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Support Services for the Epidemiology Coordinating Committee

September 2025 Council

Lead Division/Office

DEM, DDN

Point(s) of Contact

Jean Lawrence, Sc.D., M.P.H., M.S.W.

Executive Summary

This current NIDDK-wide initiative provides support services for the Epidemiology Coordinating Committee activities pertaining to the development and analysis of public health surveillance data for NIDDK-related topic areas. The epidemiology support services contractors, under the supervision of NIDDK Program Directors, support the publication of data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) for original scientific research on NIDDK diseases including the occurrence, risk factors, natural history, prevention, management, and public health implications. Additionally, the Support Services for the Epidemiology Coordinating Committee initiative will cover the development and publication of two major compendia on the epidemiology and burden of NIDDK diseases, Diabetes in America, published in 1984, 1995, 2018, and 2023- present, and the Burden of Digestive Diseases in the United States, published in 1994, 2008, and currently in preparation. Publication of content for these compendium are planned for the next 5-year contract to accompany public health surveillance data releases in diabetes, physical activity, nutrition, body composition measures informing obesity research, and digestive diseases. Funds from this initiative will also support the acquisition and maintenance of several data sources used for these publications.