Past Blog Posts
Revised Grants Policy Statement Provides Key Guidance
December 11, 2015Shelley Carow,
Shelley Carow, Chief Grants Management Officer in the NCCIH Office of Grants Management, shares information about grants administration.
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Exploring the Gut Microbiome’s Connection to Human Behavior – Lecture by Dr. John Cryan
December 2, 2015Linda Duffy, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Network Pharmacology and Natural Products Webinar
November 16, 2015D. Craig Hopp, Ph.D.
NCCIH will hold a webinar on network pharmacology and natural products on Wednesday, December 2, 2015.
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Interacting With Your Scientific Review Officer
November 5, 2015Dale Birkle Dreer, Ph.D.
SROs are scientists, most are former faculty members and NIH grantees, who manage the first level of peer review, commonly known as the study section. SROs are the people who take the first thorough look at your application, determine the expertise required for the review, recruit the external scientists to match that expertise, manage the study section meeting where the applications are discussed and scored, and prepare the summary statement for your application.
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Natural Product Libraries a Resource for Researchers
October 22, 2015Ashlee Tipton, Ph.D.
In this blog post, NCCIH scientist Ashlee Tipton discusses compiling a list of natural product libraries on the NCCIH website.
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Approach Dietary Supplements with Caution
October 16, 2015John S. Williamson, Ph.D.
A recent NEJM study points to safety issues with dietary supplements.
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New Funding Initiatives on “Phased Innovation Award for Mechanistic Studies to Optimize Mind and Body Interventions”
October 16, 2015Wen Chen, Ph.D.
New RFAs represent NCCIH’s new funding mechanisms direct research attention toward investigating the mechanisms by which: 1) mind and body interventions might work, and 2) strategies to optimize these interventions.
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Planning for Effective Blinding
October 13, 2015Catherine Meyers, M.D.
Rigor in designing and performing biomedical research and the ability to reproduce the findings are top priorities at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). One aspect of planning and implementing clinical research that we often discuss with grantees and applicants is blinding. NCCIH offers resources to help you maximize the rigor of your study.
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A Nobel for Natural Product Discoveries
October 7, 2015D. Craig Hopp, Ph.D.
Natural products researchers receive 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology.
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New Center To Provide Leadership on Natural Product-Drug Interactions
September 14, 2015D. Craig Hopp, Ph.D.
Dr. Craig Hopp announces NCCIH's grant for a new Center of Excellence for Natural Product Drug Interaction Research in this blog post.
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Partap S. Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D.
December 23, 2020
SBIR/STTR: Technologies To Monitor or Enhance Mind and Body Approaches
Merav Sabri, Ph.D.
November 6, 2020
NIH Partnerships To Explore Music and Health Interventions
Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.
November 3, 2020