Announcements
September 3, 2020
Partap 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. If you are an NCCIH grantee, potential grant applicant, member of the public, or other stakeholder, we invite you to attend the Open Session online. NACCIH meetings, held three times per year, offer news and updates on NCCIH’s activities, policies, and funding priorities. You can view the livestream from 10:15 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. ET on NIH Videocast, where it will also be archived. The agenda is posted, and no registration is necessary.
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In his recent blog post, Dr. Alberto Rivera-Rentas touches upon the topic of recent studies that have found a substantial number of basic and preclinical published research results that cannot be reproduced by other laboratories under the conditions described in the publications.
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The abnormal production of an gut enzyme lysozyme that breaks down bacterial cell walls affecting gut bacterial growth may contribute to the causation of inflammatory bowel diseases by changing the composition of the gut bacterial community and thereby modifying mucosal inflammation, according to a new study published in the journal Immunity. The study, which was performed using experimental mouse models, was led by researchers from Rutgers University and partially funded by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.
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Kundalini yoga can reduce anxiety in adults with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), but it’s not as effective as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), according to a new study funded by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. The study results support CBT as a first-line treatment for GAD but also suggest that Kundalini yoga may have short-term benefits for some people with GAD. The study, led by researchers at New York University Grossman School of Medicine and Boston University, was recently published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.
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Resources for Researchers
Highlighted Funding Opportunities
NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research: Functional Neural Circuits of Interoception (RFA-AT-21-003)
The NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research just announced this new research funding announcement. The purpose is to enhance our fundamental understanding of interoception with a specific focus on dissecting and determining the function of neural circuits that connects peripheral organs/tissues with the central nervous system CNS) via peripheral ganglia. Applications in response to this FOA should budget for an annual investigator meeting organized by the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research. Applications proposing clinical trials are not allowed for this FOA. The application deadline is December 18, 2020. Letters of intent, although not required, should be submitted by November 18, 2020.
September 30, 2020; 1 p.m.-3 p.m. ET
NIH Videocast
The purpose of this webinar is to share the state of the science around implementation science and complementary and integrative health approaches with NCCIH stakeholders.
Upcoming Events
September 16-17, 2020
Zoom and NIH Videocast
Please join us for an NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-termSM (HEAL) Initiative Workshop on Myofascial Pain, “Quantitative Evaluation of Myofascial Tissues: Potential Impact for Musculoskeletal Pain Research.” This free two-day virtual workshop is jointly organized by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.
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September 25, 2020
More details to follow soon.
September 29, 2020; 12 p.m.-12:30 p.m. ET
NCCIH Facebook and Twitter pages
Many people practice yoga for health-related reasons, such as for fitness and well-being, to help control stress, or to help manage or prevent a health problem. To learn more about the science and practice of yoga, join Dr. Lanay Mudd and Dr. Pam Jeter of NCCIH on Tuesday, September 29 at 12:00 p.m. ET for a National Yoga Month livestream. They will discuss the latest research on yoga for health while demonstrating several yoga poses you can do at home.
Watch live on the NCCIH Facebook and Twitter pages.
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