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Lessening the Burden of Student Loans: Apply for NIH Student Loan Repayment September 1–November 17, 2022
July 21, 2022
NIH has created the NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs), which will repay up to $100,000 of qualified student loan debt for a 2-year award. The goal of the NIH LRPs is to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals in research careers by lessening the burden of student loans.
New Report Addresses the State of Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health in Children and Youth
September 17, 2019
Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.
In this blog post NCCIH's Dr. Emmeline Edwards discusses a new evidence-based consensus study report cosponsored by NCCIH: Fostering Healthy Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Development in Children and Youth.
New NIH BACPAC Funding Opportunities for Research on Low-Back Pain
December 18, 2018
Helene M. Langevin, M.D.
In this blog post, NCCIH director Dr. Helene M. Langevin discusses funding opportunities offered by the NIH’s Back Pain Research Consortium (NIH BACPAC), part of the NIH HEAL (Helping to End Addiction Long-term) Initiative.
All-Hands-on-Deck: NCCIH Needs You To Respond to the NIH HEAL Initiative
December 10, 2018
Helene M. Langevin, M.D.
In this blog post, NCCIH director Dr. Helene M. Langevin and deputy director Dr. David Shurtleff discuss the HEAL (Helping to End Addiction Long-Term) Initiative and NCCIH's participation in the project.
Highlighting Recent NCCIH Pain-Research News: Part 1
July 25, 2018
David Shurtleff, Ph.D.
In this blog post, Acting NCCIH Director Dr. David Shurtleff discusses NCCIH and NIH plans that focus on the opioid epidemic and problems with which it is often associated: pain; chronic pain; substance misuse and addiction; and mental health problems.
The NIH Collaboratory Launches a New Resource on Methods and Best Practices for Pragmatic Clinical Trials
November 3, 2017
Catherine Meyers, M.D.
In this blog post, Dr. Catherine Meyers discusses The Living Textbook, a researcher-friendly compendium of information for designing, planning, and implementing pragmatic clinical trials.
Federal Strategies To Address Opioid Epidemic Among Talks To Be Streamed at Oct. 6 Advisory Council Meeting
October 4, 2017
Partap S. Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D.
NCCIH's National Advisory Council to meet Friday, October 6, 2017; agenda includes panel titled "The National Pain Strategy and Federal Pain Research Strategy―Response to the Prescription Opioid Epidemic."
NIH Repays Your Student Loans! Apply September 1 – November 15, 2017
July 13, 2017
Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.
NIH's Loan Repayment Programs can help some early-stage researchers repay their student loan debt. This blog post explains how NCCIH participates in the programs.
BRAIN Initiative Researchers Meet to Share Progress
December 9, 2016
David Shurtleff, Ph.D.
Learn about the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative, an effort to develop new tools and technologies to understand the healthy and diseased brain.
Single IRB Policy Will Streamline Multi-Site Clinical Research
July 25, 2016
Catherine Meyers, M.D.
A new NIH policy establishes the expectation that a single IRB of record will be used in the ethical review for NIH-funded multi-site, non-exempt human subjects research protocols.
Fraser’s Dyer Lecture Explores Probiotics and the Human Gut
January 22, 2016
Linda Duffy, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Claire Fraser's NIH lecture on the functional dynamics of the gut microbiome in health and disease is now available online. In her talk, Dr. Fraser focused on the intriguing possibility that the gut microbiota may play an important role in response to vaccines and susceptibility to enteric pathogens.
Take Notice of NIH Guide Notices for 2016 Grant Applications
January 14, 2016
Dale Birkle Dreer, Ph.D.
In this blog post, Dr. Dale Birkle Dreer, chief of NCCIH's Office of Scientific Review, discusses updates to policies, forms, and instructions for grant applications in 2016.