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Aging with Disability
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Research Initiative
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ACL
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NIA
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The goal of this collaboration among the National Institute on Aging (NIA), Administration for Community Living (ACL) and National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) is to explore issues of aging with disability through research, policy analysis, and data development, including joint Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs).
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Agricultural Health Study
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Research Initiative
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CDC
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NCI, NIEHS
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A study exploring potential causes of cancer and other diseases among farmers and their families and among commercial pesticide applicators.
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Agricultural Health Study: Health Follow-up Survey (Phase 4)
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Health Survey
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CDC
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NIEHS
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A collaboration on long-term follow-up of the Agricultural Health Study Cohort - a cohort of pesticide applicators and their spouses. This project includes active follow-up with participants to identify long-term health effects potentially linked to agricultural exposures. Funding is provided by NIEHS, scientific input by NIOSH and NCI.
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Agricultural Health Study: Lung Health Study
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Health Survey
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CDC
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NIEHS
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This is a field study nested within the Agricultural Health Study to explore genetic and agricultural risk factors for respiratory disease. Participants with and without questionnaire-defined asthma are visited at home to complete clinical studies to classify respiratory disease and quantify extent of respiratory dysfunction, provide additional questionnaire data, and provide environmental and biological samples.
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AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) Supplements
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Training Initiative
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CDC
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FIC, NCI, NIDA, NINR
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The goal of the AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) is to build multi-disciplinary biomedical, behavioral, and social science research capacity for the prevention, care, and treatment of HIV/AIDS and HIV-related conditions in adults and children in low-and middle-income countries. Research training will be provided to scientists at institutions in countries defined by the World Bank criteria as low- and middle-income. In FY13 PEPFAR/CDC-COP funded supplements to parent AITRP awards in Zambia through Vanderbilt; Uganda and Vietnam through Berkeley; Tanzania through Baylor/Dartmouth/Boston University; South Africa through Columbia; and Ukraine through SUNY Medical Center Downstate.
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AIDSinfo
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Public Education Campaign
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CDC, CMS, HRSA
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OD/DPCPSI/OAR, NIAID, NLM
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AIDSinfo, a service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), offers access to the latest, federally approved HIV/AIDS medical practice guidelines, HIV treatment and prevention clinical trials, and other research information for health care providers, researchers, people affected by HIV/AIDS, and the general public.
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Alaska Native Tumor Registry
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Resource Development
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CDC, IHS
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NCI
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In collaboration with CDC and IHS, NCI, with technical assistance from its Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER), collects information on cancer cases among Alaskan Native populations residing in Alaska.
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Alcohol Clinical Trial Initiative (ACTIVE)
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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FDA
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NIAAA, NIDA
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Consortium that includes academia and representatives from the FDA, NIAAA, NIDA and the pharmaceutical industry working together to identify and clarify clinical trials methodology to evaluate medications for treating alcohol dependence.
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All-Hazards Playbook
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Resource Development
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OS
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NLM
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This activity is to develop an interactive tool to help state and local health departments prepare for and respond to disasters in their regions.
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Alternative Methods for Chemical Allergen Identification
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Research Initiative
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CDC
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NIEHS
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In chemico alternatives to contact allergen identification are being developed
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