CALIFORNIA CENTER OF BD-STEPS II FINDING CAUSES AND PREVENTIVES OF BIRTH DEFECTS
Project Number5U01DD001226-04
Contact PI/Project LeaderSHAW, GARY M
Awardee OrganizationSTANFORD UNIVERSITY
Description
Abstract Text
ABSTRACT
Birth defects are the leading cause of infant mortality in the US. Birth defects also have enormous associated
emotional and fiscal costs. The California Center’s research efforts, both independently and in collaboration
with other Centers for Birth Defects Research and Prevention contributing to the National Birth Defects
Prevention Study (NBDPS) and the Birth Defects Study to Evaluate Pregnancy Exposures I (BD-STEPS I)
have been at the forefront of public health birth defects research. With this new funding opportunity (BD-
STEPS II), our Center will further enhance scientific understanding of the potential causes of specific birth
defects, which will undoubtedly have important implications for risk assessment and prevention of common,
costly, and deadly birth defects. In this application we propose the following aims:
Aim 1: Enhance the epidemiologic public health research capacity of the Centers for Birth Defects and
Research and Prevention by actively participating in BD-STEPS II in a region of the US that is highly diverse in
its race/ethnicity as well its environmental exposures.
Aim 2: Utilize data from BD-STEPS I and II as well as NBDPS (and likely other data sources unique to
California) to conduct rigorous collaborative and local studies that will identify potential modifiable risk factors
for selected birth defects (and where appropriate, in combination with genetic susceptibility) to reduce the
public health burden of birth defects in the US.
The California Center is well-equipped to contribute to BD-STEPS II – it is a world leader in birth defects
epidemiology and highly experienced in the development, data collection and dissemination of information from
population-based studies of birth defects, exemplified by its outstanding performance within the CDC Centers
for Birth Defects Research and its highly innovative research portfolio. The application describes how the
California Center will accomplish Aims 1 and 2 and will thereby further the knowledge base about causes and
prevention for human birth defects. The California Center has extensive experience conducting research
related to the BD-STEPS II areas of focus, which include maternal chronic diseases and their treatment,
infectious disease in pregnancy, and medications. We have proposed several analytic inquiries,
complemented by the use of additional innovative datasets and analytic approaches, which will enable us to
collaboratively continue elucidating the contribution of these and other modifiable risk factors to birth defects.
Public Health Relevance Statement
NARRATIVE
Birth defects are the leading cause of infant mortality in the US. Birth defects also have enormous associated
emotional and fiscal costs. With this new funding opportunity (BD-STEPS II), the California Center, both
independently and in collaboration with other Centers, will conduct studies that will identify potential modifiable
risk factors for selected birth defects to reduce the public health burden of birth defects in the US.
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
CFDA Code
073
DUNS Number
009214214
UEI
HJD6G4D6TJY5
Project Start Date
01-September-2018
Project End Date
31-August-2023
Budget Start Date
01-September-2021
Budget End Date
31-August-2022
Project Funding Information for 2021
Total Funding
$900,000
Direct Costs
Indirect Costs
Year
Funding IC
FY Total Cost by IC
2021
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
$900,000
Year
Funding IC
FY Total Cost by IC
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