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Working Group	Last Name	First Name	Affiliation	email	JHS RC Liaisons	email	JHS DC Liaisons	email
CVD Outcomes	Mentz	Robert	Duke	robert.mentz@duke.edu	Nancy Min	ymin@umc.edu	Wond Yimer	wyimer@umc.edu
	O'Brien	Emily	Duke	emily.obrien@duke.edu			Karen Valle	kvalle@umc.edu
	Klein	Liviu	UCSF	Liviu.Klein@ucsf.edu

HTN	Muntner	Paul	UAB	pmuntner@uab.edu	Mario Sims	msims2@umc.edu	Karen Valle	kvalle@umc.edu
	Abdalla	Marwah	NYU	ma2947@cumc.columbia.edu			Loretta Cain	lcain@umc.edu
	Ogedegbe	Olugbenga	Columbia	Olugbenga.Ogedegbe@nyumc.org

CKD	Young	Bessie	UW	youngb@u.washington.edu	Lynette Ekunwe	lynette.ekunwe@jsums.edu	Loretta Cain	lcain@umc.edu
	Boulware	Ebony	Duke	ebony.boulware@duke.edu			Stanford Mwasongwe	smwasongwe@umc.edu

DM & Obesity	Bertoni	Alain	Wake Forest	abertoni@wakehealth.edu	Arnita Norwood	afnorwood@umc.edu	Yan Gao	ygao@umc.edu
	Carnethon	Mercedes	Northwestern	carnethon@northwestern.edu

Nutrition & PA	Talegwakar	Sameera	George Washington	stalega1@gwu.edu	Arnita Norwood	afnorwood@umc.edu	Loretta Cain	lcain@umc.edu
	Newton	Robert	Pennington	robert.newton@pbrc.edu	Nancy Min	ymin@umc.edu

Social Determinants of Health	Barber	Sharrelle	Drexel University	smb483@drexel.edu	Mario Sims	msims2@umc.edu	Yan Gao	ygao@umc.edu
	Sims	Mario	UMMC	MSims2@umc.edu			Loretta Cain	lcain@umc.edu

Genetics	Wilson	Jim	UMMC	jgwilson2@umc.edu	Solomon Musani	SMusani@umc.edu	Yan Gao	ygao@umc.edu
	Lange	Leslie	U Colorado	leslie_lange@med.unc.edu
	Raffield	Laura	UNC	laura_raffield@unc.edu

CMS	Banahan	Ben	U Mississippi	benb3@olemiss.edu	Adolfo Correa	acorrea@umc.edu	Pramod Anugu	panugu@umc.edu
	Hammill	Brad	Duke	brad.hammill@duke.edu			Loretta Cain	lcain@umc.edu

EKG/Arrhythmia	Heckbert	Susan	UW	heckbert@uw.edu	Adolfo Correa	acorrea@umc.edu	Wond Yimer	wyimer@umc.edu
	Sotoodehnia	Nona	UW	nsotoo@u.washington.edu

Biomarkers	Doyle	Margaret	U VT	Margaret.doyle@uvm.edu	Solomon Musani	SMusani@umc.edu	Yan Gao	ygao@umc.edu
	Lewis	Michael	U VT	Michael.Lewis@uvmhealth.org

Healthy Aging	Barnes	Lisa	Rush U	Lisa_L_Barnes@rush.edu	Adolfo Correa	acorrea@umc.edu	Karen Valle	kvalle@umc.edu
	Manly	Jennifer	UMMC	jjm71@cumc.columbia.edu			Wond Yimer	wyimer@umc.edu
	Windham	Gwen	Columbia	gwindham@umc.edu

Community Engagement	Boutin-Foster	Carla	SUNY Downstate	Carla.Boutin-Foster@downstate.edu	Arnita Norwood	afnorwood@umc.edu
	Sutton	Victor	MSDH	Victor.Sutton@msdh.ms.gov

JHS Working Groups

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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.

Vanguard Centers

We are no longer accepting Vanguard Center Applications.

Jackson Heart Study Vanguard Centers

Vanguard Collaborative Centers offer an additional mechanism for sharing Jackson Heart Study (JHS) data to foster collaborations and increase scientific productivity. JHS Vanguard Centers will enhance the scientific productivity of the JHS by participating in and contributing to JHS collaborations in the development of manuscript and ancillary study proposals and manuscripts.

Benefits of JHS Vanguard Centers

a. Vanguard Centers will receive a JHS Data Package from the JHS Coordinating Center, please see the JHS Vanguard Center Package Contents document for the latest package description.

b. JHS Vanguard Centers with expertise and experience in analysis of genetic data and with approved access to JHS dbGap data may request access to genetic data on JHS participants who have provided consent for such collaborations.

c. The JHS Coordinating Center will assist in answering queries from the Vanguard Centers regarding the JHS data.

JHS Vanguard Center Eligibility Criteria

Each JHS Vanguard Center is expected to be affiliated with a biomedical/public health research institution. To apply to become a JHS Vanguard Center, an institution must fulfill the followingeligibility criteria:

a. Have an investigator willing to serve as PI for the Vanguard Center and assume responsibility for overseeing security of the JHS data received;

b. Have a data curator to serve as the primary contact for receipt of JHS Vanguard Center data updates and manage JHS datasets for Vanguard Center Investigators.

c. Have additional investigators at the same institution willing and able to collaborate on manuscript and ancillary study proposals and on manuscripts and ancillary studies of cardiovascular diseases among JHS participants.

Each JHS Vanguard Center is expected to:

a. Provide its own internal administrative support.

b. Participate in reviews of: 2 or more manuscript proposals; 2 or more ancillary study

proposals per year; and 2 or more penultimate manuscripts as requested by theJHS Publications and Presentations Subcommittee (PPS) and the Ancillary Studies Subcommittee (ANSS).

c. Submit at least 2 manuscripts per year to the PPS initiated by the Vanguard Centerand involving JHS data.

d. Submit a semi-annual progress report online on: (1) status of manuscript proposals,ancillary study proposals and active or penultimate manuscripts initiated by the Vanguard Center; and (2) lists of reviews completed for manuscript proposals, ancillary study proposals and penultimate manuscripts.

e. Work with JHS to improve the JHS Vanguard Center program and experience for others.

Investigators interested in submitting an application for a JHS Vanguard Center for their institution should contact Dr. Arnita Norwood (601-815-5783, jhsccrc@umc.edu) to request an application package.