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NCCAM's Research Centers Program
On this page:
- Funded Research Centers
- Funding Announcements: Centers for Research on CAM
- Research Priorities
- Contacts
Funded Research Centers
- Centers of Excellence for Research on CAM
- Centers for Dietary Supplements Research: Botanicals
- Developmental Centers for Research on CAM
- Centers for CAM Research
- International Centers for Research on CAM
Centers of Excellence for Research on CAM
These Centers support three or four major, synergistic research projects each, and are focused on elucidating mechanisms of action of CAM. (P01 mechanism; R01-level projects)
- Acupuncture
Neuroimaging Acupuncture Effects on Human Brain Activity (Massachusetts) - Antioxidants
- Botanicals
- Energy Medicine
Center for Mechanisms Underlying Millimeter Wave Therapy (Pennsylvania) - Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Center on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Stress Arousal, and Immune Response in Early HIV (California) - Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Alternative Therapies for Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Massachusetts)
- Center for Arthritis and Traditional Chinese Medicine (Baltimore, Maryland)
- Center for Chinese Herbal Therapy (New York)
Centers for Dietary Supplements Research: Botanicals
Note: These centers comprise the NIH Botanical Research Center Program.
- Botanicals Research Center for Age Related Diseases (Indiana)
- Botanical Research Center: Metabolic Syndrome (Louisiana)
- Center for Botanical Dietary Supplements Research in Women's Health (Illinois)
- Center for Botanical Immunomodulators (New York)
- Center for Botanical Lipids (North Carolina)
- Center for Research on Botanical Dietary Supplements (Iowa)
Developmental Centers for Research on CAM
These Centers support developmental research on CAM through collaborations between CAM schools and conventional biomedical research institutions. (U19 mechanism; R21-level projects)
- Acupuncture
NESA Acupuncture Research Collaborative (Massachusetts) - Botanical Medicine (Trametes versicolor mushroom)
Trametes Versicolor-Induced Immunopotentiation (Minnesota, Washington) - Chiropractic
Mechanisms and Effects of Chiropractic Manipulation (Iowa, Kansas, New York) - Mind-Body Medicine
Complementary/Alternative Medicine: Expectancy and Outcome (Oregon) - Osteopathy
Mechanisms of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (Arizona, Texas)
International Centers for Research on CAM
- Botanicals
The International Center for Indigenous Phytotherapy Studies: HIV/AIDS, Secondary Infections and Immune Modulation - Traditional Chinese Medicine
Functional Bowel Disorders in Chinese Medicine (Baltimore, Maryland)
Funding Announcements: Centers for Research on CAM
Notice of Intent To Issue FOA in Botanical Research Area (06/16/08)
- Centers Announcements
- Submitting Multi-PI Applications for the Developmental Centers for Research on CAM (DCRC) Initiatives
Research Priorities
Current research priority areas for the Centers for Research on CAM.
Contacts
Barbara Sorkin, Ph.D.
E-mail: sorkinb@mail.nih.gov
Contact Dr. Sorkin for questions about the Centers for CAM Research, Centers of Excellence for Research on CAM, and Developmental Centers for Research on CAM. For other center programs, contact the individuals listed below.
Centers for Dietary Supplements Research: Botanicals
Qi-Ying Liu, M.D.E-mail: liuqiy@mail.nih.gov
International Centers for Research on CAM
Jack Killen, M.D.E-mail: killenj@mail.nih.gov
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