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Projects & Funding (Current and Completed)

Active Grants

09/01/2018 – 07/31/2023 

Long-term metabolic effects of kidney events with intensive SBP control 

Principal Investigator: Srinivasan Beddhu  
NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)  
1R01DK118219-01 

Role: Principal Investigator  

05/15/2021 – 04/30/2026  Sit Less, Interact and Move More (SLIMM) 2 

Principal Investigator: Srinivasan Beddhu  
NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) 

1R01DK128640 

Role: Principal Investigator  

07/15/2021 – 03/31/2026 

Objectively Measured Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity in PREVENTABLE Study 

Principal Investigator: Srinivasan Beddhu  
NIH National Institute of Aging (NIA) 

1R01AG074592-01 

Role: Principal Investigator  

08/01/2021 – 07/31/2025 

Remote Monitoring and Virtual Collaborate Care for Hypertension Control to Prevent Cognitive Decline 

Principal Investigators: Jeffrey Burns, Aditi Gupta, Russell Waitman 

4R33AG068483-02 

Role: Site Principal Investigator 

10/2021 – 09/2023 

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Renal Replacement Therapy in Rural Veterans 

Principal Investigator: Srinivasan Beddhu 

VA ORH-14398 

Role: Principal Investigator 

6/1/2021-  

Pentoxifylline in Diabetic Kidney Disease (PTXRx) 

Principal Investigator: David J. Leehey 

VA CSP-2008 

Role: Site Principal Investigator 

 

Past NIH/ AHRQ Grants

08/01/1999 - 05/30/2002 The HEMO Study Utah Clinical Site  
National Institutes of Health  
Role: Co-Principal Investigator of the site  
05/01/2001 - 04/30/2003  Comorbidity, Costs and Outcomes in Dialysis Patients. The major goal of this project was to develop an ESRD specific comorbidity index  
Principal Investigator: Srinivasan Beddhu  
Direct Costs: $66,500    Total Costs: $99,750  
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality  
Role: Principal Investigator  
09/10/2007 - 08/31/2012 

Protein Intake, Nutrition, and cardiovascular disease in CKD Stage V  
RO1-DK077298 

Principal Investigator: Srinivasan Beddhu  
Direct Costs: $1,073,002    Total Costs: $1,432,032  
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases  
Role: Principal Investigator  

08/01/2008 - 04/30/2012  

Adipokines In Hemodialysis Patients  
RO1- DK078112 

Principal Investigator: Srinivasan Beddhu  
Direct Costs: $1,606,150    Total Costs: $2,174,844  
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases  
Role: Principal Investigator 

06/01/2011 - 05/31/2018 

SPRINT – Factors Affecting Atherosclerosis Study (FAST) 

R01 DK091437 

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases  
Role: Principal Investigator 

Direct Costs: $1,729,984    Total Costs: $2,287,297  

09/01/2011 - 08/31/2015 

Role: Principal Investigator 

Pulse Wave Velocity and Central Aortic Pressure Outcomes in SPRINT  
Principal Investigator: Mark Supiano  
National Institutes of Health  
Role: Co-Investigator 

09/14/2009 - 08/30/2018  Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) Clinical Center Networks 
Principal Investigator: Alfred K. Cheung 
Direct Costs: $1,386,886    Total Costs: $1,840,397  
HHSN268200900046C, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute  
Role: Co-Investigator 
11/15/2016 – 06/30/2019 

Sit Less, Interact, Move More (SLIMM) Intervention for Sedentary Behavior in CKD  
Principal Investigator: Srinivasan Beddhu  
Direct Costs: $152,533    Total Costs: $226,500  
R21DK106574 

National Institutes of Health  
Role: Principal Investigator