# Aging in Place: The Effect of Housing Arrangements on Quality of Life

> **NIH NIH U54** · XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · 2021 · $125,000

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
Dr. Hawkins-Taylor’s project will benefit from our NIH funded Research Centers in Minority
Institutions program, the umbrella Center grant under which this proposal is being submitted. The
overarching goal of Xavier University of Louisiana’s RCMI Center is to enhance biomedical
research capacity in minority health and health disparities. Louisiana has the second highest
proportion of African American residents in the nation and is 49th in U.S. health rankings. As
such, our State epitomizes the challenges NIMHD is attempting to address. We have been
achieving RCMI’s goal by building a multi-component research center that includes a
Comprehensive Research Infrastructure Core to provide the most needed scientific tools for
Xavier investigators, an Investigator Development core to better prepare our junior
investigators for research success, and a Community Engagement Core to promote research
on minority health and health disparities and establish sustainable partnerships with community-
based programs in low income, minority neighborhoods.
 Established in 2009, Xavier’s RCMI Center has had a profound impact on the expansion of the
University’s research capacity. Xavier’s research active faculty have increased from 11 in 2008 to
53 in 2020 and full-time research staff increased from six in 2006 to 40 in 2020. Peer-reviewed
publications in the area of biomedical research have increased from fewer than 10 in 2008 to 63 in
2020. Among the nation’s 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Xavier currently ranks
6th in NIH funding and 1st on a per capita basis. In the last 10 years, the University has focused
on hiring more minority faculty and providing start-up funds to new faculty, pilot project funds and
mentoring to early-stage faculty as well as support in translational research. Since 2015, pilot
project investigators have obtained more than $3.1 million in external funding, published over 20
peer-reviewed manuscripts in high impact biomedical journals, and created 2 spinoff companies
focused on oncology therapeutics. In just the last six months, as a result of pilots awarded, two
new faculty received NIH RCMI supplement grants to carry out research on issues related to
health disparities.
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10400478
- **Project number:** 3U54MD007595-13S5
- **Recipient organization:** XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
- **Principal Investigator:** Gene D'Amour
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $125,000
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2009-09-24 → 2022-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10400478

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10400478, Aging in Place: The Effect of Housing Arrangements on Quality of Life (3U54MD007595-13S5). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10400478. Licensed CC0.

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