AMAR International, Inc.
Principal Investigator:
Savita Prakash, Ph.D.
1920 Association Drive
Suite 102
Reston, VA 20191
Office: 703-476-6700 x. 104
sprakash@amar-international.com
AMAR is a program management company that was established in 1994 and incorporated in 1999. The company is certified by the US Small Business Administration as an 8(a), SDB and Women Owned Small Business (WOSB). AMAR is located in Reston, Virginia and is a prime federal contractor. AMAR is currently providing services as a coordinating center for NIDA CJ-DATS-2 Coordinating Center program. The current services include coordinating activities between nine research centers across the country and the NIDA program office. AMAR has also developed a website for the program to facilitate document sharing among research centers and provide a place on the web for team discussion, as well as other web based functionalities. Other activities for the program include Steering Committee support, database programming, data analysis for studies, bio-statistical analysis and reviews, report preparation, program management and logistics support for meetings, consulting and expert reviews, and other services required by DESPR-NIDA/NIH. Before supporting this program, AMAR supported a precursor NIDA program and provided logistical support, program management, and administrative support to the NIDA-DESPR Data Safety and Monitoring Board (DSMB).