PA-09-265: Secondary Analyses of Existing Data Sets and Stored Biospecimens to Address Clinical Aging Research Questions (R01)

Here is a Program Announcement from the NIH that may be of interest.

 The National Institute on Aging (NIA) invites applications to support short term projects involving secondary analysis of existing data sets or stored biospecimens, to address clinically-related issues on aging changes influencing health across the life span, and/or on diseases and disabilities in older persons.  This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will support activities addressing specific hypotheses in clinical aging research and/or to inform the design and implementation of future epidemiologic or human intervention studies, or current geriatric practice in maintenance of health, management of disease, and prevention of disability.  Existing data sets may also be used to develop and test new statistical analytical approaches.

There are lots of local and national data sets available: NHANES, Vermont Breast Cancer Surveillance System, Vermont Diabetes Information System, the Fletcher Allen Data Warehouse, and more.  Soon, we should have access to the CTS IRIS database and the VCHURES database of insurance claims for all payers in Vermont (we already have New hampshire). 

In the wet world, Russ Tracy maintains a huge number of biological specimens from several large epidemiological studies that may be of interest.  (Perhaps Russ or Mary Cushman would be willing to come to Research Workshop to talk about what is available and how to think about a secondary analysis.)