to: NBER Children's Program, on behalf of Anna Aizer and Janet Currie
NIH has recently announced Plans for the Environmental Influences on
Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program. Details are pasted below, and are
also available (and probably easier to read) here:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-16-015.html
You may direct inquiries to NIH at NIHKidsandEnvironment_at_nih.gov
Notice Number: NOT-OD-16-015
Key Dates
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH <
http://www.nih.gov/>)
Purpose
Following the closure of the National Children’s Study in fiscal year
(FY) 2015, Dr. Francis Collins, the NIH Director, emphasized the
importance of and need for research addressing the links between the
environment and child health and development. A working group of NIH
staff with expertise in these areas was established, and sought input
from the community through multiple mechanisms, including a Request for
Information, roundtable meetings, webinars, and a feedback blog.
Informed by the feedback received, the new program for FY 2016 -
Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) - continues to
leverage investments made in extant programs, while providing the
flexibility to investigate key questions of interest at the intersection
of environmental health and pediatric research. NIH will support
multiple synergistic, longitudinal studies using extant
maternal/pediatric cohorts that represent a broad range of environmental
exposures (e.g., physical, chemical, biological, behavioral, social).
All longitudinal studies will collect a standardized, targeted set of
data (Core Elements), such as demographics, normative development,
patient/person reported outcomes (PRO), environmental exposures, and
genetic influences. The studies will focus on four key pediatric
outcomes (Focus Areas) – upper and lower airway; obesity; pre-, peri-,
and postnatal outcomes; and neurodevelopment. Basic mechanistic studies
that can only be done using human cohorts will be an important aspect of
the ECHO program. An additional, but significant, element is an IDeA
States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network. This network also will
leverage the existing IDeA infrastructure by embedding clinical trials
experts at IDeA state locations and facilitating their partnership with
other academic institutions.
The NIH will explore a variety of options to support the development of
relevant ECHO program components: cohort sites, a coordinating center, a
data analysis center, a genetics core, a PRO core, and IDeA data
coordination and operating center and research sites. Interested
entities with expertise and insights into the four Focus Areas and Core
Elements are encouraged to watch the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
for further information.
Inquiries
Please direct all inquiries to:
Email: NIHKidsandEnvironment_at_nih.gov
Read notice:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-16-015.html
Received on Fri Oct 23 2015 - 14:24:14 EDT
