Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education

Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.

The University of Arizona received a three-year, $750,000 grant from the Arizona Department of Health Services for research on the development of non-invasive diagnostics, enabling early detection of endometrial cancer and, consequently, reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with this common cancer in women. The research is under the direction of Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, an associate professor of basic medical sciences, obstetrics and gynecology, and clinical translational sciences at the university’s College of Medicine in Phoenix. Dr. Herbst-Kralovetz received her bachelor’s degree from Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction and her doctoral degree in experimental pathology from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.

Early Childhood Services and Women’s Resource Center at the University of California, Riverside have received a four-year, $3.8 million grant through the Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program of the U.S. Department of Education. The funds will be used to support the participation of low-income student-parents in postsecondary education through the provision of campus-based childcare services. A part of the grant money will be used by the Women’s Resource Center for the implementation of various programs, like parent and parenting support, mental health support, transition to college support, student/parent advocacy, and social supports.

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas received an $18 million funding award from the nonprofit Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to investigate ways to improve postpartum health among primarily low-income Black and Hispanic women. The study will employ two models of care to determine which one results in earlier detection and treatment of complications among mothers after delivery. One group will receive virtual education and communication via push notifications; the other will have regular telehealth visits. Elaine Duryea, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology and medical director of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Clinic at Parkland Health, will be a co-principal investigator on the study.