-related disparities in mental, behavioral, and physical health | Apr 15, 2019 09:55 AM |
| Structural Racism and Population Health: The Role of Race, Socioeconomic Status and Context | Caryn Bell, African American Studies, examines the effects of macro-level structural racism on population health | Apr 15, 2019 09:55 AM |
| Family Structure and Educational Progress: A Macro-Level Gendered Perspective Across Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries | Laurie DeRose, Research Assistant Professor, Maryland Population Research Center | Apr 12, 2018 11:45 AM |
| Public and Employer Evaluations of Military Spouses Seeking Work | Meredith Kleykamp investigates substantial and pervasive employment disadvantages for military spouses | Feb 23, 2017 12:55 PM |
| Immigrants’ Earnings Assimilation: Evidence from Longitudinal Earnings Records | Andres Villarreal compares immigrants' long-term earnings to those of native citizens, using a unique dataset | Sep 01, 2016 02:10 PM |
| Exploring Recurrent Violent Trauma, Access to Care and HIV Risk Behaviors | Joseph Richardson aims to explain the relationship between violence and HIV/AIDS among young black men in Prince George's County | Sep 01, 2016 01:55 PM |
| Methodological Issues in Maternal Mortality Research | Marian MacDorman seeks to develop new instruments to analyze U.S. maternal mortality rates | Sep 01, 2016 12:05 PM |
| Causal Effects of Economic Conditions on Family Formation: Evidence from the Fracking Boom | Melissa Kearney aims to determine the influence of economic prospects on family formation among less educated men | Sep 01, 2016 11:30 AM |
| Geographic Food Acquisition Choices within the SNAP Cycle | Mary Zaki aims to inform policy on food shopping costs for program users | Jun 01, 2015 12:00 AM |
| Intergenerational time connections among grandparents, mid-life children, and grandchildren in global perspective | Liana Sayer explores cross-national patterns of intergenerational socio-economic participation and well-being in contemporary families | Jun 01, 2015 12:00 AM |
| Substance Use and the Aging Experiences of the Woodlawn Cohort: Pathways to the 50s | Kerry Green investigates the factors affecting health and substance use among mid-life African Americans | Jan 14, 2015 02:27 PM |
| Assortative Mating and Autism Spectrum Disorder | New seed grant project headed by Judith Hellerstein investigates the causes of the rise in autism diagnoses | May 15, 2014 11:15 AM |
| Analyzing the effects of food supplementation and adherence support on food insecurity, time allocation, and quality of life indices of patients on antiretroviral treatment in the Free State Province, South Africa | Alok Bhargava investigates food insecurity, quality of life, and productivity among HIV patients receiving antiretroviral treatment in South Africa | May 13, 2014 01:48 PM |
| Ambient Air Pollution, Chronic Stress, and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Poor Birth Outcomes | Shenassa, Puett, Hofferth, and Hubacek investigate possible connections between pollution, stress, and poor birth outcomes | May 08, 2014 02:12 PM |
| Gateway Testing: Can HIV Testing Rates Be Increased Through a Tuberculosis Awareness Campaign? | Vivian Hoffman explores new ways to increase HIV testing in Durban, South Africa | Oct 01, 2013 11:01 AM |