Past Blog Posts
NCCIH Clinician-Scientist Workforce Working Group Report
March 4, 2016Partap S. Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D.
In this blog post, Dr. Partap Khalsa reports on the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health Working Group on Clinician-Scientist Workforce Development.
Read More
Fraser’s Dyer Lecture Explores Probiotics and the Human Gut
January 22, 2016Linda Duffy, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Claire Fraser's NIH lecture on the functional dynamics of the gut microbiome in health and disease is now available online. In her talk, Dr. Fraser focused on the intriguing possibility that the gut microbiota may play an important role in response to vaccines and susceptibility to enteric pathogens.
Read More
Take Notice of NIH Guide Notices for 2016 Grant Applications
January 14, 2016Dale Birkle Dreer, Ph.D.
In this blog post, Dr. Dale Birkle Dreer, chief of NCCIH's Office of Scientific Review, discusses updates to policies, forms, and instructions for grant applications in 2016.
Read More
NCCIH Notable Research From 2015
January 5, 2016Josephine P. Briggs, M.D.
In this blog post, NCCIH Director Dr. Josephine Briggs calls attention to some of the eminent research performed by NCCIH grantees in 2015.
Read More
NCCIH-funded Research on Opioids Highlighted in Science and Nature
December 21, 2015John S. Williamson, Ph.D.
In this blog post, Dr. John S. Williamson congratulates NCCIH grantee Dr. Christina Smolke and her colleagues for engineering a yeast strain capable of synthesizing opioids.
Read More
New Brain Initiative Funding Opportunities for Non-Invasive Neuromodulation Research
December 16, 2015Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.
In this blog post, Dr. Emmeline Edwards, Director of NCCIH's Division of Extramural Research, discusses new funding opportunities that focus on broad potential therapeutic and non-therapeutic uses of non-invasive neuromodulation devices for the central nervous system.
Read More
Revised Grants Policy Statement Provides Key Guidance
December 11, 2015Shelley Carow,
Shelley Carow, Chief Grants Management Officer in the NCCIH Office of Grants Management, shares information about grants administration.
Read More
Exploring the Gut Microbiome’s Connection to Human Behavior – Lecture by Dr. John Cryan
December 2, 2015Linda Duffy, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Network Pharmacology and Natural Products Webinar
November 16, 2015D. Craig Hopp, Ph.D.
NCCIH will hold a webinar on network pharmacology and natural products on Wednesday, December 2, 2015.
Read More