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The Epidemiology of the Weiss Cohort Project

Award Number: R01DA050495
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/15/2020
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2027

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The Epidemiology of the Weiss Cohort Project - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The goals of this project are to further our understanding of the long-term clinical epidemiology of health outcomes among drug users who are at high risk for HIV. This is important because it will guide clinical practice and health systems planning in the face of the continuing HIV/AIDS epidemic and the evolving epidemic of drug abuse, including opioids. Many HIV-infected persons are living longer than they had in the past, due to the advent and availability of highly active antiretroviral therapy. We have a unique prospective cohort of drug users established in the 1980s, backed by a linked biospecimen repository and permission for indefinite continuing follow-up, established by the NCI and NIDA for the long- term study of drug users. The cohort numbers nearly 11,000 drug users, who are diverse in gender, race, ethnicity and geography, and include large numbers of both HIV-positive and HIV-negative persons. Hepatitis C virus infection is extremely common in these persons. WE SEEK TO UNDERSTAND THE HEALTH OUTCOMES IN THIS COHORT THROUGH TWO AIMS. AIM 1. To determine the epidemiologic features of mortality outcomes associated with HIV among drug users over a 35-year period. This will be accomplished by matching our cohort to vital statistics registry data. AIM 2. To determine the cancer epidemiology, by cancer site, among drug users over a 35-year period, including incidence, stage at diagnosis, treatment regimens, mortality, and HIV-associated risk. This will be accomplished by matching our cohort to cancer registry data. Our project analyses will integrate these two types of data, with stepwise repetition of matching over several years. Mortality data will enable us to more accurately conduct survival analyses on an array of disease outcomes, with a special focus on cancer to identify putative risk factors. This has the potential to assist with the identification of interventions that would reduce disease burden and prolong survival. We will characterize disease outcomes in HIV-positive compared to HIV-negative drug users, accounting for baseline demographic, behavioral, and medical factors. Our cohort uniquely affords the opportunity to study health outcomes over a prolonged time period spanning several decades in both sexes and in underrepresented minority populations. The size of our study and the extent and richness of baseline data will make it a powerful tool in understanding a wide array of disease outcomes. Given the continuing rapid evolution of biotechnology, future research might employ evolving biotechnology to use our biospecimen repository to explore specific disease outcomes we will be identifying. Our cohort has joined the NIDA Genetics Consortium. We will explore joining other consortia which focus on other outcomes, which could amplify the power of those consortia.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2026	2025	RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	65 BERGEN ST	NEWARK	NJ	07107	ESSEX	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	5	6/25/2026	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $727,891 )
2025	2025	RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	65 BERGEN ST	NEWARK	NJ	07107	ESSEX	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	5	7/3/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$727,891
														Subtotal = $727,891

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2023	RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	65 BERGEN ST	NEWARK	NJ	07107	ESSEX	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	002	4	5/14/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$1,175,065
2024	2023	RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	65 BERGEN ST	NEWARK	NJ	07107	ESSEX	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	003	4	6/7/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2024	2022	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	001	3	5/14/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$758,753
2024	2021	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	2	5/14/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$416,312
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $743,331 )
2023	2023	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	65 BERGEN ST	NEWARK	NJ	07107	ESSEX	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	001	4	8/24/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$743,331
2023	2022	RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	3	8/24/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $743,331

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $758,753 )
2022	2022	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	001	3	6/28/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$758,753
2022	2021	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	2	1/6/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $758,753

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $772,504 )
2021	2021	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	2	6/16/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$772,504
														Subtotal = $772,504

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $779,861 )
2020	2020	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	185 S ORANGE AVE	NEWARK	NJ	07103	ESSEX	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	1	8/3/2020	NEW	$779,861
														Subtotal = $779,861

Grand Total All Awards = $3,782,340

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The Epidemiology of the Weiss Cohort Project

Award Number: R01DA050495

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/15/2020

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2027

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