Religion and Health: Effects, Mechanisms, and Interpretation

This grant provides support for an RFP grants competition seeking to understand how both religion and spirituality influence individual and community health with a focus on the health effects of active involvement in faith communities. Grant recipients receive $200,000 over two years to conduct their research.

Grant Amount:

$1,999,072

Start Date:

January 2007

End Date:

June 2010

Grant ID:

11993

Grant recipients:

John Astin & Cassandra Vieten
Researchers, Mind-Body Medicine
California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute (San Francisco, California)

Thomas Gais
Co-Director, Rockefeller Institute State University of New York (Albany, New York)

Cheryl Holt
Assistant Professor, Division of Preventative Medicine
University of Alabama-Birmingham (Birmingham, Alabama)

Neal Krause
Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education
Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Gerontology
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Robert McKeown
Professor of Epidemiology
University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina)

Michael Sheridan
Visiting Scholar
The Catholic University of America (Washington, DC)

Patrick Steffan
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah)