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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The Clinical Challenge Alcohol project seeks to improve outcomes of patients with at risk alcohol use or an alcohol use disorder by improving the alcohol assessment and intervention skills of medical students To accomplish this goal we will build upon our platform independent Clinical Encounters D Patient Training Environment This project expands the Clinic ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Dropping out of school costs the nation up to $ billion annually in lost wages unemployment incarceration costs welfare dependence and health care costs Moreover poorer individual health and well being result from dropping out Despite recent reductions in the total number of dropouts minority students remain twice as likely to drop out as White stud ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant In there were new cases of head and neck cancers HNC in the United States Early detection of new and locally recurrent cancers is clinically important to reduce not only cancer related mortality but also treatment associated morbidity as it impacts multiple organ functions including respiration olfaction hearing eating swallowing and speak ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Burn injuries and chronic wounds present a significant burden to patients and the US healthcare system Each year in the US there are burns that require medical treatment and burn patients that require hospitalization The mortality rate associated with severe burns can be as high as with of patient deaths arising from infection In add ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The proposed project will complete the development of and evaluate the efficacy of Master Mind a mindfulness education substance abuse prevention for late elementary school aged children Past research has found that mindfulness has many benefits for youth such as increases in attention social competence and emotion regulation as well as decreases in stres ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The goal of this project is to create a system to conduct research with the assistance of a andapos High Throughput Multifunction System for Neurophysiology of Behaviorandapos This Phase II application to the Omnibus Solicitation is based on the Phase I for PA that was funded by NIAAA R AA The advanced system will provide capabilities for m ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Lead poisoning harms millions of people yet is an entirely preventable health problem The objective of this SBIR on andquot Point of Care Tests for Blood Lead Levels in Childrenandquot is to develop a significantly better blood lead test to identify and protect those at risk Even at very low levels ingested lead causes irreversible brain damage in developi ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant As emphasized by the NIH Roadmap and NCATSandapos s Strategic Priorities NIHandapos s broad mission to improve health outcomes for all persons depends on the ability to train and retain future generations of clinical scientists who can quickly and effectively translate research findings into clinical practice However the past two decades have witnessed a sig ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The leading cause of mortality in patients with cystic fibrosis CF is pulmonary failure from lung infections and the predominant organism isolated from these infections is the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lung infections of CF patients persist over the lifetime of the patients and are impossible to eradicate due to the ability of bacteria to form biofi ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The overall objective of the proposed project is to complete the development of and evaluate the Drugged Driving Resources website www druggeddrivingresources com Drugged driving is a significant public health and safety concern and there is an increasing need for information resources on the topic of drugged driving to help guide prevention efforts The Dru ...