Clinical research funding for oral health
Title VII — Addressing high-impact minority diseases › Subtitle D — Cardiovascular disease, chronic disease, obesity, and other disease issues
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(a) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall expand and intensify the conduct and support of the research activities of the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to improve the oral health of the population through the prevention and management of oral diseases and conditions. (b) Included research activities Research activities under subsection (a) shall include— (1) comparative effectiveness research and clinical disease management research addressing early childhood cancer and oral cancer; and (2) awarding of grants and contracts to support the training and development of health services researchers, comparative effectiveness researchers, and clinical researchers whose research improves the oral health of the population.