Research Committees, Groups & Consortia

Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee
The Children's Health Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-310), Title I, Section 104, mandated the establishment of an Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) to coordinate autism research and other efforts within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). In April 2001, Secretary Tommy Thompson delegated the authority to establish the IACC to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) at the NIH has been designated the lead for this activity. more>>

Groups

Child Abuse and Neglect Working Group
Since 1997, the Child Abuse and Neglect Working Group (CANWG) has met monthly to coordinate NIH research efforts in child abuse and neglect. These CANWG activities include clarifying Institute responsibilities in areas of overlap, identifying research needs, and planning future activities. more>>

Human Brain Project
The Human Brain Project is a broad-based initiative which supports research and development of advanced technologies, and infrastructure support, through cooperative efforts among neuroscientists and information scientists (computer scientists, engineers, physicists, and mathematicians). The goal is to produce new digital capabilities providing a World Wide Web (WWW) based information management system in the form of interoperable databases, and associated data management tools. more>>

Consortia

Aging Research Consortium
The Consortium was established in January 2002 by NIMH. Its mission is to stimulate research on mental health and mental illness to benefit older adults; maintain an infrastructure to better coordinate aging research throughout the Institute; provide a linkage to the Institute for researchers, advocates, and the public; and advance research training for the study of late life mental disorders. more>>

Consortium on Child and Adolescent Research (C-CAR)
The mission of the Consortium is to stimulate research on mental health and mental illness to benefit youngsters with emotional, developmental, and brain disorders. Areas of research span the continuum of normal and abnormal development, as well as the full spectrum of mental disorders that afflict children and adolescents, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, schizophrenia, autism, and anxiety disorders. The Consortium is also responsible for coordinating research, encouraging knowledge transfer and clinical application of the findings, and providing research policy leadership. more>>

Suicide Research Consortium
Comprised primarily of NIMH scientists across the Institute who also administer research grants, the Consortium coordinates program development in suicide research across the Institute; identifies gaps in the scientific knowledge base on suicide across the life span; stimulates and monitors NIMH-sponsored research on suicide; keeps abreast of scientific developments in suicidology and public policy issues related to suicide surveillance; prevention and treatment; and disseminates science-based information on suicidology to the public, media, and policy makers. more>>

Women's Mental Health Consortium
The Consortium furthers the study of mental health throughout the female life span. The objective is to improve the health and life quality of both girls and women who are directly or indirectly affected by mental illness (Catherine Roca, M.D., Chair, e-mail: croca@mail.nih.gov)

Other

NIH Pain Consortium
Recognizing the significant comorbidity between pain and depression, anxiety, and personality disorders, the NIMH is committed to supporting the goals of the Pain Consortium. Researchers who have questions regarding NIMH mission-specific areas of interest regarding pain should contact Debra J. Babcock, Ph.D, M.D., e-mail: dbabcock@mail.nih.gov