# CARDIA CHICAGO FC DIVERSITY SUPPLEMENT - TASK AREA E

> **NIH NIH N01** · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $197,784

## Abstract

The candidate’s long-term goal is to become an independent investigator examining how psychosocial factors, in particular depressive symptoms, impact cardiovascular health among vulnerable populations. The proposed supplement will provide a specialized 2-year training plan that will enable the candidate to develop expertise in the psychosocial determinants of cardiovascular health, advanced longitudinal data analysis, and grant writing. The mentoring team will ensure a seamlessly transition into independence following completion of the supplement and the research plan will enhance the candidate’s research capabilities. Depressive symptoms are well-established predictors of CVD. However, most studies assess depressive symptoms at a single timepoint, an approach that neglects to account for the dynamic nature of depression. The few studies that include repeated measures, typically use conventional modeling approaches which assume individuals within a population have a single trajectory that can adequately capture average change across all individuals. These approaches can lead to errors because the course of depressive symptoms over the lifetime is highly heterogeneous.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10089274
- **Project number:** 268201800003I-P00001-759201900074-1
- **Recipient organization:** NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** PAMELA HAWKINS
- **Activity code:** N01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $197,784
- **Award type:** —
- **Project period:** 2019-02-01 → 2021-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10089274

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10089274, CARDIA CHICAGO FC DIVERSITY SUPPLEMENT - TASK AREA E (268201800003I-P00001-759201900074-1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10089274. Licensed CC0.

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