Environmental Health, Health Services & Toxilogical Research Program

Program Title

Environmental Health, Health Services & Toxilogical Research Program

Agency/Sub-Agency

CDC\CCEHIP\ATSDR\OA\OD\DTEM\ATB

Description

In 1991, the 102nd U.S. Congress Conference Report for the House Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies charged ATSDR to develop a "research program in cooperation with the Association of Minority Health Professions Schools" to fill data gaps for hazardous  substances as required by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). In response ATSDR collaborated with the MHPF and established the Environmental Health and Toxicology Research Program (EHTRP), providing research that addressed the data gaps ATSDR had identified for hazardous substances found at CERCLA waste sites and other sources in the environment. Annual funding has been ranged from $3-4,000,000 for substance-specific research. A new cooperative agreement was announced and funded in FY 2003 that builds upon the strong foundation of the EHTRP and expands the scope to include applied environmental health activities from all divisions and offices.  An ATSDR working group comprised of representatives from agency  offices and divisions has proposed activities for the expanded cooperative agreement to include:

• evaluating exposures to environmental hazards and the potential for associated health effects;
• assessing how environmental hazards may contribute to disparities in health among racial and/or ethnic minority population;
• developing and evaluating health services research and health education efforts that address environmental hazards and health outcomes; and
• conducting exposure, toxicological and  epidemiological studies to fill data gaps for priority hazardous substances in the environment.

These activities were consistent with focus areas identified in the Applied Public Health Environmental Research Agenda. In FY 2003, a new five-year cooperative agreement between ATSDR and the Minority Health Professions Foundation funded seven new research projects, including two health education projects, and two studies on chemical mixtures.

Eligible Entity(ies)

Current grantees

Intended Beneficiaries

Populations affected by environmental health

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

93.208

CFDA Category

Health

CFDA Sub-Category(ies)

Specialized Health Research and Training

Keyword(s)

Environmental Health

HHS Announcement No.

TBD

New Funding Opportunity

No

Competition Type (N), (CC) or (M)

CC

Single Source / Limited Competition

LC

Est Annual Min Award

$1,000,000.00

Est Annual Max Award

$1,000,000.00

Est Number of Awards

1

Est Posting Date

39568

Est Application Deadline

6/30/2008

Est Award Date

8/30/2008

Est Start Date

9/30/2008

Program Contact Name

MCWILLIAMS, BREGENIA

Program Contact Telephone No.

404.498.1753

Program Contact Email

BMcWilliams@cdc.gov

Agency Forecast ID No.

CDC5