Today’s news on the Congressional Continuing Resolution is good news for Gulf War and other veterans and military service members : Gulf War Illness treatment focused research would be continued at $8 million, ALS research would be funded at the same level as GWI, $8 million, and MS research would be funded at $4.8 million.
The following is from the DOD explanatory chart for the latest House Continuing Resolution (CR) for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP).
The data is provided courtesy of Gavin Lindberg, Vice President for Legislative Affairs with the Health & Medicine Counsel of Washington (HMCW).
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Budget Request Recommendation (in $1,000’s)
- ALS --- +8,000
- Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine --- +4,800
- Autism Research --- +6,400
- Bone Marrow Failure Disease Research Program --- +4,000
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy --- +4,000
- Global HIV/AIDS Prevention --- +10,000
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health --- +100,000
- Global Deployment of the Force medical research funding – Department of Defense requested transfer to maintain full funding for the program --- +125,000
- Gulf War Illness Peer-Reviewed Research Program ---
+8,000 - Multiple Sclerosis --- +4,800
- Peer-Reviewed Alzheimer Research --- +15,000
- Peer-Reviewed Breast Cancer Research Program --- +150,000
- Peer-Reviewed Cancer Research Program --- +16,000
- Peer-Reviewed Lung Cancer Research Program --- +12,800
- Peer-Reviewed Orthopedic Research Program --- +24,000
- Peer-Reviewed Ovarian Cancer Research Program --- +20,000
- Peer Reviewed Vision research in conjunction with the DoD Vision Center of Excellence --- +4,000
- Peer-Reviewed Prostate Cancer Research Program --- +80,000
- Peer-Reviewed Spinal Cord Research Program --- +12,000
- Research in Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders --- +5,200
- SBIR to the core funded RDT&E --- +1,200
- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) --- +6,400
- Pain Management Task Force Research --- +4,000
- Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program --- +50,000
TOTAL, DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM (in $1,000’s)
Budget Request: 30,935,111 Recommendation: 31,382,198
--Anthony Hardie
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