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2020 Posts

Partap S. Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D.

Strategic Plan and NIH’s Research on Biomedical and Bioengineering Technologies To Be Featured at January 15 Council Meeting

December 23, 2020

Partap S. Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D.

On Friday, January 15, 2021, the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health (NACCIH) will hold an online-only meeting.

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Merav Sabri, Ph.D.

SBIR/STTR: Technologies To Monitor or Enhance Mind and Body Approaches

November 6, 2020

Merav Sabri, Ph.D.

The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) has a continuing interest in projects that develop and/or validate devices or electronic systems to monitor or enhance mind and body interventions.

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Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.

NIH Partnerships To Explore Music and Health Interventions

November 3, 2020

Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen an outpouring of artistic activities, as people seek to understand, cope with, and creatively express their experiences with the pandemic.

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Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.

Music and Health Research: NIH Funds Available To Build Capacity

October 28, 2020

Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.

Research Funds Available To Build Research Capacity in Music and Health Field

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Wen G. Chen, Ph.D.

New Funding Opportunity To Investigate the Neural Circuitry of Interoception

October 26, 2020

Wen Chen, Ph.D.

Last month, the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, a collaborative framework through which 14 NIH institutes, centers, and offices jointly support neuroscience-related research, announced an exciting funding opportunity (RFA-AT-21-003) for investigating the neural circuitry of interoception.

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David Shurtleff, Ph.D.

Scientific Meeting on Cannabinoids and Terpenes October 23

October 9, 2020

David Shurtleff, Ph.D.

Recently, Dr. Helene M. Langevin, Director of NCCIH, posted a message about an upcoming, all-virtual event, NCCIH Workshop 2020: Exploring the Mechanisms Underlying Analgesic Properties of Minor Cannabinoids and Terpenes. If you are a scientist in the field of natural products, consider attending.

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Tags: Meetings


Merav Sabri, Ph.D.

Planning To Apply for a Small Business Innovation Research Award in January 2021?

September 14, 2020

Merav Sabri, Ph.D.

Is it your dream to receive a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant? NIH is launching a competitive 10-week customized coaching program for eligible researchers called the NIH Applicant Assistance Program (AAP).

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Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

Pursuing a Research Career? Apply for NIH Student Loan Repayment September 1–November 20, 2020!

September 11, 2020

Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

Student loan debt is the most often reported barrier to beginning and sustaining a biomedical research career. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is working to make this transition easier.

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Partap S. Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D.

September Council Meeting To Feature Strategic Plan and Intramural Research

September 3, 2020

Partap S. Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D.

On Friday, September 25, 2020, the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health (NACCIH) will hold its first meeting for Fiscal Year 2021. The meeting will be held virtually.

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D. Craig Hopp, Ph.D.

New NOSI Underscores Center’s Continuing Interest in Natural Products Research

August 13, 2020

D. Craig Hopp, Ph.D.

Natural products have historically been an extremely rich source of effective medicines. Even today, about half of all medications owe their existence either directly or indirectly to natural sources.

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Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.

NCCIH Announces Participation in Diversity Focused Training Program: Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC)

August 4, 2020

Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.

NCCIH is committed to supporting research training and career development programs and increase the number, quality and diversity of scientists trained to conduct rigorous complementary and integrative health research.

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Partap S. Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D.

What is a Notice of Special Interest (NOSI)?

July 28, 2020

Partap S. Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D.

NIH advertises availability of its grant support through funding opportunity announcements (FOAs), of which a NOSI is one type.

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D. Craig Hopp, Ph.D.

NCCIH Natural Products Policy Provides Guidance to Researchers for 15 Years

July 22, 2020

D. Craig Hopp, Ph.D.

NCCIH’s mission includes research on a wide range of natural products, from vitamins and minerals to other single-constituent supplements (such as resveratrol, melatonin, and glucosamine), complex plant extracts, and probiotics.

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Pain Consortium Symposium Features Digital Technologies for Pain Management and Research

July 6, 2020

NCCIH Research Blog Team

The mission of the Consortium is to enhance pain research and promote collaboration among researchers across NIH institutes and centers with a focus on pain.

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Tags: Meetings, Pain


Wen G. Chen, Ph.D.

Probing Interoceptive Processes: Join NCCIH’s Hot Topics Webinar on July 15

July 1, 2020

Wen Chen, Ph.D.

I am excited to invite you to participate in an upcoming webinar, titled Probing Interoceptive Processes: Behavioral, Psychological, and Neurophysiological Levels, organized by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The event is part

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Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

New Funding Opportunity for Remotely Delivered Complementary and Integrative Health Interventions

June 26, 2020

Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

Remotely delivered and mobile health (mHealth) interventions may use mail, email, telephone, mobile apps, video, web-based platforms, wearable devices, and other modern technologies.

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D. Craig Hopp, Ph.D.

NCCIH Support of Natural Products Research Continues: NIH Awards Nearly $27 Million for Natural Product Centers

June 24, 2020

D. Craig Hopp, Ph.D.

NCCIH Support of Natural Products Research Continues: NIH Awards Nearly $27 Million for Natural Product Centers

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Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.

New NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Funding Opportunities on SARS-CoV-2

June 11, 2020

Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.

NIH funding opportunities for SARS-CoV-2 research

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Partap S. Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D.

June 5 Meeting To Feature NCCIH Strategic Planning and COVID-19 Research

May 19, 2020

Partap S. Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D.

I invite you to hear about the NCCIH strategic planning process for Fiscal Years 2021 to 2026, and our other activities and funding priorities, at the June 5, 2020 meeting of the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health (NACCIH).

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Dr. Helene M. Langevin ("Helene Langevin")

Making the Case for More Stretching, Less Stressing

May 5, 2020

Helene M. Langevin, M.D.

The science of stretching has long been a focus for me in my research into the role of connective tissue on human health, especially musculoskeletal pain. But stretching has been on my mind more frequently lately for a number of reasons.

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Catherine Meyers, M.D.

Grand Rounds Series To Explore Digital Technologies, Health Records, and Pragmatic Trials

April 29, 2020

Catherine Meyers, M.D.

This year, I am excited to announce that the NIH Collaboratory will instead host a different type of meeting-a Grand Rounds Workshop Series streamed online on four Fridays in May and June 2020

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Tags: Lectures



Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.

Expanding Emotional Well-Being Research at NIH – Join Our Webinar on March 17

March 9, 2020

Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.

Expanding Emotional Well-Being Research at NIH – Join our Webinar on March 17th

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Spring Lectures To Discuss New Approaches for Treating Mental Health and Pain

March 3, 2020

NCCIH Research Blog Team

2020 lecture series on new approaches for treating mental health and pain

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Partap S. Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D.

February Council Meeting To Feature Symposium on Oversight of Clinical Trials

January 17, 2020

Partap S. Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D.

The National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health (NACCIH) will meet on Friday, February 7 on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, Maryland.

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Tags: Meetings