Senate Budget Committee considers latest stem-cell research plan
Associated Press
Bolstered by support from the state Assembly's new leader, Senate President Richard J. Codey is moving forward with his latest effort to create a stem cell research facility.
The state Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee on Monday is to consider Codey's bill, which would create a facility in New Brunswick at a cost of $150 million and a $50 million research center in Camden.
Codey, D-Essex County, made stem-cell research one of his priorities while serving as governor in 2005, putting forward legislation that would have asked voters to approve $350 million in bonding for stem cell research and $145 million for research institutes in New Brunswick and Newark. The measures made it through the Senate but never made it past the Assembly.
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If enacted, the bill would create the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey, which would be jointly operated by Rutgers University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Codey spokeswoman Jennifer Sciortino said.
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New Jersey Lawmaker Pushes Embryonic Stem Cell Research Funding
On Monday, the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee will consider Codey's package of spending $200 million for two new stem cell research centers in the state.
The money would build stem cell research centers at Rutgers University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
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The state's new governor, pro-abortion Democrat Jon Corzine, backs the embryonic stem cell research bill but pro-life groups oppose it because they don't want taxpayer funds to be used to pay for research that destroys human life. They favor adult stem cells, which have already produced dozens of treatments for various conditions.
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Healthy People 2010
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Focus Areas at a Glance (28)
* Access to Quality Health Services
* Arthritis, Osteoporosis and Chronic Back Conditions
* Cancer
* Chronic Kidney Disease
* Diabetes
* Disability and Secondary Conditions
* Educational and Community-Based Programs
* Environmental Health
* Family Planning
* Food Safety
* Health Communication
* Heart Disease and Stroke
* Immunizations and Infectious Diseases
* Nutrition and Overweight
* Injury and Violence Prevention
* Maternal, Infant, and Child Health
* Medical Product Safety
* Mental Health and Mental Disorders
* Occupational Safety and Health
* Oral Health
* Physical Activity and Fitness
* Public Health Infrastructure
* Respiratory Diseases
* Sexually Transmitted Diseases -STD
* Substance Abuse
* Tobacco Use
* Vision and Hearing
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# An association, state, or company applies for the grants to fund these initiatives
# In turn they authorize a Freedom of Information Release to all their data. This is a sample of the data collected from a grant application. All the data requirements are the same, the only difference is the partnered agency that is acting as a liaison for relaying the data. Example, this one below is using the USDA as the partnered liaison. If this was a hospital application, it would say the CDC.
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World Health Organization http://www.healthypeople.gov/Implementation/Consortium/Annual_Meetings/1996_consortium/kickbusch.htm
* Division of Health Promotion, Education and Communication
* 12 indicators of GLOBAL HEALTH FOR ALL strategy that were to be assessed by all countries in the world
* At least 5% of the Gross National Product to be spent on health; A reasonable percentage of the national health expenditure devoted to local health care; Equal distribution of resources; (snip)
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This initiative was stimulated by President Clinton's commitment to eliminate disparities in health for racial and ethnic minority populations by 2010.
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/NR/rdonlyres/D2C8F49F-400E-467E-ACF2-6255D6E9FDEA/0/Nadrc0900.pdf
DHHS OFFICE OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION
AND THE HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 INITIATIVE
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Dr. Randy Wykoff, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, DHHS, presented an overview of Healthy People 2010, including the Leading Health Indicators, and possible ways to maximize this initiative. Healthy People 2010 is coordinated by the DHHS Office for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
Dr. Wykoff noted that Healthy People 2010 is a comprehensive set of national 10-year objectives that are developed through a collaborative process involving both the public and private sectors. All the objectives are specific and measurable over time based on data. The document, published and distributed by the Federal Government, also is a statistical description of the health status of Americans, including racial and ethnic disparities; a textbook on current public health priorities; and an important part of the national strategic plan for improving health. Healthy People 2010 is the third iteration of an effort that began in 1979 with publication of the Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Ever larger and more complex, this iteration has two overarching goals, 28 focus areas, 467 objectives, and 10 leading health indicators.
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Grant Review
The Council considered 327 applications requesting $70,492,343 in total costs. The Council recommended
238 applications for a total cost of $31,211,337 (see Attachment II).
UMDNJ is a publicly interest member of this initiative.
Members:
r. Hillary Brode, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)- New Jersey Dental School, Newark
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