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Support Earth Share of Texas this April
H-E-B has supported many Earth Share of Texas organizations with corporate grants or in-kind contributions. The April tear-pad promotion enables H-E-B customers to support the Central Texas program work of more than two dozen Earth Share of Texas organizations. The Children's Environmental Health Institute will benefit, because the contributions will be divided equally among 28 Earth Share of Texas organizations with program work in Central Texas.
Look for the Earth Share of Texas display and tear-off coupons at the check-out stands in 70 Central Texas H-E-B stores and the two Austin Central Market stores beginning April 1 or a few days earlier. And help support Earth Share of Texas and the Central Texas environment!
Congratulations to the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio National Children’s Study Awards Contracts to 22 New Study Centers
The National Children's Study announced today that it awarded contracts in late September to 22 new study centers to manage participant recruitment and data collection in 26 additional communities across the United States, bringing the study a step closer to full operation.
"The announcement represents a milestone for the National Children’s Study," said Duane Alexander, M.D., Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. "The addition of new study centers will move the study closer to its goal of recruiting more than 100,000 children representative of the entire population of American children," he said.
By following 100,000 children from before birth to age 21, National Children’s Study researchers seek to better understand how environmental influences and genetic constitution interact to affect child and adult health. The study has the potential to pinpoint the causes of health conditions like autism, asthma, pregnancy-related problems, obesity, mental health disorders, and others.
New study centers were selected based on rigorous criteria including broad data collection capabilities, the ability to build extensive community networks for recruiting and retaining eligible women and newborns, and a demonstrated commitment to the protection and privacy of participant data.
The announcement of new study centers builds on the momentum of earlier study milestones, including the establishment of the vanguard centers -- the first seven centers -- in 2005. In fiscal year 2007, Congress appropriated $69 million for the study, allowing the National Children's Study to fund the new study centers and step up recruitment activities at the vanguard centers.
The National Children's Study is led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- through the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- and by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. |
