Announcements  I am thrilled that the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D., will deliver the workshopâs keynote address, speaking on a topic she is passionate about: bringing the benefits of medical research to the people who need it the most. She will talk about an exciting new NIH initiative, Communities Advancing Research Equity for Health⢠(CARE for Healthâ¢), which I am pleased to co-chair with Joni Rutter, Ph.D., director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, and Debara Tucci, M.D., M.S., M.B.A., director of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. |
 Research Blog from Hye-Sook Kim, Ph.D.
July 2, 2024
Probiotics may have many health benefits, but it has been difficult to pin them down. One reason why is that individuals may respond differently to the same probiotic, perhaps because of differences in age, genetic background, health history, or lifestyle, or because of differences in the microorganisms living in their digestive tracts. To get the most out of probiotics, we need to take a precision medicine approach. Precision medicine, also called personalized medicine, involves a shift away from âone-size-fits-allâ health care to therapies tailored for specific groups of people. To develop precision probiotic therapies, we need to understand the reasons why individualsâ responses to probiotics differ and use that knowledge to identify the people most likely to benefit from a specific probiotic treatment. |
 The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) invites you to attend âHarnessing AI To Explore Health Restoration in Diabetes,â a lecture in our Integrative Medicine Research Lecture Series, on Monday, July 29, 2024, from 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. ET. Aaron Y. Lee, M.D., M.S.C.I., University of Washington, will present this free online lecture. His talk will focus on one of the promising areas in medical research: the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to analyze large sets of data in order to gain better understanding of the restoration of health (salutogenesis) and the development of disease (pathogenesis). |
Resources for Researchers Upcoming Events July 15-16, 2024; NIH Videocast Join the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory for a free virtual workshop to examine actions researchers can take during planning and application development (phase zero) to create efficient, large-scale pragmatic clinical trials that generate actionable evidence to drive change across a variety of settings. On July 16, the workshop will feature a keynote presentation from Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, director of the National Institutes of Health. Register now. Preapplication Webinars for the Whole Person Research and Coordination Center NCCIH, along with 14 other Institutes, Centers, and Offices at NIH, is seeking applications to establish a Whole Person Research and Coordination Center (Whole Person RCC)Â that will provide the necessary infrastructure to help researchers explore how our bodiesâ different systems interact with one another. We will host two webinars for interested applicants. |  |
- Technical Assistance Webinar
July 30, 2024Â
11:30 a.m.â12:45 p.m. ETÂ
Overview of the funding opportunity, presentation of review considerations, and question-and-answer session. - Networking WebinarÂ
August 14, 2024Â
11 a.m.ânoon ETÂ
Meet and greet with potential partners or collaborators needed to form strong multidisciplinary applicant teams.
In case you missed it... REACH virtual resource centers will foster institutional partnerships and provide resources to support research activities and research training for faculty who work at partnering U.S. domestic complementary and integrative health clinical institutions, such as: schools of acupuncture, chiropractic, osteopathy, naturopathy, physical therapy, and music and art therapy. A summary is available if you missed the June 18 webinar for interested applicants. Applications are due August 30, 2024. |
