# Mississippi site (Mississippi ECHO ISPCTN-2 (MS-CTN2)

> **NIH NIH UG1** · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CTR · 2021 · $51,752

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
This proposed Diversity Research Supplement aims to extend the scientific impact of the
Mississippi Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) IDeA States Pediatric
Clinical Trials Network (ISPCTN) Cycle 2 parent award by identifying barriers and facilitators to
pediatric clinical trials, increasing our understanding of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
on families in Mississippi, and support a promising diverse early career investigator, Tre
Gissandaner, MA, who will contribute to the diversity of the pediatric clinical trials and NIH
workforces. The mentee’s immediate career development goals are to: 1) increase knowledge
related to pediatric clinical trials research by engaging in ECHO ISPCTN sponsored trainings
and meetings, local site activities, working groups, mentoring, and professional development
activities, 2) expand manuscript and grant writing skills by publishing multiple first author
manuscripts and disseminating findings from the research plan at national conferences, and 3)
enhance child clinical psychology skills by participating in advanced trainings that will inform the
development of an ECHO ISPCTN clinical trials concept proposal and K award grant
submission. To achieve these training goals, the two-year research plan will examine data from
a state wide telephone survey, which included 600 caregivers and focus on the research
following aims: 1) examine barriers and facilitators to pediatric clinical trials identified by
caregivers of youth with ECHO related chronic medical conditions to develop targeted strategies
to improve trial designs at our site and in the larger ECHO ISPCTN, and 2) compare impact of
COVID-19 pandemic on mental health functioning in families from rural and urban communities.
The proposed diversity research supplement and training plan extends the parent award’s
scientific impact by generating new knowledge that will inform current and future pediatric
clinical trial design related to enrollment, participation, retention, and completion at our local and
other ECHO ISPCTN sites. Children have historically been under-represented in clinical trials
research and those from rural and underserved communities experience additional disparities
related to access to clinical trials research. In order to continue to improve the health of all
children, there is a need to diversify the pediatric clinical trial and NIH workforce, as well as
better understand barriers and facilitators regarding families participating in pediatric clinical
trials research, which are the focus of this diversity research supplement.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10412618
- **Project number:** 3UG1OD024942-04S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** ROBERT D ANNETT
- **Activity code:** UG1 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $51,752
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2016-09-23 → 2025-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10412618

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10412618, Mississippi site (Mississippi ECHO ISPCTN-2 (MS-CTN2) (3UG1OD024942-04S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10412618. Licensed CC0.

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