Grants

Throughout its history, the China Medical Board has adopted a policy of not accepting unsolicited grant proposals. Thus, inquiries or unsolicited proposals may not receive an expeditious reply. The rationale is straightforward—CMB's strategic grant-making is highly focused on targeted activities to advance its mission. In its earliest phase, the China Medical Board devoted nearly all of its financing to Peking Union Medical College. Since 1950, the China Medical Board’s grant-making has been targeted at key Chinese and Asian universities. CMB encourages international groups wishing to work in China to establish relationships directly with CMB-affiliated Chinese and Asian institutions.

Year/Grant no.sort ascending Grantee Program Amount
(2022)
22-487
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • Development and preliminary implementation of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) for ophthalmology residency training
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • Clinical Scholar Innovation Grant: This project aims to develop suitable EPAs for ophthalmology residency training, validate the EPAs assessment strategies, and provide an applicable model for future development.
  • Wei Ni
(2022)
22-486
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • Prevention of postpartum pelvic floor dysfunction
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • Clinical Scholar Innovation Grant: A prospective randomized control trial will evaluate the efficacy of antenatal pelvic floor muscle examination with supervised training to prevent SUI and POP during pregnancy to postpartum.
  • Ying YAO
(2022)
22-485
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • A novel prevention and treatment program to reduce the harmful use of alcohol
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • The project is designed to assess whether the program "E-Help and We-Help" is effective at reducing the harmful use of alcohol in China.
  • Yanhui LIAO
(2022)
22-484
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • Improving mental health among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in China
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • The project will conduct a multicenter, randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of an online group-based intervention to improve the mental health of NPC patients.
  • Jibin LI,
(2022)
22-483
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $40,000
  • Testing the e-version of WHO Caregiver Skills Training Programme
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • This project aims to study the feasibility and effectiveness of the e-Caregiver Skills Training online platform in its implementation among the lower middle-income population in China.
  • Biyuan CHEN
(2022)
22-482
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • Smartphone app-based coping skills training (CST) for mental health
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • This project aims to develop a smart phone app-based coping skills training program to facilitate mental health and improve quality of life forlung cancerpatients living in rural areas.
  • Xiaolin HU
(2022)
22-481
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • Training non-psychiatrists to administer a standardized psychiatric diagnostic instrument
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • This study seeks to determine the feasibilit of training Chinese psychologists to reliably diagnose mental disorders using SCID-5-CV.
  • Ying SU
(2022)
22-480
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • Community-based rehabilitation intervention for people with severe mental illness
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • This project aims to develop, implement, and evaluate a non-specialist health worker-delivered CBR intervention for people with severe mental illness.
  • Hao YAO
(2022)
22-479
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • A culturally tailored digital psychosocial intervention for Chinese cancer patients and their family caregivers
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • A hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial will evaluate the benefits of a digital mental health intervention program for Chinese cancer patients and family caregivers.
  • Qiao CHU
(2022)
22-478
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • Development of a training program for community mental health workers to improve the competence of providing family-focused service
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • This project will establish a training program to improve community mental health workers’ competence in working with families where one or both parent(s) have a mental illness.
  • Zhang CHENG
(2022)
22-477
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • Combined exercise and cognitive intervention in older adults with mild cognitive impairment
  • January 01, 2022 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • This project will implement and evaluate a remotely supervised home-based combined exercise and cognitive intervention program for older adults.
  • Yanan LUO
(2022)
22-476
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • Efficacy of online dialectical behavior therapy in improving the behavioral and mental health of university students
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • This project will investigate the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of  online DBT-based interventions and peer support among university students withmild to moderate psychological and behavioral problems.
  • Nana XIONG
(2022)
22-475
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • Development of value-based integrated health service model for patients with severe mental illnesses
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • The project aims to develop and preliminarily test a value-based integrated recovery-oriented model (VBIRM) for people with SMIs in China.
  • Hong FAN
(2022)
22-474
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • Development of a WeChat-based intervention for perinatal depression
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • This project plans to develop and preliminarily evaluate a WeChat-based intervention to promote help-seeking behavior among individuals with perinatal depression.
  • Lei QIU
(2022)
22-473
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • Development of a person-centered rehabilitation intervention for individuals with poststroke cognitive impairment
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • The project aims to co-develop a person-centered rehabilitation intervention from a symptom network perspective to improve the cognitive function, mental health, and quality of life of individuals with PSCI.
  • Juan LI
(2022)
22-472
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • Effectiveness of educational burden reduction in improving adolescent mental health
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • The 3-year project aims to evaluate the impact of educational burden reduction (DR campaign) on adolescent mental health in Taizhou, Zhejiang province.
  • Jingyi WANG
(2022)
22-471
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • Implementation of parent-mediated intervention model STPAC for early toddlers with autism spectrum disorder
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • This project aims to develop and implement the Strategies for Toddler ASD with Remote Therapy (START) model for early toddlers with autism spectrum disorder at local community sites in Shanghai.
  • Qiong XU
(2022)
22-470
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $40,000
  • Prediction model for pain-depression comorbidity in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • This project aims to establish a multi-center NMOSD database and evaluate the prevalence of pain-depression comorbidity in NMOSD patients in China.
  • Xue ZHANG
(2022)
22-469
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • Impact of community-based COPD screening on mental health in China
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • This study will use a population-based cluster randomized controlled trial (cRCT) to evaluate the causal effects of a community-based COPD intervention on depression and anxiety in China.
  • Simiao CHEN
(2022)
22-468
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • Development of iSupport program for family caregivers of individuals with dementia
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • This project seeks to adapt the generic iSupport program based on China’s context to empower family caregivers of individuals with dementia.
  • Enying GONG
(2022)
22-467
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • Establishment of a risk assessment model for mild cognitive impairment in the elderly
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • This study will build and validate an MCI risk assessment model and formulate a WeChat applet to evaluate MCI risks in early stages to identify high-risk populations.
  • Jinlei LI
(2022)
22-466
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • Effect of cognitive training in community-dwelling older adults at high risk for dementia
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • This project aims  to construct an effective approach to maintaining or improving cognitive function in community-dwelling older adults at high risk for dementia.
  • Fanfan ZHENG
(2022)
22-465
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • Efficacy and implementation potential of an online CBT-based counseling program for HIV-positive MSM patients
  • January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • This project aims to adapt an existing Chinese online counseling program for HIV+MSM, and evaluate its efficacy and implementation potential through anRCT in Hunan province.
  • Xianhong LI
(2022)
22-464
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • Task-sharing in prevention of rural perinatal depression
  • January 01, 2022 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • This project aims to promote perinatal mental health service access in rural China through a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study adding value to existing primary maternal health systems.
  • Mei SUN
(2022)
22-463
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $80,000
  • MBAT training program for primary medical staff to manage depressive symptoms among rural elderly
  • January 01, 2022 to December 31, 2025
  • China
  • This project aims to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of the Modified Behavioral Activation Treatment training program for primary medical staff to manage depressive symptoms among rural elderly.
  • Jianfei XIE

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