Announcements
By Wen G. Chen, Ph.D.
January 23, 2019
Are you interested in taking advantage of the NIH HEAL InitiativeSM funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) to conduct basic and mechanistic research to explore and discover new pain treatment options? The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) offers several FOAs for you to consider.
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Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a type of depression that comes and goes with the seasons, typically starts in the late fall and early winter and goes away during the spring and summer. Depressive episodes linked to the summer can occur but are much less common than winter episodes of SAD. Some of the symptoms of the winter pattern of SAD include having low energy, overeating, craving carbohydrates, and social withdrawal. Light therapy has become a standard treatment of SAD, and antidepressants have also been shown to improve SAD symptoms.
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Resources for Researchers
The National Institutes of Health Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) is seeking public input on a revised definition of behavioral and social sciences research. They would like to get your thoughts on whether the revised definition is clear, how well it captures the full range of health-related behavioral and social sciences research at NIH, and how well it distinguishes behavioral and social sciences research from other disciplines of research.
Comments from all stakeholders, including behavioral and social science researchers in academia and industry, health care professionals, patient advocates and advocacy organizations, scientific or professional organizations, federal agencies, and other interested members of the public, are welcome. If you’re providing input on behalf of an organization, please submit a single coordinated response reflecting the views of the organization and its members.
To read the revised definition, submit your ideas, and comment on the ideas submitted by others, go to the OBSSR crowdsourcing IdeaScale website https://obssr.ideascale.com/. The deadline is February 22.
The University of Massachusetts’ Center for Advancing Point of Care Technologies (CAPCaT) in Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Diseases—supported in part by NCCIH—announces an award solicitation focused on developing, adapting, or validating technologies that can be rapidly applied to heart, lung, blood, or sleep disorders, with additional interest in projects that incorporate complementary and integrative health approaches. Awards will be up to $100,000 paid over 12 months. Pre-proposals must be submitted through the POCTRN online system and are due Friday, March 1, 2019. Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the NCCIH SBIR/STTR Program Director Dr. Merav Sabri via email at merav.sabri@nih.gov.
Upcoming Events
February 6, 2019, NIH Campus; Natcher Bulding 45, Balcony B, 45 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD
February 7, 2019, 11 a.m.-12 noon ET; Building 49, Room 1A51/1A59, NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD
February 7, 2019, 2 p.m. ET; Remote attendance only.
February 8, 2019, 10:15 a.m. ET (open session); NIH Campus, Building 31/6C conference room 10, Bethesda, MD
February 11-12, 2019; Lister Hill Center Auditorium, Building 38A, NIH campus Bethesda, MD
The National Cancer Institute’s Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine and NCCIH are cosponsoring the 2-day event will include discussions on neural and extra-neural mechanisms as well as non-specific effects of acupuncture. There will also be presentations on overcoming barriers to clinical research with acupuncture. Researchers and NIH staff are encouraged to attend. The workshop is also open to the public and will be webcast. Space is limited.
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