Research funding: “Sedentary Behavior and Cardiovascular Health in Young Women”

Bethany Barone Gibbs, chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, has received notification of continued funding for the research project “Sedentary Behavior and Cardiovascular Health in Young Women.”

The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, a part of the National Institutes of Health, awarded $485,036 for the 2026 fiscal year, which represents year five of the five-year R01 grant totaling $2,894,977.

This project investigates relationships between sedentary behavior and all-day activity patterns with ideal cardiovascular health components, including blood pressure, body mass index, cholesterol, and glucose, by conducting an ancillary study set within an existing longitudinal cohort of more than 4,000 young women.