Tracking Grants with RePORT and RePORTER

Guest Blog Author: Suzy Roy, NLM Associate Fellow

The push for more open and transparent government increases interest in what and where tax payer money goes. RePORT is the Web site to use to detect outputs and impacts of Federally-funded grants awarded for biomedical research.

RePORT (Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools) is a Web site from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help track funding.  It gives access to reporting tools, reports, data and analysis of HHS research grants and activities.

RePORTER (RePORT Expenditures and Results), which replaced the CRISP database in September 2009, is a tool on the RePORT Web site.  You can use it to determine outputs and impacts of Federally funded awards for biomedical research.  RePORTER contains information about grants and contracts funded by:

• All 27 Institutes and Centers from of National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Using the resources on RePORT such as RePORTER you can search, refine, export (into Excel) and analyze grant data.  Furthermore, with RePORTER you can use visualization tools such as maps and charts to gain insight into HHS spending, HHS-funded projects, institutions, investigators or even current scientific trends.  You can find links to PubMed Central for full-text articles, PubMed for abstracts and citations, and the US Patent and Trademark Office Patent Full-Text and Image Database for patent information by using RePORTER.

So do you have to track down an NIH grant?  Do you need to assess the growth in a field based on funding?  Do you need to determine current trends in research topics and funding?  RePORTER is a good resource to accomplish these and other tasks.

To use RePORTER, go to http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm.  Additional resources for RePORT are at http://report.nih.gov/index.aspx.

QUESTION: What types of funding questions have you answered?  What resource(s) did you use to find the answer?

Photo Credit: Screenshot of RePORT website (http://report.nih.gov/index.aspx). Retrieved January 20, 2012.

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February 15, 2012  Tags: NIH, RePORT, RePORTER, research activities, research grants  Posted in: Financial, Guest Contributors, NIH Databases  No Comments

Genes, Chromosomes, and Genetic Conditions, Oh My!

By Jessica Van Der Volgen, NLM Associate Fellow

Guest Blogger

Cystic fibrosis? Trisomy 18? BRCA2? SOX9? Chromosome 11? Lymphangioleiomyomatosis?

Whether the information is for a school project or a newly diagnosed patient, Genetics Home Reference provides expert-reviewed, consumer-friendly information about the effects of genetic variations on human health.

Genetics Home Reference contains information on over 700 health conditions, diseases, and syndromes, including:

• a description,
• which genes are involved,
• how people inherit the condition,
• how common the condition is, and
• where to find more information on diagnosis, management and treatment.

You can look up a gene by symbol, number, or group to find its normal function and how it can affect human health.  You’ll also find information by chromosome such as the number of genes on chromosome 8 and the effects of changes to the structure of the chromosome.

Genetics Home Reference offers a glossary and handbook with questions and answers about genes and DNA, mutations, inheritance, genetic testing, gene therapy and other related topics. The handbook also contains a section to help users find a local genetics counselor. Finally, you can find a list of authoritative sources of additional information for patients and families, educators, health professionals and genetic researchers on the resources page.

Genetics Home Reference is a great first stop in your quest to understand genetic conditions.

Question: What is your favorite source to point to for learning about genetics?

Photo Credit:  Photo used with permission of the National Library of Medicine, at http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/handbook/illustrations/pedigree.

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February 8, 2012  Tags: Genetics Home Reference, GHR  Posted in: Family Health History, Genetics, Guest Contributors  No Comments

Reference Challenge – Answer to Keep the Pace

I learn a lot by answering reference questions. When I first read the question, I thought “DUH, of course a pacemaker runs 100% of the time.” Guess what I found out? The answer is No.

My source was Explore Pacemaker (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health). The section “Types of Pacemaker Programming” has  the answer:

 “Types of Pacemaker Programming

The two main types of programming for pacemakers are demand pacing and rate-responsive pacing. A demand pacemaker monitors your heart rhythm. It only sends electrical pulses to your heart if your heart is beating too slow or if it misses a beat. A rate-responsive pacemaker will speed up or slow down your heart rate depending on how active you are. To do this, the rate-responsive pacemaker monitors your sinus node rate, breathing, blood temperature, and other factors to determine your activity level. Most people who need pacemakers to continually set the pace of their heartbeats have rate-responsive pacemakers.”

Other sources of information are:

• NLM’s MedlinePlus;
• American Heart Association; and
• Heart Rhythm Society

 

A consumer asked this question. If this question were from a health professional, how would you answer it?

February 3, 2012  Tags: anatomy, medical devices, pacemakers, reference challenge  Posted in: Anatomy, The Reference Challenge Column  One Comment

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