World Trade Center Youth Research Coordinating Center (U54)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking applications for a World Trade Center Youth Research Coordinating Center (U54) to establish and maintain a research cohort of individuals exposed to the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster at a young age. The center will integrate multidisciplinary expertise in epidemiology, environmental and occupational health, information technology, and community-engaged recruitment and research. The goal is to develop and implement research on the long-term health and educational impacts of 9/11 exposures among youth. Key activities include planning, administration, and evaluation, information technology and data management, communication, outreach, and community engagement, and research and related activities. • The center will support a research cohort of individuals who were 21 years of age or younger at the time of 9/11 exposure, including those exposed in utero. • The center will develop and implement research on the long-term health and educational impacts of 9/11 exposures among youth. • The center will integrate multidisciplinary expertise in epidemiology, environmental and occupational health, information technology, and community-engaged recruitment and research. • The center will support four functional core activities: planning, administration, and evaluation, information technology and data management, communication, outreach, and community engagement, and research and related activities. • The expected public health impact includes addressing gaps in knowledge about the health and educational impacts associated with 9/11 among individuals exposed in utero or at a young age.