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AHRQ funds new projects

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recently funded four new conference grants as noted below:

Cancer—reaching medically underserved populations
Project director: Charles L. Bennett, M.D., Ph.D.
Organization: Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL
Project number: AHRQ grant HS10080
Project period: 11/12/99 to 11/11/00
Funding: $31,000

Linking health services research with health policy
Project Director: Mary K. Wakefield, M.D.
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Project number: AHRQ grant HS10087
Project period: 1/1/00 to 12/31/00
Funding: $32,500

National congress on childhood emergencies 2000
Project director: Jane Ball, Dr.P.H.
Organization: Children's Research Institute, Washington, DC
Project number AHRQ grant HS10084
Project period: 1/1/00 to 12/31/00
Funding: $25,000

Nursing home quality indicators dissemination conference
Project director: Carol R. Hegeman, M.S.
Organization: Foundation for Long-term Care, Albany, NY
Project number: AHRQ grant HS10085
Project period: 1/1/00 to 12/31/00
Funding: $25,000

Osteopathic collaborative clinical trials initiative
Project director: Leonard H. Finkelstein, D.O.
Organization: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic, Chevy Chase, MD
Project number: AHRQ grant HS10081
Project period: 12/01/99 to 11/30/00
Funding: $4,800

Seventh Regenstrief conference
Project director: Kurt K. Kroenke, M.D.
Organization: Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN
Project number: AHRQ grant HS10082
Project period: 11/9/99 to 11/08/00
Funding: $50,000

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