CDC has initiated a process to develop a CDC-wide Research Agenda and as a first step a draft listing of broad research concepts has been developed. There will be two opportunities to provide input to reinforce the draft immunization research agenda and/or to suggest additional areas for research.
The draft list of topics is on the web, and we understand that the web site will be up to receive comments through April 19:
Specific immunization topics (immunization services delivery, epidemiology and surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases, vaccine safety, vaccine supply) are included in the Infectious Diseases Workgroup Starter List. Other topics on the Infectious Diseases list that are not immunization-specific (health disparities) and topics in other Starter Lists (for example, electronic medical records, health communications) may be of interest as well. Global disease prevention by immunization is on the Global Health Workgroup List.
The second opportunity for comment will come later this summer, when a Public Comment Draft will be published in the Federal Register and on the CDC Office of Public Health Research website (http://www.cdc.gov/od/ophr/cdcra.htm). We will keep you posted when that draft is available.
We encourage you to review these preliminary lists – especially the Infectious Disease list – and provide your comments on the proposed topics.
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