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Dr. Andrew Greenberg
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Health Survey
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ACF
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NIEHS, FIC
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Test
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Drug Induced Liver Injury Network (DILIN)
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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FDA
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NIDDK
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Both a prospective and retrospective database containing cases of drug-induced liver disease, DILIN is funded by a cooperative agreement and includes eight clinical centers and a central data coordinating center. One of the goals of DILIN is to establish a database of well-characterized cases of drug-induced liver injury along with serum, DNA, and tissue samples that will facilitate research on the mechanisms of hepatic injury due to drugs. Cases of liver injury due to herbal medications are also included. DILIN will develop standardized definitions of drug-induced liver disease and standardization of scoring systems for causality. Three employees of FDA serve as ad hoc members on the committee overseeing the network activities.
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Dynamics of Health, Aging, and Body Composition (Health ABC)
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Research Initiative
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CDC
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NIA, NCCAM, NIDDK
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Major objectives relate to observations that change in body composition in old age, particularly the increase in body fat and the decline in lean mass and bone mineral, represent a common pathway by which multiple diseases contribute to disability. There are many unanswered questions regarding the patterns and health impact of changes in weight and body composition in old age. Weight generally increases over the lifetime until late middle age, and then tends to decrease into old age with changes in muscle, fat and bone. It has been postulated that the accelerated loss of muscle and strength in old age contributes to the onset of disability. Studies of weight and its relationship to mortality in older persons have yielded contradictory findings, leading to controversy regarding public health recommendations for weight in old age. Few studies have examined weight-related morbidity in old age, especially among African-Americans.
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Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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CDC
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NIDCD
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Teleconference sponsored by CDC.
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Elder Justice Interagency Working Group
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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AoA
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NIA
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The Elder Justice Interagency Working Group was established to protect older adults from abuse including self-neglect. NIA was a founding member of the group along with AoA. The group brings together federal officials responsible for carrying out elder justice activities, including elder abuse prevention, research, grant and program-funding, and prosecutions. Members meet regularly to discuss emerging issues, promising practices, and ways to coordinate their efforts. AoA has also put together a working group to lay the foundation for a study that will determine the prevalence of elder exploitation, and the adequacy of current Federal and State legal protections in this area.
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Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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FDA
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NIAID
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Committee provides expertise in the evaluation of evidence submitted by pharmaceutical companies to the FDA for drug approval.
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Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Planning (ECHPP)12-Cities Initiatives
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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CDC
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NIMH
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NIMH staff have participated in workgroups to inform the implementation of the Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Planning (ECHPP)/HHS Twelve Cities Project. This project is funded by the CDC''s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention. The project aims to maximize the impact of HIV prevention in the twelve metropolitan areas with the highest AIDS prevalence in the United States.
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Enhancements to the U.S. Life Table Program
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Research Initiative
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CDC
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NIA
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The objectives of this research project are the enhancement and expansion of the U.S. life table program. This will consist of the production of national life tables by detailed race, Hispanic origin, nativity status, and educational status of the U.S. population.
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Enhancing the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
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Health Survey
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CDC
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OD, OD/DPCPSI/OBSSR
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FY09 OBSSR funds were used to pay costs associated with the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). These functions included, but were not limited to: sample design and maintenance; sample selection and listing; questionnaire design and testing; expert consultation, programming and testing of the CAPI instrument; data collection; data analysis; post data collection editing and processing; oversight and management of the operations; data weighting and estimation; preparation and submission of all OMB and IRB clearance packages; preparation of public use data files, data publications, presentations, and analysis; and travel related to any of the above mentioned items.
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Enhancing Use and Quality of Colorectal Cancer Screening -- Federal Partners Meeting
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Meeting/ Workshop
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AHRQ, CDC, CMS, HRSA
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OD, NCI, OD/DPCPSI/OBSSR
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In follow-up to the February 2010 NIH State-of-the-Science Conference: Enhancing Use and Quality of Colorectal Cancer Screening, the NIH hosted a meeting to summarize current Federal agency activities in colorectal cancer screening that address the recommendations presented by the conference panel members. Attendees also discussed research gaps; examined future activities; and Identified and discussed opportunities for new initiatives and/or collaborations to address the panel recommendations, including appropriate potential partners, whether Federal agencies or other organizations. This meeting was held in October 2010.
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