The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded a $16,690,299 cost-reimbursement contract to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, a private non-profit educational institution, to support the Bronx Field Center for the Hispanic Community Health Study - Study of Latinos (HCHS-SOL). This 8-year contract, awarded on November 30, 2024, does not have a set-aside designation. The college has extensive experience conducting biomedical research projects as a prime contractor and sub-awardee for federal agencies like NIH, CDC, and DoD, including work on contraceptive clinical trials and research protocols. This contract supports the HCHS-SOL study, a large, multicenter epidemiologic study to investigate the prevalence, risk factors, and protective factors for chronic diseases in the diverse Hispanic/Latino population in the United States.
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