NOT-MD-20-025: Simulation Modeling and Systems Science to Address Health Disparities

Support investigative and collaborative research focused on developing and evaluating simulation modeling and systems science (SMSS) to understand and address minority health and health disparities. Use SMSS to:
•Foster trans-disciplinary partnerships and collaborations in understanding the etiology and causal pathways of health disparities
•Identify modifiable barriers and cost-effective factors to reduce and eventually eliminate health disparities
•Improve patient safety and reduce medical errors for populations affected by health disparities
•Assess and predict the spread and consequences of pandemics…and the effectiveness of interventions in populations affected by health disparities
•Provide evidence-based simulation or prediction of the impact of effective or ineffective health disparities interventions delivered in real-world settings
•Promote big data harmonization and novel analytic methods in SMSS to address minority health and health disparities