FYI from the NHLBI Index
September 2005: Vol. 6, Issue 2 Research and Resources
NHLBI Research Initiatives
- Anemia in the Elderly
- Biology of RNA Interference: Stability, Delivery, and Processing by
Tissues
- Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network
- Directed Stem Cell Differentiation for Cell-Based Therapies for Heart,
Lung, Blood, and Aging
- Hispanic Community Health Study - Field Centers and Coordinating Center
- Lung Response to Inhaled Highly Toxic Chemicals
- Muscular Dystrophy: Pathogenesis and Therapies
- Nutrition and Diet in the Causation, Prevention, and Management of
Heart Failure
- Pediatric Heart Network
- Proteomic Studies of Platelet Functions
- Research on Sleep and Sleep Disorders
- Short-Term Training Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related
Research
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NHLBI Research Initiatives
From time to time, the NHLBI invites investigators to submit grant applications
or contract proposals for specific research programs. We are currently soliciting
applications for the programs described below. Unless a due date is mentioned,
applications are accepted for February 1, June 1, and October 1 deadlines each
year. For full details of these and other research initiatives, visit www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/inits/index.htm
or the Web page that is linked each initiative number.
Anemia in the Elderly
- Initiative Number: RFA
AG-06-002
- Applications due: January 20, 2006
- Objective: To explore the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical aspects
of anemia in the elderly.
Biology of RNA Interference: Stability, Delivery, and Processing by Tissues
- Initiative Number: RFA
HL-05-019
- Applications due: January 18, 2006
- Objective: To increase the understanding of the biology of RNA Interference,
an effective post-transcriptional strategy for silencing genes, in order to
explore its therapeutic potential for a wide range of heart, lung, and blood
diseases.
Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network
- Initiative Number: RFA
HL-06-001
- Applications due: March 10, 2006
- Objective: To promote the evaluation of new cell therapy treatment strategies
for individuals with cardiovascular disease.
Directed Stem Cell Differentiation for Cell-Based Therapies
for Heart, Lung, Blood and Aging Diseases
- Initiative Number:
PA-05-043 and
PA-05-044
- Objective: To develop methods to direct the differentiation or development
of stem cells along specific cell lineages to yield replacement cells for
clinical use.
Hispanic Community Health Study – Field Centers
and Coordinating Center
- Initiative Number:
RFP-NHLBI-HC-06-01 and
RFP-NHLBI-HC-06-02
- Applications due: December 1, 2005
- Objective: To identify, recruit, examine, and follow community-based cohorts
of Hispanic adults in an effort to identify factors that influence risk, such
as nutrition habits, access to health care, and the role of family and community.
Lung Response to Inhaled highly Toxic Chemicals
- Initiative Number:
PA-05-058
- Objectives: To stimulate research on airborne chemical threats that
affect the upper and lower respiratory tract, and identify potential therapies to prevent or limit development of pulmonary edema, a major complication of
chemical irritation
Muscular Dystrophy: Pathogenesis and Therapies
- Initiative Number:
PA-05-038
- Objectives: To study the pathogenesis of muscular dystrophies (MD), a group
of diseases characterized by progressive weakness and wasting of muscles,
and to develop therapies for them. Premature death due to MD is often due
to cardiac or respiratory failure.
Nutrition and Diet in the Causation, Prevention, and
Management of Heart Failure
- Initiative Number:
PA-05-089
- Objective: To investigate the role of nutrition and diet in cardiomyopathies
and heart failure (HF) in order to develop a science base for preventive approaches
in high-risk individuals and for rational nutritional management of patients
in various stages of HF.
Pediatric Heart Network
- Initiative Number:
RFA-HL-05-10
- Applications due: September 23, 2005
- Objectives: To provide an infrastructure for multi-center clinical research;
to evaluate medical, interventional, and surgical therapies; and to serve
as a clinical trials training ground for fellows and junior faculty. The mission
of the Network is to improve the health of children and adults with structural
congenital heart defects, as well as children with inflammatory heart disease,
heart muscle disease, and arrhythmias.
Proteomic Studies of Platelet Functions
- Initiative Number:
RFA-HL-05-020
- Applications due: January 12, 2006
- Objective: To use proteomic tools to develop more quantitative definitions
of platelet disorders and uncover new markers of platelet function, which
in turn may improve the prediction of platelet function and better guide clinical
therapy.
Research on Sleep and Sleep Disorders
- Initiative Number:
PA-05-046
- Objectives: To advance biomedical knowledge related to sleep or sleep disorders,
to improve understanding of the functions of sleep, to enhance timely diagnosis
and effective treatment of sleep-related disorders, and to implement and evaluate
innovative community-based public health education and intervention programs.
Short-Term Training Program to Increase Diversity in
Health-Related Research (R25)
- Initiative Number: RFA-HL-05-018
- Applications due: July 19, 2006
- Objective: To provide opportunities for under-represented racial and ethnic
minority students and for socially, culturally, economically, or educationally
disadvantaged students at the undergraduate and graduate levels to be exposed
to biomedical research in areas relevant to cardiovascular, pulmonary, and
hematologic diseases, and sleep disorders.
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contact me at nabele@nhlbi.nih.gov or Dr. Carl
Roth at rothc@nhlbi.nih.gov.
Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D.
Director, NHLBI
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