# Obesity Health Disparities Research PRIDE Program (OHD PRIDE)

> **NIH NIH R25** · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · 2021 · $82,221

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
 There is an urgent need to leverage existing scholarly data to develop data-informed interventions to
reduce health disparities. Stakeholders associated with the production and use of data have developed a set of
principles to make research data findable, accessible, interoperative, and reusable (FAIR). The FAIR guiding
principles can facilitate biomedical advancements by bolstering data labeling and management practices to
enable artificial intelligence and machine learning innovations. The application of FAIR addresses challenges
associated with data annotation and management and can support greater efficiency and effectiveness of data
used in this area. Adding training to the FAIR principles to early-career faculty members from groups
underrepresented in the biomedical sciences will bolster a diverse scientific workforce capable of
understanding and redressing cardiovascular health disparities, such as disparities in obesity and related areas
crucial to minority health in the FAIR principles. The three aims of the proposed project are to (1) apply an
Educational Design Research approach to the development, refinement, and finalization of online training
modules for biomedical scientists to enhance their knowledge and skills in the competencies needed to make
research data FAIR and AI/ML-ready; (2) assemble a multi-disciplinary advisory committee consisting of
ethicists, legal scholars, policy analysts, biomedical investigators, data scientists, and learning designers to
provide feedback; and (3) conduct formative and summative assessments. The training modules developed
and tested in the proposed project can inform the development of data-informed interventions to prevent
obesity, mitigate its current high rates, and slow their projected rise as crucial steps in reducing cardiovascular
disease.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10405988
- **Project number:** 3R25HL126145-08S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
- **Principal Investigator:** Marino A Bruce
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $82,221
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2014-09-15 → 2022-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10405988

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10405988, Obesity Health Disparities Research PRIDE Program (OHD PRIDE) (3R25HL126145-08S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10405988. Licensed CC0.

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