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Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC)
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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FDA
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NCATS
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The Committee reviews and evaluates data concerning the safety, effectiveness, and appropriate use of vaccines and related biological products which are intended for use in the prevention, treatment, or diagnosis of human diseases, and, as required, any other products for which the Food and Drug Administration has regulatory responsibility. The Committee also considers the quality and relevance of FDA's research program which provides scientific support for the regulation of these products and makes appropriate recommendations to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs.
The Committee shall consist of a core of 15 voting members including the Chair. Members and the Chair are selected by the Commissioner or designee from among authorities knowledgeable in the fields of immunology, molecular biology, rDNA, virology; bacteriology, epidemiology or biostatistics, vaccine policy, vaccine safety science, federal immunization activities, vaccine development including translational and clinical evaluation programs, allergy, preventive medicine, infectious diseases, pediatrics, microbiology, and biochemistry.
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Vaccines and Therapeutics for Anthrax
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Research Initiative
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FDA
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NIAID
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Vaccines and Therapeutics for Anthrax
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Validation study of the electrophilic allergen screening assay
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Research Initiative
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FDA
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NIEHS
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The study is evaluating the assay's usefulness for identifying potential skin sensitizers.
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Value Set Authority Center (VSAC)
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Resource Development
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AHRQ, CDC, CMS, IOS
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NLM
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) provides an online repository of value sets (code sets from standardized medical vocabularies) that are used for clinical quality measurement in the CMS EHR Incentive Program (meaningful use). The Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) provides downloadable access to all official versions of vocabulary value sets contained in the electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) from CMS and C-CDA (Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture) data from ONC. NLM works with CMS and ONC to publish the eCQM and C-CDA value sets in VSAC for public use in the U.S. Each value set consists of the numerical values (codes) and human-readable names (terms), drawn from standard vocabularies such as SNOMED CT ;, RxNorm, LOINC, and ICD-10-CM, which are used to define clinical concepts used in clinical quality measures (e.g., patients with diabetes, clinical visit). NLM, CMS and ONC work together to provide technical features in VSAC that support both the use of eCQM and C-CDA data.
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Vector-borne pathogen transmission
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Research Initiative
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FDA
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NIAID
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Vector-borne pathogen transmission
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Veterans Affairs Science and Health Initiative to Combat Infectious and Emerging Life-threatening Diseases (VA SHIELD)
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Other
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CDC
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NIAID
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Advancing rapid detection, therapy and prevention of emerging diseases aimed at improving the quality and safety of health care for Veterans.
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Virology Interest Group
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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FDA
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NCI, NHLBI, NIAID, NIAMS, NICHD, NIDCR, NIDDK, NIMH, NINDS
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The Virology Interest Group comprises researchers at National Institutes of Health (NIH) and in the local area who are interested in virology. The group organizes activities designed to promote interactions and exchange information.
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Virus Ecology Unit
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Research Initiative
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CDC
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NIAID
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Virus Ecology Unit
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Vision Research Collaborative
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Research Initiative
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FDA
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NEI
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The Vision Research Collaborative (VRC) is a joint initiative between the National Eye Institute (NEI) and the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Vision Research Program (VRP) of the Department of Defense (DOD). The goal of this partnership is to provide additional funding opportunities for VRP proposals, enhance current NEI Program portfolios, expand the scope of research supported by the NEI, and provide support for high quality projects addressing critical gaps in civilian and military vision research.
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Weighting methods for healthy worker survivor bias
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Research Initiative
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CDC
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NCI
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In collaboration with the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, we are developing new methods to address healthy worker survivor bias, a bias in occupational studies that can result in underestimates about the effects of occupational exposures on cancer outcomes.
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