NCCAM Awards Director's Fellowships for CAM Research
NCCAM has named the first two recipients of the NCCAM Director's Fellowship in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Research from an international pool of candidates. They will prepare for careers as independent CAM investigators through 2 years' support of clinical research (studies in people), translational research (studies that bring new findings from the laboratory to clinical practice), and/or laboratory research.
"This innovative fellowship is one way that NCCAM is recruiting and training the next generation of CAM researchers. It also exemplifies our approach to integrative medicine by fostering CAM research across NIH," said Stephen E. Straus, M.D., Director of NCCAM.
The fellows will join the NIH Intramural Research Program and conduct research on CAM topics, with senior scientists from institutes and centers across NIH as their mentors. They are
- Patrick P. McCue, Ph.D. Dr. McCue received his doctorate in molecular and cellular biology from the University of Massachusetts in 2004. He will study the effects of chemical compounds from botanical extracts on cancer cell death under the leadership of James Phang, M.D., of the National Cancer Institute.
- Marni N. Silverman, Ph.D. Dr. Silverman earned her doctorate in neuroscience from Emory University in 2005. With Esther Sternberg, M.D., of the National Institute of Mental Health, she will study glucocorticoid resistance, a physical process that contributes to variations in people's responses to stress.
The Director's fellowship is funded in part by the Prince of Wales Foundation, which supports a wide range of causes worldwide, including research on CAM and integrative care.
