Title of Collaborative Activity: |
Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases Interagency Coordinating Committee (KUHICC) |
Description of Collaborative Activity: |
The Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases Interagency Coordinating Committee (KUHICC) encourages cooperation, communication, and collaboration among all Federal agencies involved in kidney, urology, and hematology research and other activities. Section 429 of Public Law 99-158 created the KUHICC in 1987. The committee met for the first time in 1988, and has the following subcommittees: Kidney Interagency Coordinating Committee, Urology Subcommittee, and Hematology Subcommittee. Meetings focus on interagency collaboration to elicit ideas from meeting participants to enhance current research directions within the National Institutes of Health and to form partnerships among agencies. |
Type of Collaborative Activity: |
Committee, Advisory Group, or Work Group
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Year the Collaborative Activity Originated: |
1987 |
NIH Participating Institutes/Centers/Office of the Director: |
NCCIH, NCI, NHLBI, NIA, NICHD, NIDDK, NINDS |
HHS Agency Collaborators on this Activity: |
AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS |
