Clinical
Trials Units Selected for Newly Restructured
HIV/AIDSResearch
Networks
(Continued)
Total
funding for the clinical trials networks and the CTUs and their affiliated
clinical research sites is expected to reach $285 million during the first
year of the awards. This also includes funding for previously existing CTUs
and clinical research sites to continue their participation in ongoing studies
for a period of time to ensure that there are no gaps in current HIV/AIDS
research studies.
Planning for the network restructuring began in October 2001 with extensive consultations between NIAID staff and other researchers, clinicians, patient advocates and people living with or at risk for developing HIV/AIDS.
The NIAID HIV/AIDS clinical trials networks are also co-funded and supported by a number of other NIH Institutes and centers that conduct collaborative research studies with the networks.
For additional information about the HIV/AIDS clinical trials units, see http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/QA/CTU07QA.htm.
NIAID is a component of the National Institutes of Health. NIAID supports basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose and treat infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections, influenza, tuberculosis, malaria and illness from potential agents of bioterrorism. NIAID also supports research on basic immunology, transplantation and immune-related disorders, including autoimmune diseases, asthma and allergies.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH)--The Nation's Medical Research Agency--includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit http://www.nih.gov.
News releases, fact sheets and other NIAID-related materials are available on the NIAID Web site at http://www.niaid.nih.gov.