 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Projects Partially Supported by BP Conditional Gift
The conditional gift from BP to the NIH has been used in partial support of the following projects directed by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
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NIEHS is leading a trans-NIH effort to support the Deepwater Horizon Research Consortium, a network of community and university partnerships that seeks to identify among Gulf residents potential physical and mental health effects stemming from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. This five-year, $25.2 million NIH program is funded from multiple sources, including partial support in the first year from BP to the NIH. These funds support population-based and laboratory research, which will contribute to the scientific evidence base needed to promote health and well-being for people living along the Gulf Coast, who are at greatest risk for potential adverse physical, psychological and behavioral health effects. To complement the worker-focused GuLF STUDY (Gulf Long-term Follow-up Study), the Consortium studies are concentrating on the potential acute and long-term health effects among the general public.
Four institutions, including the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, Tulane University, the University of Florida, and The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, are collaborating as an integrated network. To ensure research activities are responsive to the needs of diverse communities in the Gulf Coast region, the universities have partnered with more than thirty-five community organizations to incorporate local concerns and more effectively communicate research findings. Through these partnerships, researchers will assess how cultural factors, social networks, and other determinants may enhance community resiliency, pre-event preparedness, and post-event recovery.
In addition to NIEHS, many other NIH components are contributing support and scientific advisement to the program, including the National Cancer Institute; National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; National Institute of Mental Health; National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities; National Institute of Nursing Research; and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research.
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The NIEHS is leading the GuLF STUDY – a health study for oil spill workers and volunteers following the recent Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. The study has completed enrolling a cohort of nearly 33,000 individuals involved in some aspect of oil spill clean-up and has begun following the cohort to track changes in health over time. Additional information about the study can be found at www.gulfstudy.nih.gov.
Contact: Dale P. Sandler, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator and Chief, Epidemiology Branch
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Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Tulane University
University of Florida
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston