NICHD COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH WITH INDIAN SCIENTISTS Release Date: January 20, 1999 P.T. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development On November 28, 1997, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala and Y.K. Alagh, Minister of State for Power and Science and Technology, Republic of India, issued a Joint Statement expanding Indo-US Collaboration on Contraceptive and Reproductive Health Research. The implementing agencies in India are the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Indian Council of Medical Research, and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. The U.S. implementing agencies are the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), NIH, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Contraceptive Research and Development Program (CONRAD). Under the program elaborated in the Joint Statement, U.S. and Indian scientists are invited to propose joint research projects on contraceptive and reproductive health. The following specific areas have been identified for initial collaborative research emphasis: 1) new reversible male contraceptive methods; 2) long-acting injectables for women; 3) barrier methods for contraception and sexually transmitted diseases prevention; 4) emergency contraception; 5) social and behavioral research; 6) epidemiologic studies, including studies on the relationship between contraceptive methods and the acquisition of sexually transmitted diseases/reproductive tract infections; 7) immunocontraception; and 8) basic, applied and clinical research in reproductive health. U.S. based scientists interested in establishing collaborative research projects with Indian scientists should indicate their interests by contacting the individual listed under INQUIRIES, below. In their communication, the U.S. investigators should provide a brief summary of their proposed research and information on potential Indian collaborators, if known. Research proposals will be peer-reviewed in India and the United States. To support jointly approved research projects, rupees are available to fund appropriate research costs and limited dollar resources are available to fund approved dollar requirements. INQUIRIES Investigators interested in this collaborative program should contact: Gabriel Bialy, Ph.D. Center for Population Research National Institute of Child Health and Human Development 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 8B-07 Bethesda, MD 20892-7510 Telephone: (301) 496-1102 FAX: (301) 496-0962 Email: bialy@exchange.nih.gov
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