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8 Encouraging Communication and Collaboration
Pages 127-139

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From page 127...
... A number of recent National Research Council (NRC) studies have addressed this issue and the following commentary and suggestions are based in part on these analyses (e.g., NRC, 2004d, 2005)
From page 128...
... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention–National Center for Environmental Health (CDC–NCEH) within the Department of Health and Human Services works toward prevention of illness, disability, and death caused by noninfectious and nonoccupational environmental factors through surveillance, applied research, and outreach.
From page 129...
... One collaborative effort currently under way is the Superfund Basic Research Program (SBRP) , which is funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and coordinated with the EPA.
From page 130...
... . The United States Geological Survey of the Department of the Interior supports applied earth and natural science research by its own researchers and funds external research activities.
From page 131...
... One approach with the potential to encourage true collaboration is the "CenterBased Approach" epitomized by the NIEHS Superfund Basic Research Program (SBRP)
From page 132...
... , the National Institute of Allergy and In fectious Diseases, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the NSF. Examples of research awards made by the EID program since 1999 included "Microbial Community Ecology of Tick-borne Human Pathogens," "Impact of Land-Cover Change on Hantavirus Ecology," and "Environmental Determinants of Malaria in Belize." Between 1999 and 2005, 42 research awards were made under the EID initiative, with total funding of approximately $60.7 million.
From page 133...
... 133 ENCOURAGING COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION 12 10 NSF Funding ($million) 8 6 4 NIH 2 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Year FIGURE 8.1 Graph showing funding provided by NSF and NIH for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases initiative between 2000 and 2005.
From page 134...
... 134 EARTH MATERIALS AND HEALTH BOX 8.2 Oceans and Human Health Research Centers -- A Multiagency Initiative NSF and NIEHS provided funding in 2004 for the establishment of four joint Centers for Oceans and Human Health to facilitate collaborative bio medical and oceanographic research, with the expectation that combined agency funding will be $5 million annually for five years. These centers, and the special programs on which they will focus, are located at the Uni versity of Washington (toxic algae and human health effects of contami nated shellfish)
From page 135...
... However, in reality, most basic research is ultimately utilized for the solution of applied problems. Therefore, faculty themselves can engage in collaborative research by pursuing the integration of basic and applied research.
From page 136...
... 136 EARTH MATERIALS AND HEALTH plinary intersection, and it is these agencies that are the primary focus of this committee's analysis and recommendations. Ultimately, it is the program managers within these agencies -- who support research activities within the organization or fund external research at academic institutions, government laboratories, and state agencies -- that must be convinced of the value of promoting collaborative research at the intersection of earth science and public health and be provided with recommendations concerning priority research areas and the optimum means for facilitating collaborative research.
From page 137...
... • Dose-response assessment -- quantifying the adverse effects arising from exposure to a hazardous agent based on the degree of exposure. This assessment is usually expressed mathematically as a plot showing the re sponse in living organisms to increasing doses of the agent.
From page 138...
... The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the National Science and Technology Council, administered within the Office of Science and Technology Policy, might provide an appropriate forum or mechanism for the cross-agency collaboration that is required. policy and funding oversight; understands societal Coordination Council requirements; makes funding commitments FEEDBACK determines research themes; determines agencies to Steering Committee collaborate on each theme; approves RFP/solicitations Biennial Collaborative Research REPORTING Multiple Conference Research Themes each theme involves collaboration between program managers from multiple agencies FIGURE 8.2 Proposal for a research support mechanism for interagency collaboration.
From page 139...
... 139 ENCOURAGING COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION Steering Committee. This committee would consist of program managers from the agencies represented on the coordination council and other agencies with related interests.


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