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Announcements

Americans spent $30.2 billion out-of-pocket on complementary health approaches Federal analysis includes first-ever data on spending for children Americans spent $30.2 billion―$28.3 billion for adults and $1.9 billion for children—out-of-pocket on complementary health approaches, according to a nationwide survey. These approaches include a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products such as herbal supplements, meditation, chiropractic, and yoga. This amount represents 9.2 percent of all out-of-pocket spending by Americans on health care and 1.1 percent of total health care spending.

Men's Health Is Our Featured Topic This Month NCCIH Clinical Digest on Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia - This issue of the Digest provides a summary of the current evidence of complementary health approaches that are frequently used for symptoms associated with BPH. 5 Tips: What You Should Know About Complementary Health Approaches for BPH

NCCIH Blog Series Related to the Strategic Plan

NCCIH is publishing a series of blog posts related to the top scientific priorities in our new strategic plan. The following are the first of these posts:

• New Focus on Innovative Clinical Trial Designs  By Dr. Wendy Weber on June 21, 2016
  
• Can Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches Improve Health Across the Lifespan?  By Dr. Eve Reider on June 16, 2016
• Innovative Approaches for Establishing Biological Signatures of Natural Products  By Dr. Craig Hopp on June 14, 2016
• What Can We Learn by Studying Neurobiological Effects and Mechanisms  By Dr. Wen Chen on June 9, 2016
• New Priorities for Nonpharmacologic Management of Pain  By Dr. Partap Khalsa on June 7, 2016
  

NCCIH Job Announcement: Program Director for Microbiome Research

NCCIH is seeking candidates for the position of Program Director (Health Scientist Administrator) in the NCCIH Division of Extramural Research (DER). The deadline is 6/30/16. View the job now.

Read Dr. John Williamson’s blog post about the position, Job Opportunity: Program Director for Research on the Gut Microbiome and Its Implications for Health.

Resources for Researchers

New Funding Opportunities

• Advancing Basic Behavioral and Social Research on Resilience:  An Integrative Science Approach PAR-16-326
• Administrative Supplements for Research on Dietary Supplements (Admin Supp) PA-16-319
• Science of Behavior Change: Use-inspired Basic Research to Optimize Behavior Change Interventions and Outcomes PA-16-334 (Admin Supp)
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31Diversity) PA-16-308
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) PA-16-309
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32) PA-16-307
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship for Students at Institutions Without NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (Parent F30) PA-16-306
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship for Students at Institutions With NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (Parent F30) PA-16-305
• PHS 2016-02 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH, CDC, FDA and ACF for Small Business Innovation Research Grant Applications (Parent SBIR [R43/R44]) PA-16-302
• PHS 2016-02 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH for Small Business Technology Transfer Grant Applications (Parent STTR [R41/R42]) PA-16-303

View all funding opportunities.

Upcoming Events

Screening and Supplementation of Iron-replete Pregnant Women and Young Children: Iron Workshop from Office of Dietary Supplements

September 29, 2016; NIH Main Campus, Bethesda, MD