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Mind Your Risks
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Public Education Campaign
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CDC, CMS
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NINDS
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The Mind Your Risks campaign is designed to create awareness and action about the fact that risk factors for stroke, particularly hypertension, may be linked to cognitive impairment and dementia.
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Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS)
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Research Initiative
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CDC
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NIGMS, FIC, NIAID
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Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) is a collaboration of research and informatics groups to develop computational models of the interactions between infectious agents and their hosts, disease spread, prediction systems, and response strategies. The models will be useful to public health workers and researchers who want to better understand and respond to emerging infectious diseases. If a disease outbreak occurs, the MIDAS network may be called upon to develop specific models to aid in our understanding of the disease and its spread.
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Mortality Disparities in American Communities
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Research Initiative
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CDC
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NHLBI, NCI, NIA
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MDAC is an inter-agency agreement between NIH institutes and the US Census Bureau. The study links the large 2008 American Communities Survey to the national death Index along with CMS Medicare and Medicaid administrative health records. The purpose is to further knowledge in the factors contributing to health disparities in the United States.
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mPower Workgroup
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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FDA
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NHLBI, NCI, NIA, NIBIB
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Discuss ongoing programs and initiatives for collaboration between agencies related to mobile health.
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Multi-Agency Tissue Engineering Science (MATES) interagency working group
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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FDA
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NHLBI, NCI, NEI, NIAMS, NIBIB, NICHD, NIDCR
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This WG facilitates communication across departments and agencies through regular information exchanges and workshops. Members facilitate the development of standards, monitor technology developments, and develop funding opportunity announcements to advance the science and address gaps in the tissue engineering and regenerative medicine field.
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Multinational Influenza Seasonal Mortality Study (MISMS) Research
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Research Initiative
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FDA, OS
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FIC, NHLBI, NIAID, NLM
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The Multinational Influenza Seasonal Mortality Study (MISMS) was originally initiated to analyze national and global mortality patterns associated with influenza virus circulation. The focus of MISMS has since expanded to evaluate the interaction between the epidemiology, ecology, and evolutionary dynamics of influenza and other rapidly transmissible respiratory viruses, including natural selection, reassortment, migration, and antigenic change. Multinational and bilateral collaborations developed by MISMS collect, analyze, and disseminate research findings through scientific publications, training workshops, and communication tools for investigators and decision-makers. Our research findings inform numerous national governments, multilateral organizations, and research stakeholders on interventions for both pandemic and seasonal influenza. To date, data have been acquired from more than 40 countries (representing ~3.2 billion people), resulting in over 220 publications.
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Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee (MDCC)
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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ACL, CDC, FDA, HRSA
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NINDS, NHLBI, NIAMS, NICHD
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This Federal Advisory Committee coordinates activities relevant to the various forms of muscular dystrophy across NIH and other federal agencies. The committee also includes members from patient organizations. Strategic planning efforts by the coordinating committee led to the development of an Action Plan for the Muscular Dystrophies, which contains specific research objectives appropriate to the missions of all committee member agencies and organizations, and thus serves as a central focus for research coordination. The plan is available at the MDCC web site.
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My Family Health Portrait
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Resource Development
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CDC, HRSA, OSG
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NHGRI, NCI, NICHD, NLM
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My Family Health Portrait (MFHP) is a web-based tool from NHGRI and the US Surgeon General’s Family History Initiative that helps individuals track their family health history. Using any computer, an Internet connection, and an up-to-date Web browser, individuals add health information to build a drawing of their family tree and a chart of their family health history while exploring disease calculators. The tool is designed to keep all data on the client side to maximize privacy using HTML, CSS, and client-side JavaScript as its principal platforms. Users interact with the tool in a browser to build family health history generating an XML data file (HL7v3 standard) that users store locally or in the cloud. Both the family tree and the chart can be printed and shared with family members and an individual’s doctor.
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Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory
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Research Initiative
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FDA
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NCI, NIEHS
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The Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory (NCL) performs and standardizes the preclinical characterization of nanomaterials intended for cancer therapeutics and diagnostics developed by researchers from academia, government, and industry. The NCL serves as a national resource and knowledge base for cancer researchers and facilitates the development and translation of nanoscale particles and devices for clinical applications.
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NAS/NOWS Working Group for Behavioral Health Coordinating Council (BHCC) Opioids and Controlled Substances Subcommittee
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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CDC, CMS, HRSA, IHS, SAMHSA
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NICHD, NIDA
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This working group meets regularly to coordinate information and develop joint efforts to reduce the effects of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome/neonatal abstinence syndrome (NOWS/NAS).
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