This is a definitive contract awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) to serve as the Jackson Heart Study Renewal Coordinating Center. The contract has a potential value of $9,768,152.03 and does not have a set-aside designation.
UMMC, as the prime contractor, is responsible for providing a variety of services to support the long-running Jackson Heart Study, which examines cardiovascular disease risk factors and outcomes in an African American population. UMMC has subcontracted with several universities, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Massachusetts, University of Vermont, Vanderbilt University, University of Colorado-Denver, and Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, to contribute specialized expertise in areas like data collection, analysis, quality assurance, genetic studies, and biorepository management. This contract is part of the National Institutes of Health's broader research efforts to understand and address health disparities.
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