NCCIH Research Blog

We welcome you to join us for the upcoming open session of the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health (NACCIH) meeting on Friday, September 13, 2024.

The open session will be livestreamed on NIH VideoCast from 10:40 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET, and the recorded video will be posted several days later. Registration to watch the livestream is not necessary, and all are invited to attend online. There is also limited space available to attend the meeting in person on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, Maryland.

The NACCIH is charged with advising, consulting with, and making recommendations to the director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) on matters relating to the Center’s research activities and functions. In the open session of the meeting, NCCIH staff provide updates on the Center’s activities, policies, and funding priorities, and one or more speakers from outside NCCIH may be invited to present on topics relevant to the Center.

On September 13, the open session will offer the following presentations, which will then be discussed by Council members:

• Dr. Helene M. Langevin, the NCCIH director, will present an update on news about NCCIH and NIH in general, as well as on past and upcoming events and activities NCCIH has been and will be involved with since the last Council meeting in May 2024.
• Dr. David Shurtleff, the NCCIH deputy director and the acting scientific director of our Division of Intramural Research, will present the annual report focusing on recent developments and accomplishments by NCCIH’s intramural research program.  

• Dr. Langevin; Dr. Stefan M. Pasiakos, director of the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements; and Dr. Andrew A. Bremer, director of the NIH Office of Nutrition Research, will be the speakers for our session entitled “Nutrition Continuum Symposium.” Dr. Langevin will present an overview and Drs. Bremer and Pasiakos will be focusing on this topic in the context of the research priorities of their respective offices.  
• Dr. Amy P. Patterson, director of scientific research, program policy, and strategic initiatives at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, will discuss a project funded by the NIH Common Fund, Communities Advancing Research Equity for Health™ (CARE for Health™). This is a newly formed national network for conducting research in primary care settings to address barriers to access to research participation in communities that are traditionally underrepresented in clinical research.
• Program staff from the NCCIH Division of Extramural Research will present concepts for the Council’s review, comment, and voting. A concept is an early planning stage in the development of a new research initiative. More details about the topics will be available closer to the meeting date. 

Current Procedure for Public Comment

As always, public comment is welcome. All comments must be provided in written form (up to 750 words) and emailed to me by Friday, August 30, in time to be shared with Council members in advance of the meeting. My email address is SchmidMa@mail.nih.gov.

We hope that you can join us for all or part of the open session!

For More Information

• View the agenda for the September 13, 2024, Council meeting.