Announcements November 26, 2024 Blog Post The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) will celebrate the conclusion of its 25th anniversary year with a symposium, Exploring the Impact of Whole Person Health. The event will take place on Monday, December 2, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. ET on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, Maryland and will also be livestreamed via NIH VideoCast. A reception will follow the symposium. Please register to attend in person or online.  Martina Schmidt, Ph.D.
November 23, 2024 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is currently operating under the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 118-83) signed by President Biden on September 26, 2024. A Federal budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 is not yet in place as of the date of this blog post. The Act above continues Federal operations through December 20, 2024, at the FY 2024 enacted level and with no reduction in the NIH budget. The announcement is in NIH notice number NOT-OD-25-010, NIH Operates Under a Continuing Resolution. If you are an NIH-supported fellow or researcher, what does this Continuing Resolution mean for you? |  November 2024 Clinical Digest Many people look for complementary health approaches—often herbs and other botanicals—to help improve their overall health and well-being and prevent disease. Many herbs and botanicals have a long history of use in traditional medicine and cuisine. This issue of the digest provides a summary of research of several herbs and other botanicals, including cranberry, cinnamon, sage, elderberry, and European mistletoe, as well as safety information and additional resources. | Resources for Researchers Diversity Resources Upcoming Events  December 2, 2024, 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. ET; Virtual or Lipsett Amphitheater, Building 10, NIH Campus NCCIH will host a half-day symposium, "Exploring the Impact of Whole Person Health," to celebrate the Center's 25th anniversary on Monday, December 2, 2024. The event will feature a Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture in the Science of Complementary Therapies by Patricia M. Herman, N.D., Ph.D., titled "The Economic Impact of Whole Person Health." In addition, there will be two sessions considering the impact of real-world models of whole person health care: "The Potential Clinical Impact of Whole Person Health" and "The Challenges and Promise of Whole Person Health Research." We welcome researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and the general public to join us for the symposium. This event is partially supported by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. Register now. |  December 6, 2024, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. ET; Virtual via NIH Videocast Pain is central to countless clinical conditions and lies at the intersection of multiple urgent health crises: 7.4 percent of U.S. adults suffer from high impact chronic pain, pain is central to the country's "opioid epidemic", and there are massive health disparities in pain. Placebo effects are also largest in pain, pointing to the importance of the psychosocial context surrounding pain and its treatment. However, as pain is inherently subjective, we must determine whether psychological factors shape pain through meaningful biological mechanisms, or whether they simply alter decision making and pain reports without altering underlying biology. Dr. Lauren Atlas will review a body of work focused on the impact of expectations, instructions, and learning on pain and pain-related neurobiological responses. This work indicates that parallel brain pathways, including both pain-specific and domain-general brain circuits, mediate the effects of psychological factors on pain. She will also present new data that sheds light on how social factors shape pain assessment with implications for mitigating health disparities in pain. |  February 12-13, 2024;Virtual or Masur Auditorium, Building 10, NIH Campus The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) and other National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutes and Centers have noted increased grant applications proposing to adapt evidence-based interventions to increase fit for different populations, settings, and health conditions. In particular, the NCCIH portfolio of research grants that propose to adapt approaches with physical and/or psychological therapeutic inputs (often called mind and body interventions) has increased significantly. Yet, widespread debate exists on the benefits, unintended consequences, and timing of adapting interventions. The purpose of this 2-day workshop is to lay the groundwork on complex issues such as why adaptations of mind and body interventions are needed, when they should be made during the pipeline of research, and how to conduct adaptations rigorously. The goals of the workshop are to 1) understand the range of perspectives on why, when, and how mind and body interventions should be adapted to improve fit for specific contexts and 2) inform priorities of NCCIH and other components of NIH about why, when, and how research that involves adaptations of evidence-based interventions can be impactful for improving health and well-being. Although the workshop will focus on mind and body interventions, it will feature the perspectives of diverse fields. Register and view the draft agenda. | In case you missed it... The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) just released its Strategic Plan for 2025–2029, "A Blueprint for a Coordinated Dietary Supplement Research Agenda at NIH." The plan reimagines ODS with new goals, objectives, and strategic priorities. These build upon ODS' competencies and ongoing activities to address their mission to coordinate collaborative, innovative and cutting-edge dietary supplement research across NIH and other federal agencies to foster knowledge and optimize health across the lifespan. Read the full strategic plan to learn more about how ODS plans to advance dietary supplement research. |
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