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August 31, 2007 


 


 


 


Announcements


 


 


New Herbs at a Glance <http://nccam.nih.gov/health/herbsataglance.htm> 

NCCAM has posted four new Herbs at a Glance fact sheets focusing on European elder, bitter orange, hoodia, and chamomile.

URL: http://nccam.nih.gov/health/herbsataglance.htm <http://nccam.nih.gov/health/herbsataglance.htm>  

 

 


Summer CAM at the NIH Newsletter Online <http://nccam.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2007_summer/> 


The Summer 2007 edition of CAM at the NIH is now available on the NCCAM Web site. The feature stories are about research on the placebo effect and about NCCAM's recent Stakeholder Dialogue


URL: http://nccam.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2007_summer/

 

 


Resources for Researchers


 


 


New Funding Opportunities <http://nccam.nih.gov/cgi-bin/grants/funding.pl> 


Several new funding opportunities are listed on the NCCAM Web site, including:


-- Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Researchers (LRP)




URL: http://nccam.nih.gov/cgi-bin/grants/funding.pl 


 

 

Funding Opportunity and Report from Meetings on New Interventions for Menopausal Symptoms <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-AG-08-009.html> 

The National Institute on Aging in collaboration with other NIH institutes, centers and offices convened the New Interventions for Menopausal Symptoms Advisory Panel. This meeting report reviews the key menopause-related symptoms targeted by the 2006 NIA Advisory Panel and its recommendations for further research. A resulting funding opportunity announcement seeks applications to establish a Menopausal Symptoms Clinical Research Network.

URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-AG-08-009.html <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-AG-08-009.html>  

 

 


Upcoming Events


 


 


NCCAM Advisory Council To Meet <http://nccam.nih.gov/about/advisory/naccam/agenda/2007sep.htm> 

The National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine will meet on September 5, 2007, in Rockville, Maryland. The public is welcome to attend the open session which begins at 1 p.m.

URL: http://nccam.nih.gov/about/advisory/naccam/agenda/2007sep.htm   

 

 

Enhancing Peer Review at NIH <http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/> 

NIH has formed the Peer Review Working Group of the Advisory Committee to the Director, one of whose functions is to seek advice from the scientific community on all aspects of the peer review process. The Working Group is hosting three 4-hour consultation meetings:

Chicago, September 12, 2007, at the Fairmont Princess

New York City, October 8, 2007, at the Embassy Suites

San Francisco, October 25, 2007, at the Renaissance Parc 55

URL: http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/ 

 

 

NCCAM Exhibit Schedule for September

Visit the NCCAM exhibit booth at the following meetings:

Date: September 6-8, 2007 

Title: AARP Life @50+ National Event & Expo 
Sponsor: AARP <http://www.aarp.org/>  
Location: Boston, MA 

 

Date: September 17-20, 2007 
Title: 46th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 
Sponsor: American Society for Microbiology <http://www.icaac.org/future.asp> 
Location: Chicago, IL 

 

Date: September 30-October 4, 2007 
Title: Annual Scientific Conference 
Sponsor: American Osteopathic Association <http://www.osteopathic.org/index.cfm?PageID=pub_exhibit>  
Location: San Diego, CA 

 

 

Fascia Research Congress <http://www.fascia2007.com/index.htm> 

The Fascia Research Congress, to be held October 4-5, 2007 at The Conference Center, Harvard Medical School in Boston will be the first international conference dedicated to fascia in all its forms and functions. NCCAM is a sponsor of this meeting.

URL: http://www.fascia2007.com/index.htm <http://www.fascia2007.com/index.htm>  

 

 

Society for Acupuncture Research Annual Conference 2007 <http://www.acupunctureresearch.org/2007conference.html> 

The Society for Acupuncture Research is holding its conference, "The Status and Future of Acupuncture Research: 10 Years Post- NIH Consensus Conference." It will be held on November 8-11, 2007 in Baltimore, Maryland. NCCAM is a sponsor of this meeting.

URL: http://www.acupunctureresearch.org/2007conference.html <http://www.acupunctureresearch.org/2007conference.html>  


 


 


 


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