United States Renal Data System - Coordinating Center
Summary
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is seeking an organization or an institution to serve as the Coordinating Center (CC) for the USRDS. The CC, in collaboration with the NIH and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), shall provide the biostatistical, epidemiological, data management and analytical expertise necessary to maintain and update the existing USRDS database. The CC also coordinates, scientifically manages, develops and expands; prepares and releases subset(s) of the database to support investigator-initiated research; publishes papers and reports of scientific findings based on USRDS data; and provides data to support research performed by the Special Studies Centers (SSCs).
United States Renal Data System - Special Studies Centers
Summary
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is seeking organizations or institutions to carry out special studies of biomedical importance to the Institute and the Nephrology community as USRDS Special Studies Centers. Each SSC shall perform existing data studies in three major areas; and design, pilot, and conduct one special studies during the contract period. These studies will be carried out in collaboration with the NIH, the USRDS Coordinating Center, and the CMS.
This initiative will be undertaken through the joint efforts of the NIH/NIDDK Division of Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Diseases, and CMS's Office of Informational Services, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, and the ESRD Networks in close collaboration with the United States nephrology and renal transplant communities and the major specialty organizations.
Contact Information
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Should you choose not to share your contact information and would still like to receive a copy of these RFPs, please submit in writing your request to the following:
Ms. Marlene Mireles
Contract Specialist
NIDDK, NIH
6707 Democracy Blvd., Rm. 777
Bethesda, MD 20817
Fax (301) 480-4226
Email: mirelesm@extra.niddk.nih.gov
Questions
If you have any questions pertaining to the RFP's they should be submitted in writing via fax or emailed.Ms. Marlene Mireles
Contract Specialist
NIDDK, NIH
6707 Democracy Blvd., Rm. 777
Bethesda, MD 20817
Fax (301) 480-4226
Email: mirelesm@extra.niddk.nih.gov
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