Pilot Grants for Health Behavior Interventions: Columbia University

The NIA-funded Columbia Roybal Center for Fearless Behavior Change will fund one-year pilot studies relevant to developing health behavior interventions for patients who have suffered acute medical events.

Pilot Grants for Health Behavior Interventions
Columbia Roybal Center Pilot Award Program

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Deadline: Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Our prior research has shown that many patients develop fear-based responses to these traumatic events (e.g., fear of recurrence, heightened distress from internal physiologic stimuli) that lead to avoidance of the very health behaviors (e.g., exercise, take medications regularly) that are recommended to prevent recurrence. Accordingly, our Center seeks to develop interventions that address these fear-related mechanisms.

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