# Rhode Island Human Food Rapid Response Teams

> **NIH FDA U2F** · RHODE ISLAND STATE DEPT OF HEALTH · 2024 · $150,000

## Abstract

Grant Proposal Abstract
Title: Rhode Island’s Maintenance of Human Food Rapid Response Team
Funding Opportunity Number (FOA): RFA-FD-23-019
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), Center for Food Protection (CFP) will continue to
maintain the operations of its multi-jurisdictional, multi-disciplinary, Rhode Island Rapid Response
Teams (RI RRT). To do this, RIDOH will coordinate with internal and external partners including, but not
limited to, laboratory, epidemiology, emergency management, the FDA Division Office and the Office of
Partnerships. Incident response and surveillance work conducted by the RI RRT will include foodborne
illness investigations, tracebacks, environmental assessments, sample collection, laboratory analyses,
and recalls. To facilitate long-term improvements and contribute to the national integrated food safety
system, the RI RRT will unify and coordinate emergency response efforts including:
 1) Strengthening the link among epidemiology, lab and environmental health/regulatory
components;
 2) Improving States' regulatory and surveillance HAF protection programs to include using
 Incident Command System (ICS)/National Incident Management System (NIMS) principles
 and a Unified Command structure to conduct integrated responses to all-hazards HAF
 emergencies, rapidly identifying and removing tainted food from commerce, and conducting
 root cause investigations to inform future prevention efforts; and
 3) Addressing supporting components, such as training, data sharing, data analysis,
 communications, continuous process improvement, and development of best practices and
 other resources to support national response capacity/capability development.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10917284
- **Project number:** 5U2FFD007985-02
- **Recipient organization:** RHODE ISLAND STATE DEPT OF HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Brendalee Viveiros
- **Activity code:** U2F (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $150,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2023-09-01 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10917284

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10917284, Rhode Island Human Food Rapid Response Teams (5U2FFD007985-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10917284. Licensed CC0.

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