A--CARDIA Birmingham Field Center Solicitation

The National Institutes of Health has issued an award notice under solicitation number HHSN26818HV00012R to provide field center support services in the Birmingham, Alabama area. This acquisition supports the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study by utilizing data and samples collected over more than 30 years to investigate the development and progression of clinical cardiovascular disease and related conditions. The effort is classified under NAICS 541714 for Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) and PSC code A.

The scientific objectives for this project include enhancing statistical power for analyzing predictors of clinical events, studying the progression from risk factors to subclinical and clinical cardiovascular disease, and identifying new risk factors or interactions that inform disease pathophysiology. Operational goals involve conducting continued cohort follow-up and data collection on clinical events, fostering scientific collaborations, and performing a limited clinical examination of CARDIA participants to serve as a platform for ancillary study components.

The award notice was published on June 21, 2018, with Christopher J. Schaupp serving as the point of contact. There are no attachments associated with this notice. Management of the CARDIA Birmingham Field Center ensures the ongoing utility of longitudinal data to address evolving questions in cardiovascular research.