Public Health Research Profile

Disease Surveillance in the Mekong Delta

Technical and policy support to the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance (MBDS), a collaboration among six countries (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and China) to strengthen national and subregional disease surveillance capacity.
Contact: Melinda Moore, MD, MPH (Melinda_Moore@rand.org) or David Dausey, PhD (David_Dausey@rand.org)

Epidemiology of Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome

A project to develop a case definition and screening methodology and to conduct national population telephone screening to estimate prevalence and functional impacts of interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome.
Contact: Sandra Berry, MA (Sandra_Berry@rand.org)

Role of Family History in CAD Risk Assessment

A study to evaluate the incremental value of the familial risk assessment method to traditional risk factors regarding coronary artery disease (CAD) using data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
Contact: Maren T. Scheuner, MD, MPH (Maren_Scheuner@rand.org)