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The diseases that are included in this inquiry are early onset myocardial infarction, anthropometry, extremely low density lipoprotein, early onset ischemic stroke, extrelemy low or high blog pressure, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, asthma, and acute lung injury.

The Identifying Heart, Lung, and Blood Disease-Causing Variants Program seeks to collaborate with population geneticists, epidemiologists, statistical geneticists, disease experts, and laboratory genomic experts to gain a more thorough and efficient understanding of the newly established exome variants associated with the complex diseases that are identified by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

The agencies funding this program is set to administer a total of $1,515,000 per year to support the activities of the program in focus.

In order to be eligible to submit an application for this program you should be any of the following:

a) Higher Education Institutions such as Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education and Private Institutions of Higher Education

b) Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions

c) Nonprofit organizations other than institutions of higher education

d) For-Profit Organizations such as Small Businesses

e) State Governments, County Governments, City or Township Governments, Special District Governments, Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized), and Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)

f) Independent School Districts, Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities, Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Faith-based or Community-based Organizations, and Regional Organizations.

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Health Care Innovation Challenge
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The National Institutes of Health has recently established a program entitled Improving Adherence to Treatment Regimens for HIV-Positive Adolescents and Young Adults wherein they intend to kick-off research studies that will create, implement, and evaluate both old and new interventions that are geared towards improving adherence to medical and behavioral regimens for HIV-positive adolescents which are 11 to 21 years old and adults who are 21 to 24 years old.

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