Coordinating Center (CC) - Jackson Heart Study

Added: Aug 16, 2013 5:37 pm The Division of Cardiovascular Sciences of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), is establishing one (1) Coordinating Center as part of the Jackson Heart Study (JHS) renewal. 

The objectives of the renewal of the JHS program are to:
1. Support dedicated time for JHS investigators to conduct data analysis and prepare manuscripts using the wealth of data collectde.

2. Facilitate access to study resources and expertise.

3. Conduct annual phone interviews with participants to identify interim hospitalizations and outpatient medical visits, convey information about the JHS, and serve as a vehicle to recruit for ancillary studies.

4. Continue clinical events identification, investigation, and validation to improve statistical power for risk prediction and hypothesis testing.

5. Perform community health education activities to disseminate health promotion and prevention messages in the Jackson community.

6. Prepare all remaining clearned data, in SAS format (1999-2018), along with necessary documentation for their use and provide all biological specimens collected and maintained.

The Coordinating Center shall be responsible for overall study coordination, communications, data management, data analysis, and manuscript production, analytical/statistical support, and publication of important JHS findings in peer-reviewed journals.  UMMC will maintain, via subcontracts, a Central Laboratory to manage the JHS stored biological samples; an Image Repository to manage JHS cardiac CT and MRI scans and echocardiograms; a formal collaboration with the ARIC study Coordinating Center for clinical events validation; and other subcontracts as required for study operations.