Johnson & Johnson Innovation, in collaboration with the Office of the Chief Medical Officer (OCMO) Health of Women team, together with Janssen Research & Development, is proud to launch the Maternal-fetal Immune Disorders QuickFire Challenge: Innovating for Health Equity.
Donor Name: Johnson & Johnson Innovation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Challenge
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/08/2022
Size of the Grant: $500,000
Details:
They believe that improving health equity for individuals across the spectrum of humanity is a core responsibility. To help profoundly change the trajectory of health for humanity, they feel they must help address health inequities impacting BIPOC communities. They are committed to crowdsourcing and enabling innovative solutions from diverse innovators that have the potential to change the course of healthcare in communities that have been historically marginalized.
Awards
Grant funding from a total pool of $500,000.
What they’re looking for
- US-based innovators are invited to submit data-driven research methodologies, tools, or technologies that aim to better understand the manifestations of immune-mediated diseases of pregnancy impacting historically marginalized communities.
- Potential solutions should inform or catalyze the crucial next steps needed to develop diagnostics and novel therapies aiming to improve immune-mediated pregnancy outcomes in mothers and children from BIPOC communities.
Criteria
They are interested in methods, tools and technologies aiming to:
- Better understand and characterize immune-mediated pregnancy-related conditions experienced by BIPOC women and birthing people
- Identify novel diagnostic indicators predictive of BIPOC women and birthing people at higher risk for experiencing immune-mediated pregnancy complications
- Develop, implement, and evaluate potential solutions to overcome barriers to the diagnosis and treatment of immune-mediated pregnancy-related conditions impacting BIPOC women and birthing people
- Understand the utility of tools and technologies in historical diagnoses of immune-mediated pregnancy conditions for BIPOC women and birthing people
- Understand how BIPOC women, birthing people, and families frame pregnancy and pregnancy conditions and the impact of limited access to health education and support in the perinatal care framework
- Implement approaches to engage pregnant BIPOC women and birthing people, overcoming barriers and improving participation in pregnancy clinical trials
For more information, visit Maternal-fetal Immune Disorders QuickFire Challenge: Innovating for Health Equity.
