The Jackson Heart Study (JHS) Steering Committee shall be chaired by the JHS Director and consist of the principal investigators from the JHS Centers, and the NHLBI Project Officer.  The Steering Committee will also include two (2) community member representatives approved by the Steering Committee, to serve two-year terms.  

The charges to the Steering Committee are to:

1.  Develop and approve all aspects of the study protocol.

2. Identify modifications of the study protocol or operational policies as necessary, and recommend changes to NHLBI.

3.  Resolve operational problems.

4.  Review reports of the Coordinating Center regarding study progress.

5.  Advise and assist the study Centers and Project Office in the performance of the study.

6.  Review ancillary studies for compatibility with JHS goals, and recommend priorities to the JHS OSMB and NHLBI.

7.  The Steering Committee may constitute other committees and subcommittees as needed to maximize performance of the JHS.



meeting schedule time : The Steering Committee meets monthly.

 

  1. Mario Sims*
  2. Karen Winters (FC designee)
  3. Yuan-I (Nancy) Min
  4. Marino Bruce (GTEC- UMMC)
  5. Marinelle Payton (GTEC-JSU)
  6. Wendy White (UTEC)
  7. Victor Sutton (CEC)

     

Community Representatives                                                                      

  1. Deborah Davis
  2. Adrian Dorsey-Kid

NHLBI Representatives Coordinator

Sharon Smith

Coordinator
Crystal Butler-Williams

 

The Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center (JHS GTEC) at Jackson State University is a new Center awarded for five years, effective August 16, 2013.  It is designed to contribute to building evidence-based approaches to training graduate students in the social, behavioral, and medical sciences to implement a robust education training program.

Goal and Objectives
The overall goals of the GTEC are to: (1) enrich the educational experiences and skills of African American graduate students to prepare them for future careers in academics, industry, and government research settings; (2) enhance the professional skills of graduate students to increase the likelihood of success and completion of graduate school; and (3) increase the interest in, and likelihood of, African American graduate students entering careers in biomedical sciences following degree and program completion
 

The Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center (JHS GTEC) at Jackson State University is a new Center awarded for five years, effective August 16, 2013.  It is designed to contribute to building evidence-based approaches to training graduate students in the social, behavioral, and medical sciences to implement a robust education training program.

Goal and Objectives
The overall goals of the GTEC are to: (1) enrich the educational experiences and skills of African American graduate students to prepare them for future careers in academics, industry, and government research settings; (2) enhance the professional skills of graduate students to increase the likelihood of success and completion of graduate school; and (3) increase the interest in, and likelihood of, African American graduate students entering careers in biomedical sciences following degree and program completion
 

The Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center (JHS GTEC) at Jackson State University is a new Center awarded for five years, effective August 16, 2013.  It is designed to contribute to building evidence-based approaches to training graduate students in the social, behavioral, and medical sciences to implement a robust education training program.

Goal and Objectives
The overall goals of the GTEC are to: (1) enrich the educational experiences and skills of African American graduate students to prepare them for future careers in academics, industry, and government research settings; (2) enhance the professional skills of graduate students to increase the likelihood of success and completion of graduate school; and (3) increase the interest in, and likelihood of, African American graduate students entering careers in biomedical sciences following degree and program completion

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Jackson State University was recently awarded a five year contract to implement the Jackson Heart Study (JHS) Community Outreach Center (CORC).  The contract period is from 8/16/2013-8/15/2014 for a total amount of 3,086,081.  The CORC is an expansion of the highly successful operation of the Community Partnership Office (CPO), in the Jackson State University Coordinating Center, which operated from 1999-2013.  During the era of the CPO, relationships and partnerships were developed with over 100 churches, community based organizations, governmental agencies, private non-profit organizations, other institutions of higher learning and individual partners.  A community based participatory research (CBPR) component has been added under this new contract period.