Evidence Generation Awards

ARRA Awards

This page provides information on contracts and grants awarded with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funds for research that compares the effectiveness of different medical options.

Recovery Act funds will be used to establish a coordinated national investment in practical/pragmatic comparative effectiveness research. Select for a fact sheet on this topic. This will be accomplished through the following endeavors:

1. Clinical and Health Outcomes Initiative in Comparative Effectiveness (CHOICE) Studies

Award Type: Grants
Awardees:

Back Pain Outcomes Using Longitudinal Data (BOLD)
Jeffrey G. Jarvik, University of Washington (R01 HS19222-01)
Award Date: September 30, 2010
Link to Grants On-Line Database (GOLD): http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19222-01
BELT: Blacks & Exacerbations on LABA vs. Tiotropium
Elliot Israel, Harvard Clinical Research Institute (R01 HS19408-01)
Award Date: September 30, 2010
Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19408-01
Comparative Effectiveness of Environmental Intervention and Standard Care
Emily Dimango, Columbia University Health Sciences (R01 HS19384-01)
Award Date: September 1, 2010
Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19384-01
Comparative Effectiveness Study for Bipolar Disorder
Andrew A. Nierenberg, Massachusetts General Hospital (R01 HS19371-01)
Award Date: September 30, 2010
Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19371-01
Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments for Localized Prostate Cancer
David F. Penson, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (1 R01 HS019356-01)
Award Date: August 12, 2010
Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19356-01
Comparative Effectiveness of Diabetes Prevention Strategies in Women with Gestational Diabetes
Assiamira Ferrara, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute (R01 HS19367-01)
Award Date: September 1, 2010
Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19367-01
Project CLEAR—Changing Lives by Eradicating Antibiotic Resistance
Susan S. Huang, University of California Irvine (R01 HS19388-01)
Award Date: September 30, 2010
Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19388-01
Promoting Adherence to Improve Effectiveness of Cardiovascular Disease Therapies
William M. Vollmer, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute (R01 HS19341-01)
Award Date: September 1, 2010
Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19341-01
RESCUE: Randomized Evaluation of Patients with Stable Angina Comparing Utilization
Arthur E. Stillman, American College of Radiology (R01 HS19403-01)
Award Date: September 30, 2010
Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19403-01
RCT of US versus CT for Patients in the ED with Suspected Renal Colic
Rebecca Smith-Bindman, University of California San Francisco, (R01 HS19312-01)
Award Date: September 30, 2010
Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19312-01
Variations in Care: Comparing Heart Failure Care Transit
Michael K. Ong, University of California Los Angeles (R01 HS19311-01)
Award Date: September 1, 2010
Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19311-01
Wound EMR to Decrease Limb Amputations in Persons with Diabetes
Harold Brem, New York University School of Medicine (R01 HS19218-01)
Award Date: September 30, 2010
Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19218-01

E-mail comments: ARRA_Support@AHRQ.HHS.GOV

2. Request for Registries

Awardee: Academy Health Electronic Data Methods (EDM) Forum for Comparative Effectiveness Research
Erin C. Holve, Academy Health (U13 HS19564-01)
Award Date: August 31, 2010
Award Type: Grant
Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=U13+HS19564-01
E-mail comments: ARRA_Support@AHRQ.HHS.GOV

3. DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness) Network Consortium Support

Award Type: Contracts
Awardees:

Brigham and Women's Hospital
ARRA "Decide Methods Center (DMC)"
Award Amount: $3,934,148
Award Date: July 19, 2010
Link to Award: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/AHRQ/DCM/Awards/HHSA29020050016I.html
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Comparing the Long-term and Real-world Effectiveness of Initial Management Strategies for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)
Award Amount: $3,040,076
Award Date: July 15, 2010
Link to Award: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/AHRQ/DCM/Awards/MultipleTaskOrders.html
Duke University
Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Heart Failure
Award Amount: $2,073,232
Award Date: July 15, 2010
Link to Award: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/AHRQ/DCM/Awards/MultipleTaskOrders.html
Johns Hopkins University
Comparative Effectiveness Studies to Improve Patient Outcomes in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
Award Amount: $4,556,778
Award Date: July 15, 2010
Link to Award: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/AHRQ/DCM/Awards/MultipleTaskOrders.html
Outcome Sciences, Inc.
Comparing the Effectiveness of Treatment Strategies for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
Award Amount: $4,055,617
Award Date: July 15, 2010
Link to Award: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/AHRQ/DCM/Awards/MultipleTaskOrders.html
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Comparative Effectiveness of Intravenous Iron Formulations in End-Stage Renal Disease
Award Amount: $2,836,647
Award Date: July 15, 2010
Link to Award: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/AHRQ/DCM/Awards/MultipleTaskOrders.html
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Comparative Effectiveness of Management Options for Localized Prostate Cancer
Award Amount: $3,378,263
Award Date: July 15, 2010
Link to Award: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/AHRQ/DCM/Awards/MultipleTaskOrders.html

E-mail comments: ARRA_Support@AHRQ.HHS.GOV

4. PROSPECT Studies

Award Type: Grants
Awardees:

Comparative Outcomes Management with Electronic Data Technology (COMET) Study
Clete A. Kushida, Stanford University (R01 HS19738-01)
Award Date: September 30, 2010
Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19738-01
Enhancing Clinical Effectiveness Research with Natural Language Processing of EMR
Brian L. Hazlehurst, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute (R01 HS19828-01)
Award Date: September 30, 2010
Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19828-01
Indiana PROSPECT
J. M. Overhage, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (R01 HS19818-01)
Award Date: September 30, 2010
Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19818-01
Multi-Institutional Consortium for CER in Diabetes Treatment and Prevention
Joseph V. Selby, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute (R01 HS19859-01)
Award Date: September 30, 2010
Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19859-01
The Population-Based Effectiveness in Asthma and Lung Disease
Tracy A. Lieu, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. (R01 HS19669-01)
Award Date: September 30, 2010
Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19669-01
Washington Heights Initiative Community-based Comparative Effectiveness Research
Adam B. Wilcox, Columbia University Health Sciences (R01 HS19853-01)
Award Date: September 30, 2010
Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19853-01

E-mail comments: ARRA_Support@AHRQ.HHS.GOV

Current as of October 2010

Internet Citation: Evidence Generation Awards: ARRA Awards. October 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/funding/arra/awards/awevgen.html