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A -- EFFECTS OF HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY ON COGNITIVE AGING: WOMEN'S HEALTH INITIATIVE STUDY OF COGNITIVE AGING (WHISCA) SOL NIH-AG-99-04 POC Teresa A. Baughman, Contracting Officer, 301-496-4487 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via, tb14j@nih.gov. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Aging (NIA), intends to negotiate with Wake Forest University School of Medicine a seven year contract to collect ancillary data to the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS). Wake Forest University initiated the WHIMS study, which they are currently conducting under private funding. All of the data to be acquired under this proposed contract must be acquired from the WHIMS participants. The data includes assessments of memory, cognition, and mood in post-menopausal women participating in a randomized double-blind clinical trial of the effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on a number of health-related outcomes. The appropriate statutory authority is 41 USC 253(c)(1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1(a)(2) and FAR 6.302-1(b)(1)(i). This is NOT a Request for Proposal If, however, there are any responsible sources who feel they possess the abilities which would enable them to perform this project, they may submit a proposal which will be considered by NIH. SEE NUMBERED Note 22.**** Posted 01/06/99 (W-SN285484). (0006)

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