NEI GUIDELINES FOR DATA MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT OF OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES
RELEASE DATE: November 10, 2003
NOTICE: NOT-EY-04-001
National Eye Institute (NEI)
(http://www.nei.nih.gov)
The National Eye Institute (NEI) has established a system for the appropriate
monitoring and oversight of the conduct of observational studies supported by
the cooperative agreement mechanism. These guidelines are intended to insure
the safety of participants and the integrity of the data. The full text of
the guidelines are available on the internet at
http://www.nei.nih.gov/funding/datastudies.asp Please direct any inquiries
to Dr. Natalie Kurinij, Director, Epidemiology and Clinical Studies,
301-451-2020, nxk@nei.nih.gov