MESA Committees
The Steering Committee is comprised of
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the principal investigators from the Coordinating Center;
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six Field Centers;
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CT, MRI, and Ultrasound Reading Centers;
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Central Laboratory;
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and the Project Officer.
Subcommittees include Participant Relations, Design, Laboratory, MRI, CT,
Morbidity and Mortality, Operations, Recruitment, Publications, Ancillary
Studies, and Quality Control. Subcommittees make recommendations to the
Steering Committee, which finalizes decisions.
The charges to the specific committees are as follows: