Fact Sheet
This fact sheet describes awards made
by the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 to support
trainees who are focusing on
comparative effectiveness research.
Funding to support these projects was
provided through the American
Recovery and Reinvestment of 2009.
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Contents
Introduction
Comparative Effectiveness Research
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Programs
More Information
Introduction
The mission of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) is to improve the safety,
quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of
health care for all Americans. To help
achieve the Agency's mission, AHRQ
supports extramural research grants and
contracts, research training, conference
grants, and intramural research
activities. AHRQ is committed to
fostering the next generation of health
services researchers who will focus their
time and expertise on some of the most
important problems facing our Nation's
health care system.
This fact sheet describes awards made
by AHRQ in FY 2010 to support
trainees who are focusing on
comparative effectiveness research.
Funding to support these projects was
provided through the American
Recovery and Reinvestment of 2009.
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Comparative Effectiveness Research
AHRQ has been involved in
comparative effectiveness research for
many years. Since 2005, this work has
been coordinated and supported
through the Agency's Effective Health
Care Program, which was authorized
under Section 1013 of the Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
Modernization Act of 2003.
Comparative effectiveness research—now also called patient-centered health
research—compares the benefits and
harms of different interventions and
strategies to prevent, diagnose, treat,
and monitor health conditions in "real
world" settings. The purpose of this
research is to improve health outcomes
by developing and disseminating
evidence-based information to patients,
clinicians, and other decisionmakers
about which interventions are most
effective for which patients under
specific circumstances. The Effective
Health Care Program provides
systematic reviews, supports new
research to fill information gaps, and develops other translational information
and tools designed to inform health
care decisionmaking.
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
In FY 2009, AHRQ received funds
through the Recovery Act to build on
its existing collaborative Effective
Health Care Program. In response to
the Recovery Act and recognizing the
importance of enhancing research
capacity and infrastructure, AHRQ will
support two types of institutional
research training and career
development grants in FY 2010. These
projects will focus on preparing new
investigators to conduct comparative
effectiveness research. Support will be
provided to individuals who have
clinical or research doctoral degrees and
are focusing their research on the
development and translation of new
scientific evidence and analytic tools. In
particular, the emphasis of these
projects will be on developing and
enhancing research and methodological
capacities for carrying out comparative
effectiveness research, integrating
evidence into practice, and facilitating
decisionmaking in the health care
system.
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Programs
The Mentored Clinical Scientists
Comparative Effectiveness
Development Program (K12). This
program provides support to
institutions for the development of
health services and clinical researchers
who have made a commitment to focus
their research on the translation and
dissemination of new scientific evidence
and analytical tools in comparative
effectiveness. These awards will provide
3 years of supervised study and research
for one cohort of individuals who have
clinical and research doctoral degrees.
The program provides salary support
for an intensive, mentored research
career development experience. Seven
institutions received awards:
- University of Alabama at
Birmingham; Kenneth Saag, MD,
Principal Investigator; AHRQ grant
K12 HS019465.
- University of Colorado, Denver;
Anne Libby, PhD, Principal
Investigator; AHRQ grant K12
HS019464.
- Duke University; Eugene Oddone,
MD, Principal Investigator; AHRQ
grant K12 HS019479.
- New York University School of
Medicine; Ronald S. Braithwaite,
MD, Principal Investigator; AHRQ
grant K12 HS019473.
- University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill; Morris Weinberger,
PhD, Principal Investigator; AHRQ
grant K12 HS019468.
- Oregon Health and Science
University; Jeanne-Marie Guise,
MD, MPH, Principal Investigator;
AHRQ grant K12 HS019456.
- University of Pittsburgh; Wishwa
Kapoor, MD, Principal Investigator;
AHRQ grant K12 HS019461.
- University of Washington; Sean
Sullivan, PhD, Principal
Investigator; AHRQ grant K12
HS019482.
Institutional National Research
Service Award (NRSA) Postdoctoral
Comparative Effectiveness
Development Training Program
(T32). In 2008, AHRQ made awards
to 28 U.S. academic institutions
through the National Research Service
Award (NRSA) program to support
advanced training to students with a
strong interest in research careers. These institutions were given a competitive
opportunity to expand these already
established activities to support the
postdoctoral training of health services
and clinical researchers who have made
a commitment to focus their research
in comparative effectiveness. These
awards will provide 2 years of
supervised study for two cohorts of
individuals with clinical and research
doctoral degrees. The program will
combine a mix of didactic, career
development, mentoring, and hands-on
research experiences. Six institutions
received these awards:
- University of Alabama at
Birmingham; Kenneth Saag, MD,
Principal Investigator; AHRQ grant
T32 HS019463.
- Brown University; Vincent Mor,
PhD, Principal Investigator; AHRQ
grant T32 HS019657.
- Children's Hospital, Boston;
Jonathan Finkelstein, MD, Principal
Investigator; AHRQ grant T32
HS019485.
- Duke University; David Edelman,
MD, Principal Investigator; AHRQ
grant T32 HS019490.
- Johns Hopkins University; Anne
Duggan, ScD, Principal
Investigator; AHRQ grant T32
HS019488.
- University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill; Timothy Carey, PhD,
Principal Investigator; AHRQ grant
T32 HS019442.
- University of Pittsburgh; Kevin
Kraemer, MD, Principal
Investigator; AHRQ grant T32
HS019486.
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More Information
For more information about the
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality, please visit the AHRQ Web
site at http://www.ahrq.gov. Go to
http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov to
learn more about AHRQ's Effective
Health Care Program.
For more detailed information about
the various training and career
development programs supported by
AHRQ, please visit http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/training/trainix.htm.
For specific programmatic information, please contact:
Shelley Benjamin, MSW
Health Scientist Administrator
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
301-427-1528
Shelley.Benjamin@ahrq.hhs.gov
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AHRQ Pub. No. 10(11)-P010-EF
Current as of November 2010
Internet Citation:
AHRQ's Career Development and Postdoctoral Training Awards for Comparative Effectiveness Research. Fact Sheet. AHRQ Pub. No. 10(11)-P010-EF, November 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/training/cdpostcer10.htm
540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850 