NIH-CSR <script type="text/javascript"> var wmNotice = "UNT Web Archive - External links, forms, and search boxes may not function within this collection. Url: http://cms.csr.nih.gov/PeerReviewMeetings/CSRIRGDescription/RPHBIRG/RPHBSEPS.htm time: 13:56:48 Sep 20, 2008"; var wmHideNotice = "hide"; var contextRoot = "https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/js/disclaim.js"></script> <span id="Postingname3_PostingDisplayName">Risk, Prevention and Health Behavior Small Business Activities [SBIR/STTR] Special Emphasis Panels [RPHB Small Business SEPs]</span> (RPHBIRG)

[SBIR/STTR Rosters]

SBIR/STTR applications reviewed by the RPHB IRG cover a wide range of social, behavioral, and technological interventions designed to reduce the risk of illness and disease, improve their treatment and management, and mitigate harmful consequences of illness/disease symptoms and treatments. The RPHB Small Business SEPs are comprised of the following panels: RPHB (10): SBIR/STTR Disease, Health Related Behavior and Education; RPHB (11): SBIR/STTR Addiction Related Prevention and Education; and RPHB (12): SBIR/STTR Metabolic, Childhood Behavior and Education.

Specific areas covered in the RPHB Small Business SEPs:

Prevention [schools/worksites]; smoking, drug/alcohol abuse, violence, injury prevention [physical]
Smoking cessation; behavioral treatments, electronic devices to assist with scheduled gradual reduction techniques
Patient education/physician education: physical activity, nutrition, weight management [behavioral treatments, electronic devices to record calorie intake], complementary and alternative medicine, skin cancer prevention, risk factors for cardiovascular heart disease, women's health [menopause, breast cancer, ovarian cancer]
Caregiving issues: patients with Alzheimer's or Parkinson's diseases, stroke victims, the elderly and physically disabled, mobility trackers for patients in nursing homes or assisted living situations
Management of chronic illnesses, including treatment decision-making and psychosocial influences on and consequences of chronic illnesses such as asthma, cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and arthritis
Physician-patient communication
Pain management
Medication compliance [electronic devices]

The RPHB Small Business SEPs have the following shared interests outside the RPHB IRG:

With the Biobehavioral and Behavioral Processes [BBBP] IRG: Small Business applications focused on basic biopsychological mechanisms and processes such as affect, emotions, or stress could be assigned to the BBBP IRG. Applications that involve interventions at the individual or small group levels could be assigned to RPHB.
With the Health of the Population [HOP] IRG: Small Business applications focused at the community or institutional level could be assigned to the HOP IRG. Applications that involve interventions at the individual or small group levels could be assigned to RPHB.
With the Oncological Sciences [ONC] IRG: Small Business applications related to non-behavioral cancer prevention or therapeutics could be assigned to the ONC IRG. Studies of individual or small group behavioral risk factors, behavioral interventions intended to reduce the risk of cancer, and behavioral cancer management could be assigned to RPHB.
With the Cardiovascular Sciences [CVS] IRG: Small business applications focused on the development, physiology, or pathophysiology of the heart and circulatory systems could be assigned to the CVS IRG as could applications involving health education or training directed to the health care provider, not the patient. Small business applications involving behavior modification, including health education or training, directed toward the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, including psychological aspects, could be assigned to RPHB.
With the Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nutrition, and Reproduction [EMNR] IRG: Shared interest exists regarding the metabolic regulation of obesity, diabetes, consumption of food and nutrients for different populations. Small business applications concerned with metabolic changes associated with food consumption, nutrients, and dietary changes may be assigned to the EMNR IRG. Applications focused on modification of individual behaviors, attitudes, educational methods and program strategies, psychological support and resources as they affect prevention or treatment of obesity, diabetes, and insulin secretion and action could be assigned to RPHB.
With the Musculoskeletal, Oral and Skin Sciences [MOSS] IRG: Small Business applications focused on musculoskeletal oral, or skin diseases, or their functional consequences, could be assigned to the MOSS IRG. Applications concerned with behavioral interventions to treat or manage musculoskeletal, oral, or skeletal skin disorders or arthritis and rheumatic diseases, including their psychological components, could be assigned to RPHB.
With the Respiratory Sciences [RES] IRG: Small Business applications focused on respiratory diseases, disorders, or functional consequences of behaviors related to the respiratory system could be assigned to the RES IRG. Health education or training directed to the respiratory system health care provider, not the patient, could also be assigned to the RES IRG. Applications involving behavioral interventions, including health education or training, intended to prevent or treat respiratory diseases, including psychological aspects, could be assigned to RPHB.
With the Renal and Urological Sciences [RUS] IRG: Small Business applications focused on diseases or disorders of the renal and urological system could be assigned to the RUS IRG. Health education or training directed to the health care provider, not the patient, could also be assigned to the RUS IRG. Applications involving behavioral interventions, including health education or training, intended to prevent or treat renal and urological diseases, including psychological aspects, could be assigned to RPHB.