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Genes, Environment and Health Initiative invests in genetic studies, environmental monitoring
Date:9/4/2007

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Kenzie L. Preston, Ph.D., National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore
Real-time Assessment of Individual and Neighborhood Exposure to Drugs and Stress Using Hand-held Electronic Diaries and Position Technology
$157,000

Mark S. Rea, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.
A Personal Light-monitoring Device for Reducing Psychosocial Stress
$482,000

Vivek Shetty, D.D.S., Dr. Med.Dent., University of California, Los Angeles
Handheld Salivary Biosensor of Psychosocial Stress
$357,000

Improved Measures of Diet and Physical Activity

Tom Baranowski, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Food Intake Recording Software System: Version 4
$571,000

Carol Boushey, Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
Improving Dietary Assessment Methods Using the Cell Phone and Digital Imaging
$452,000

Patty Freedson, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Development of an Integrated Measurement System to Assess Physical Activity
$411,000

Stephen Intille, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Enabling Population-scale Physical Activity Measurement on Common Mobile Phones
$681,000

Kevin Patrick, M.D., University of California, San Diego
A Tool for Geospatial Analysis of Physical Activity
$666,000

Mingui Sun, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
A Unified Sensor System for Ubiquitous Assessment of Diet and Physical Activity
$587,000

Rick Weiss, M.S., Princeton Multimedia Technologies Corporation, Princeton, N.J.
Mobile Food Intake Visualization and Voice Recognizer (FIVR)
$1,040,000

Biological Response Indicators of Environmental Stress

Ian Blair, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Exposure and Biological Response Biomarkers of Cigarette Smoke
$557,000'/>"/>

Contact: Geoff Spencer
spencerg@mail.nih.gov
301-402-0911
NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute
Source:Eurekalert

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