Projects

Scaling up NHANES Genetic Program

Encouraging further research at the intersection of genetics and public health.

Executive Summary

This team’s vision is to encourage further research at the intersection of genetics and public health using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). NHANES is a combination of interview and examination surveys that provide national estimates of the health and nutritional status of the U.S. civilian non-institutionalized population. This team from the National Center for Health Statistics proposes the development of a user-friendly searchable database, with a web interface, and detailed information per variable to optimize the information researchers need to achieve their goals.

A project supported by the: HHS Ignite Accelerator

Team Members

Jody McLean (Project Lead), CDC
John Dolinka, CDC
Susan Lukacs, CDC

Milestones

December 2013: Project selected into the HHS Ignite Accelerator
January 2014: Time in the Accelerator began
April 2014: Time in the Accelerator ended

Project Sponsor

George Zipf, Operations Branch Chief, Division of Health Examination Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC