[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 symptoms and treatments.  When warranted by the number of applications, the RPHB Small Business SEPs may include 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 are:

• Prevention directed at individual behavior change: smoking, drug/alcohol abuse, child and spousal violence, physical injury.
• Patient/physical education regarding increasing physical activity, improving nutrition, weight management.
• Complementary and alternative medicine approaches to reducing risk factors for cardiovascular disease, women's health [menopause, breast cancer, ovarian cancer].
• Caregiving issues for patients with dementia, 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 illnesses such as pain, asthma, cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and arthritis; medication adherence and compliance.
• Childhood and teen behavior change and parent education in general and special populations (e.g., adoptive and foster parent).

IRG SBIR study sections with most closely related areas of similar science listed in rank order are:


EPS - Epidemiology and Population Sciences
HDM - Healthcare Delivery and Methodologies
BBBP - Biobehavioral and Behavioral Processes
SBIB - Surgical Sciences, Biomedical Imaging, and Bioengineering