# EPIDEMIOLOGY PROGRAM PROJECT

> **NIH NIH R01** · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · 1990 · $245,371

## Abstract

Under the Rochester Epidemiologic Program Project (REPP), a unique
population-based data resource has been developed comprised of the medical
records of all Olmsted County residents for the entire duration of their
residency in the county.  This centralized records linkage system has
served as the basis for over 330 epidemiologic publications on a myriad of
topics--many relating to critical health issues of national importance.
The research facility has been used not only by Mayo staff, but by many
clinical and public health colleagues outside of the Mayo Clinic.  The data
base consists of the medical records of the Mayo Clinic and other providers
whose documented state of the art health care also requires entry of
diagnoses of all formal medical encounters into an automated indexing and
retrieval system.  It is the responsibility of the Rochester Project to
collect and collate this information and make it accessible to all
investigators for descriptive and analytic studies.  These include NIH
funded program projects, contracts and other requests from CDC, NIH, and
other governmental agencies and personnel as well as the fellowship or
small grant supported projects by numerous medical students, epidemiology
degree candidates, residents and clinicians from the U.S. and other
countries.  Continued updating of the central data resource is essential to
preserve this research potential.

The purpose of this proposal is to maintain and extend the underlying data
system.  We request funding for:  (1) continued supplementation of the Mayo
Clinic diagnostic index with data from the Olmsted Medical Group, Olmsted
Community Hospital and several other non-Mayo sources of medical care in
and around Olmsted County; (2) extending the data base by adding more
detailed nursing home information; (3) further development, from the
medical records, of an Olmsted County population frame to permit unbiased
selection of controls for case-control studies; (4) further development of
family linkages within the data base for studies of familial aggregation of
disease; (5) efforts to improve the autopsy rate at least back to 70%; (6)
initial development of a computerized index to drugs; and (7) continued
support for some 45 projects underway including the epidemiology of
prostate cancer, psoriasis, amyloidosis, and focal dystonias.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3155844
- **Project number:** 5R01AR030582-25
- **Recipient organization:** MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER
- **SAM.gov UEI:** Y2K4F9RPRRG7
- **Principal Investigator:** LEONARD T KURLAND
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1990
- **Award amount:** $245,371
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1981-09-01 → 1991-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3155844

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3155844, EPIDEMIOLOGY PROGRAM PROJECT (5R01AR030582-25). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-24 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3155844. Licensed CC0.

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