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Article: New epi studies group announces 22 contracts: sites to bid on work in five domains.(Tuberculosis Epidemiologic Studies Consortium formation)
- Article from:
- TB Monitor
- Article date:
- November 1, 2001
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Twenty-one of 22 selected sites have signed contracts with the Tuberculosis Epidemiologic Studies (TBES) Consortium, with the last site due to iron out remaining contractual details soon, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of TB Elimination (DTBE) announced last month.
The contractual arrangements will provide the DTBE with an efficient way to devise and carry out a research agenda for the coming decade. Research domains will encompass epidemiology, behavioral sciences, operational research, laboratory research, and health economics -- everything, in short, except drug trials, says Scott McNabb, PhD, MS, chief of the Epidemiologic Studies ...