Past Blog Posts
To K or Not To K?
June 27, 2018Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.
Applying for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Career Development Award (or K award)? Read this for more information.
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NIH Collaboratory Workshop Discusses Strategies for Future Pragmatic Clinical Trials
June 6, 2018Catherine Meyers, M.D.
In this blog post, Dr. Catherine Meyers discusses a recent workshop on embedded pragmatic clinical trials (PCTs) of therapeutic A vs. B interventions and how they may help bridge the gap between evidence, practice, and policy.
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Job Opening at NCCIH for a Behavioral Science Researcher
May 31, 2018Wendy J. Weber, N.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
In this blog post, Dr. Wendy Weber, of NCCIH's Division of Extramural Research, welcomes researchers to apply for a career in health science administration.
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June 4th Lecture to Explore Pain Treatment in Military and Veteran Populations
May 30, 2018NCCIH Research Blog Team
Neural Mechanisms of Manual Therapies for Chronic Pain
May 7, 2018Merav Sabri, Ph.D.
In this blog post, Dr. Merav Sabri, of NCCIH's Division of Extramural Research, discusses the scientific basis for manual therapies and their use in treating chronic pain conditions, and also addresses an NCCIH-sponsored symposium about this at ICIMH on May 11, 2018.
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Next Steps for Research on Probiotics and Microbial-Host Keystone Organisms
May 7, 2018Linda Duffy, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Could discoveries about probiotics and the microbiome eventually help us to eat healthier, live longer, and even eliminate some chronic diseases?
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Targeting and Developing Your Clinical Research Proposal
May 4, 2018Wendy J. Weber, N.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Apply for an NCCIH grant for research involving human participants? If you're attending the ICIMH meeting, plan to attend this Pre-Congress Workshop: “Honing Your Clinical Research Proposal for NIH and NCCIH Funding Opportunities” (on Tuesday, May 8, at 2 p.m.).
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ICIMH Roundtable To Explore Research on Creative Art Therapies
April 30, 2018Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.
In this blog post, NCCIH's Dr. Emmeline Edwards discusses expressive arts therapies and highlights NCCIH's breakfast roundtable discussion of these at the ICIMH meeting on Thursday, May 10.
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Symposium To Explore Science of Music, the Brain, and Health
April 30, 2018Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.
In this blog post, Dr. Emmeline Edwards, Director of the Division of Extramural Research at NCCIH, discusses a new partnership between our Center, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to research the impact of music on health.
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Unpacking the New NIH Policies for Research with Human Participants
April 27, 2018Anita McRae-Williams, M.A.
Scientific disciplines can differ on what elements of a study are necessary to meet the definition of a “clinical trial.”
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