Editors: Natalia
Gavrilova and
Stacy Tessler Lindau
CCBAR Questions and Answers this Month:
Q: The Q & A section in the September 2010 Newsletter includes the exchange about using human hair to assess cortisol levels. Can you suggest a laboratory that has the capacity to conduct this assay?
A: The
authors
of
the
most
recent
study on the topic (Pereg et al., 2010) provide very detailed
description of hair sample preparation for immunoassay using a salivary
cortisol assay kit (Gow et al., 2010). Please see the below
references to
papers describing the protocol for hair analysis. Also below, we
provide a link
to a paper from Salimetrics on the reliability of this method.
In Canada
the test kits for determining cortisol in hair are provided by
Accu-Metrics:
http://www.accu-metrics.com/all-services.php
We are not aware of a specific US lab offering hair-based cortisol assays. However, some forensic laboratories offer a variety of hair-based analyses.
References:
1. Gow,
R., Thomson, S., Rieder, M., Van
Uumb, S., Koren, G. An assessment of cortisol analysis in hair and its
clinical
applications. Forensic Science International 196 (2010) 32-37
2.
Pereg, D.,
Gow R., Mosseri, M., Lishner, M., Rieder, M., Van Uum, S., & Koren,
G. Hair
cortisol and the risk for acute myocardial infarction in adult men. Stress,
2010;
Early
Online:
1-9
3. Salimetrics. Measurement of Cortisol in Hair: Some Recent
Investigations.
Available at: http://img.mailchimp.com/2009/03/19/4dac29e167/Cortisol_in_hair.pdf
News
from
the
NEJM,
Nature
Journals, Science, BMJ, PNAS and JAMA
An amino acid profile
to predict
diabetes?
By the time diabetes is diagnosed, irreversible pathology is typically
present,
challenging therapeutic intervention. A reliable test for predicting
diabetes
risk could allow earlier implementation of intervention measures.
Increased
blood concentrations of amino acids are now suggested to predict r...
Neuroscience: No sleep,
better
mood
Sleep-deprived people are known to have stronger reactions to negative
experiences, but some patients with depression seem to perk up with
lack of
sleep. To resolve this paradox, Matthew Walker at the University of
California,
Berkeley, and his team used functional magnetic resonance imaging to
Neuroscience: Sleep
deprivation: a
risky business
What do stock traders, doctors and soldiers have in common? Each often
needs to
make important decisions on little sleep. Michael Chee of the Duke-NUS
Graduate
Medical School
in Singapore
and his colleagues used brain imaging to study how sleep deprivation
affects
decision-making. They scanned
My, What Long Telomeres
You Have
Researchers will soon be off ering a simple test that aims to tell
patients how
quickly they are aging
Next-generation
association
studies for complex traits
A new study successfully applies complementary whole-genome sequencing
and
imputation approaches to establish robust disease associations in an
isolated
population. This strategy is poised to help elucidate the role of
variants at
the low end of the allele frequency spectrum in the genetic architect...
Valuation of biomarkers
Over the past decade, there has been a widespread adoption of
biomarkers into
drug development programmes by the pharmaceutical industry. However,
the number
of biomarkers recognized by regulatory authorities as acceptable
surrogate end
points in pivotal trials has remained very small. Nevertheless,...
Immunology: Saturated
fats up
inflammation
A diet high in saturated fats raises the risk of type 2 diabetes -
perhaps
owing to the activity of an inflammatory protein complex called the
inflammasome.Jenny Ting and her team at the University of North
Carolina at
Chapel Hill found that a saturated
Recapitulation of
premature ageing
with iPSCs from Hutchinson-Gilford progeri...
Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a rare and fatal human
premature
ageing disease, characterized by premature arteriosclerosis and
degeneration of
vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs). HGPS is caused by a single point
mutation
in the lamin A (LMNA) gene, resulting in the generation of pr...
Amyloid-binding
compounds maintain
protein homeostasis during ageing and exte...
Genetic studies indicate that protein homeostasis is a major
contributor to
metazoan longevity. Collapse of protein homeostasis results in protein
misfolding cascades and the accumulation of insoluble protein fibrils
and
aggregates, such as amyloids. A group of small molecules, traditionally
used
in...
Gut flora metabolism of
phosphatidylcholine promotes cardiovascular disease
This paper shows that gut flora can influence cardiovascular disease,
by
metabolizing a dietary phospholipid. Using a metabolomics approach it
is found
that plasma levels of three metabolites of dietary phosphatidylcholine
-
choline, betaine and TMAO - are associated with increased risk of
cardiovascula...
Targeting levels and
functions of
blood lipids in the prevention of CVD
Dyslipidemia is a major cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and high
total
cholesterol levels account for one-third of deaths associated with
ischemic
heart disease (WHO. Global health risks: mortality and burden of
disease
attributable to selected major risks. WHO Press, Geneva, 2009).
Accumulat...
Risk factors: Little
need to
incorporate obesity measures in calculations of ...
A new study published in the Lancet has demonstrated that the commonly
used
obesity measures BMI, waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio
provide no
important additional predictive value to calculations of cardiovascular
disease
risk that already incorporate information about a patient's blood p...
Oxytocin and intergroup
relations:
Goodwill is not a fixed pie [Letters (Onli...
De Dreu et al. (1) presented a set of experiments exploring the effects
of the
neuropeptide oxytocin on implicit associations and moral reasoning
about
in-group and out-group members. Although their experiments were
cleverly
designed, their data did not clearly support their interpretation that
oxyt...
Resolving variation in
the
reproductive tradeoff between sperm size and numbe...
Spermatozoa are amongst the most variable cells, and three factors are
thought
to account for this variation in design: fertilization mode, phylogeny,
and
postcopulatory sexual selection. In addition, it has long been assumed
that a
tradeoff exists between sperm size and number, and although postcop...
Fidelity of neural
reactivation
reveals competition between memories [Psychol...
Remembering an event from the past is often complicated by the fact
that our memories
are cluttered with similar events. Though competition is a fundamental
part of
remembering, there is little evidence of how mnemonic competition is
neurally
represented. Here, we assessed whether competition betwee...
Potential social
interactions are
important to social attention [Psychologica...
Social attention, or how spatial attention is allocated to biologically
relevant stimuli, has typically been studied using simplistic paradigms
that do
not provide any opportunity for social interaction. To study social
attention
in a complex setting that affords social interaction, we measured
part...
Adolescent BMI
Trajectory and Risk
of Diabetes versus Coronary Disease
Supplementing
Creatinine-Based
Estimates of Risk in Chronic Kidney Disease: I...
Detection of Chronic
Kidney
Disease With Creatinine, Cystatin C, and Urine Al...
A triple-marker approach for chronic kidney disease (CKD) evaluation
has not
been well studied.
The
objective
of
this
study
is to evaluate whether combining
creatinine, cystatin C, and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR)
would
improve identification of risks associated with CKD compared with
creatinine
alone...
Adaptive human behavior
in
epidemiological models [Economic Sciences]
The science and management of infectious disease are entering a new
stage.
Increasingly public policy to manage epidemics focuses on motivating
people,
through social distancing policies, to alter their behavior to reduce
contacts
and reduce public disease risk. Person-to-person contacts drive human...
Maternal investment,
life
histories, and the costs of brain growth in mammals...
Brain size variation in mammals correlates with life histories:
larger-brained
species have longer gestations, mature later, and have increased
lifespans.
These patterns have been explained in terms of developmental costs
(larger
brains take longer to grow) and cognitive benefits (large brains
enhan...
Social rejection shares
somatosensory representations with physical pain [Psy...
How similar are the experiences of social rejection and physical pain?
Extant
research suggests that a network of brain regions that support the
affective
but not the sensory components of physical pain underlie both
experiences. Here
we demonstrate that when rejection is powerfully elicited by havi...
Learning new color
names produces
rapid increase in gray matter in the intact...
The human brain has been shown to exhibit changes in the volume and
density of
gray matter as a result of training over periods of several weeks or
longer. We
show that these changes can be induced much faster by using a training
method
that is claimed to simulate the rapid learning of word meanings...
Biomarkers and Aging in the News Media
•
Marine
organisms
with
eternal
life
can
solve the riddle of aging
Animals that reproduce asexually by somatic cloning have special
mechanisms that
delay aging provide exceptionally good health. Scientists in Sweden
have shown how
colony-forming ascidians (or sea squirts) can activate the enzyme
telomerase,
which protects DNA. This enzyme is more active also in humans who
attain an
advanced age.
• Alzheimer's
linked
to
more
genes
More genes which increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease
have been
identified, scientists say.
• The
New
Old
Age:
Alzheimer's,
Redefined
On Tuesday, the National Institute on Aging is releasing new medical
guidelines
radically recasting what it means to have Alzheimer's disease.
• Vital
Signs:
Disparities:
Illness
More
Prevalent
Among Older Gay Adults
Older lesbian, gay and bisexual adults in California are more likely to
suffer from
chronic physical and mental health problems than their heterosexual
counterparts, an analysis finds.
• Why
multitasking
gets
harder
as
we
get older
Scientists have discovered why it becomes harder and harder to
multitask as we
age. Just as our bodies become stiffer, our brains become less
maneuverable as
we get older, a new study shows.
• Elderly
Sleep
Problems
May
Be
Tied
to Hormones
Elderly people's reputation as early birds may have a biological and
potentially treatable cause.
• Aging
study:
Failure
to
spot
lies,
sarcasm linked to dementia
Dementia affects regions of brain responsible for detecting
insincerity,
researchers say
• How
the
bilingual
brain
copes
with
aging: As brain power decreases, older adu...
Older bilingual adults compensate for age-related declines in
brainpower by
developing new strategies to process language, according to a recent
study.
• Higher
levels
of
social
activity
decrease
the risk of cognitive decline
If you want to keep your brain healthy, it turns out that visiting
friends,
attending parties, and even going to church might be just as good for
you as
crossword puzzles. According to new research, frequent social activity
may help
to prevent or delay cognitive decline in old age.
• Chimp,
bonobo
study
sheds
light
on
the social brain
Why our two closest living primate relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos,
have
widely different social traits, despite belonging to the same genus,
has long
been a puzzle. Now, a comparative analysis of their brains shows
neuroanatomical differences that may be responsible for these
behaviors, from
the aggression more typical of chimpanzees to the social tolerance of
bonobos.
• Survey
Finds
High
Stress
Among
American
Workers
April is Stress Awareness Month, and Researchers working for Everest
College
set out to quantify our stress level.
• Long
shifts
'raise
risk
to
heart'
Working over 11 hours a day rather than the usual 9-to-5 raises your
risk of
heart disease by more than half, say experts.
•
Books
on
Science:
Eighty
Years
Along,
a Longevity Study Still Has Ground to C...
Researchers find conscientiousness might be the key to a long life.
• Aspirin
may
lower
pancreatic
cancer
risk:
study
American Association of Cancer Research finds people who took one
aspirin a
month lowered risk by 26 percent
• Breast
milk
may
hint
at
cancer
risk, study shows
A woman's breast milk may provide clues to her risk for developing
breast
cancer, a new study suggests.
• Study:
Ovary
Removal
Doesn't
Raise
Heart
Risk
A new analysis of data from a major women's health study finds little
evidence
that ovary removal during hysterectomy increases heart disease risk.
• Mother's
diet
alters
baby's
DNA
A mother's diet can alter the DNA of her child and increase the risk of
obesity, according to researchers in Southampton.
• Cry-baby
'link
to
behaviour'
Babies who cry excessively and have problems feeding and sleeping are
at
greater risk of developing serious behavioural problems later in life,
say
scientists.
• Well:
Less
Sex
for
the
Young
A new report on sexual behavior in America has a surprising finding:
teenagers and young adults are having less sex.
• What
makes
a
face
appealing
to
the opposite sex?
While it may be true that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, a new
computer
model helps reveal what's behind peoples' ideas of facial att ...
• Genomic
signature
in
post-menopausal
women
may
explain why pregnancy reduces ...
Women who have children, particularly early in life, have a lower
lifetime risk
of breast cancer compared with women who do not. Now, researchers have
identified a gene expression pattern in breast tissue that differs
between
post-menopausal women who had children and post-menopausal women who
did not. The
results will help scientists understand why pregnancy reduces breast
cancer
risk.
• New
Doubts
on
Value
of
Prostate
Cancer Screening
A study from Sweden
raises new questions about the value of screening average-risk men for
prostate
cancer.
• Screening
Prostates
at
Any
Age
Older men are getting screened for prostate cancer at a higher rate,
though
many experts discourage screening for men whose life expectancy is 10
years or
less.
• Omega
3:
What
is
good
for
the heart may not be good for the prostate, study s...
The largest study to examine the association of dietary fats and
prostate
cancer risk has found what's good for the heart may not be good for the
prostate. A U.S.
nationwide study involving more than 3,400 men found those with the
highest
blood percentages of DHA, an inflammation-lowering omega-3 fatty acid
commonly
found in fatty fish, have more than twice the risk of developing
aggressive,
high-grade prostate cancer compared to men with the lowest DHA levels.
• Scientists
explore
new
link
between
genetics,
alcoholism and the brain
Researchers have uncovered a new link between genetic variations
associated
with alcoholism, impulsive behavior and a region of the brain involved
in
craving and anxiety.
• Type
2
diabetes
surges
in
people
younger than 20
U.S.
cases in those under 20 have grown from almost zero to tens of
thousands in
just over a decade.
• Kids'
wrist
size
tied
to
heart
health
A study in this week's Circulation found that overweight children with
larger
wrist bone measurements had higher insulin resistance, a risk factor ...
• Vitamin
D
cuts
heart
risk
in
African-Americans
New study shows supplements of "sunshine vitamin" lower heart risk by
improving blood vessel function
• High
levels
of
vitamin
D
appear
to lower risk of age-related macular degenera...
High levels of vitamin D in the bloodstream appear to be associated
with a
decreased risk of developing early age-related macular degeneration
among women
younger than 75 years, according to a new study.
• Dietary,
lifestyle
changes
can
significantly
reduce
triglycerides
Diet and lifestyle changes that include substituting healthy fats for
unhealthy
saturated and trans fats, engaging in regular physical activity and
losing
excess weight can reduce triglycerides -- a blood fat -- by 20 percent
to 50
percent. New clinical recommendations include reducing the optimal
triglyceride
level from
• Common
virus
plus
low
sunlight
exposure
may increase risk of multiple sclerosis
New research suggests that people who are exposed to low levels of
sunlight
coupled with a history of having a common virus known as mononucleosis
may be
at greater odds of developing multiple sclerosis than those without the
virus.
NIH Press Releases
NIH launches Web
resource on complementary
and alternative medicine
A new online resource, designed to give health care providers easy
access to
evidence-based information on complementary and alternative medicine
(CAM), was
unveiled today by the National Center for Complementary
and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) of the National Institutes of Health.
NIH-supported survey to
study
functional change in older adults
Thousands of Medicare beneficiaries will receive an invitation in May
to be
part of a special study looking at the impact of age-related changes on
functional ability. The National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS)
will be
seeking some 9,000 people aged 65 and older to participate in this
long-term
study, funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the
National
Institutes of Health. NHATS is led by Judith Kasper, Ph.D., of Johns
Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore.
Alzheimer's diagnostic
guidelines
updated for first time in decades
For the first time in 27 years, clinical diagnostic criteria for
Alzheimer's
disease dementia have been revised, and research guidelines for earlier
stages
of the disease have been characterized to reflect a deeper
understanding of the
disorder. The National Institute on Aging/Alzheimer's Association
Diagnostic
Guidelines for Alzheimer's Disease outline some new approaches for
clinicians
and provides scientists with more advanced guidelines for moving
forward with
research on diagnosis and treatments. They mark a major change in how
experts
think about and study Alzheimer's disease. Development of the new
guidelines
was led by the National Institutes of Health and the Alzheimer's
Association.
NIDA raises the curtain
on
addiction
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) announced today the launch
of its
Addiction Performance Project, an innovative continued medical
education program
designed to help primary care providers break down the stigma
associated with
addiction.
Complementary and
alternative
medicine dialogue lacking between patients, pro...
Despite their high use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM),
Americans over the age of 50 often do not discuss CAM
use with their health care providers, a survey indicates. The results,
from
AARP and the National Center for Complementary
and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health
were
released today.
Distribution of cancers
in the
HIV/AIDS population is shifting
As treatments for HIV/AIDS improve and patients are living longer, the
distribution of cancers in this population has undergone a dramatic
shift in
the United States.
While cases of the types of cancer that have been associated with AIDS
progression have decreased, cases of other types of cancer are on the
rise.
These results, reported by scientists from the National Cancer
Institute (NCI),
part of the National Institutes of Health, and the Centers for Disease
Control
and Prevention, were published online April 11, 2011, in the Journal of
the
National Cancer Institute.
Long-term care is
newest topic on
NIHSeniorHealth site
Older adults and their loved ones can find easy-to-understand answers
to these
and other questions by visiting "Long-Term Care," the newest topic on
NIHSeniorHealth, the health and wellness website for older adults from
the
National Institutes of Health.
Studies find possible
new genetic
risk factors for Alzheimer's disease
Scientists have confirmed one gene variant and have identified several
others
that may be risk factors for late-onset Alzheimer's disease, the most
common form
of the disorder. In the largest genome-wide association study, or GWAS,
ever
conducted in Alzheimer's research, investigators studied DNA samples
from more
than 56,000 study participants and analyzed shared data sets to detect
gene
variations that may have subtle effects on the risk for developing
Alzheimer's.
The National Institutes of Health funded the study appearing April 3,
2011 in
the online issue of Nature Genetics.
Nurturing newborn
neurons sharpens
minds in mice
Adult mice engineered to have more newborn neurons in their brain
memory hub
excelled at accurately discriminating between similar experiences -- an
ability
that declines with normal aging and in some anxiety disorders. Boosting
such
neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus also produced antidepressant-like
effects
when combined with exercise, in the study funded by the National
Institutes of
Health.
NIH investigators find
link
between DNA damage and immune response
Researchers offer the first evidence that DNA damage can lead to the
regulation
of inflammatory responses, the body's reaction to injury. The proteins
involved
in the regulation help protect the body from infection.The study,
performed by
scientists at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS),
which is part of the National Institutes of Health, is one of the first
studies
to come out of the recently established NIEHS Clinical Research Unit
(CRU).
Report to nation finds
continued
declines in many cancer rates
Rates of death in the United States from all cancers for men and women
continued to decline between 2003 and 2007, the most recent reporting
period
available, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the
Status of
Cancer. The report also finds that the overall rate of new cancer
diagnoses for
men and women combined decreased an average of slightly less than 1
percent per
year for the same period.
New strategic plan for
NIH obesity
research seeks to curb epidemic
To combat the obesity epidemic, the National Institutes of Health is
encouraging diverse scientific investigations through a new Strategic
Plan for
NIH Obesity Research.
NIH Announcements
NIMHD Health
Disparities Research
(R01)
Funding Opportunity RFA-MD-12-001 from the NIH
Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA) is to solicit innovative research that can directly
and
demonstrably contribute to the elimination of health disparities.
Research aims
may include, but are not limited to, biological mechanisms; behavioral
strategies; lifestyle factors; environmental, structural, and economic
factors;
cultural and family influences; delivery system interventions; medical
procedures and regimens (including alternative therapy), and medical
assistive
devices and health information technologies. Projects may involve
primary data
collection or secondary analysis of existing datasets.
Anchoring Metabolomic
Changes to
Phenotype (P20)
Funding Opportunity RFA-HL-12-009 from the NIH
Guide for Grants and Contracts. This FOA issued by the National Heart,
Lung,
and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health, encourages
applications
from institutions or organizations that propose metabolomic phenotyping
of
existing cohorts to gain mechanistic understanding of the molecular
determinants contributing to cardiovascular and lung disease phenotypes
to help
in predicting disease susceptibility, diagnosis, risk stratification,
assessing
response to therapy and assessing prognosis. The FOA proposes a
multidisciplinary and integrated program with two interacting
components, a
metabolomic component and a mechanistic component, each informing the
other in
an iterative manner.
NIMHD Resource-Related
Minority
Health and Health Disparities Research (U24)
Funding Opportunity RFA-MD-11-005 from the NIH
Guide for Grants and Contracts. This funding opportunity announcement
(FOA)
encourages applications from organizations to provide support for
conducting
minority health and health disparities resource-related research
activities
that support the objectives and research strategy outlined in the NIMHD
FY
2009-2013 Health Disparities Strategic Plan. The priority areas for
this
initiative are: Bioethics Research, Global Health Research, Data
Infrastructure
and Dissemination, and Healthcare for Rural Populations Research.
RFA-AG-12-001
Limited
Competition: The Health and Retirement Study (U01)
2011/04/07
2011/06/11
RFA-MH-12-070
Pathophysiology of HIV-Associated Neurodegeneration in Aging
Populations on
Long-Term Anti-Retroviral Therapy (R01)
2011/04/06 2011/09/10
RFA-MH-12-071
Pathophysiology
of HIV-Associated Neurodegeneration in Aging Populations on Long-Term
Anti-Retroviral Therapy (R21)
2011/04/06 2011/09/10
NICHD Will Participate
in
PA-11-104, Reducing Health Disparities Among Minori...
Notice
NOT-HD-11-008 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
NLM Institutional
Training Grants
for Research Training in Biomedical Informa...
Funding Opportunity RFA-LM-11-001 from the NIH
Guide for Grants and Contracts. The National Library of Medicine
invites
training grant applications for support of predoctoral and postdoctoral
training
for research careers in biomedical informatics. Applications may be for
the
creation of entirely new program or for the renewal of existing NLM
training
program grants. Such training will help meet a growing need for
investigators
trained in biomedical computing and related fields as they directly
relate to
application domains, including health care delivery, basic biomedical
research,
clinical and translational research, public health and similar areas.
Economics
of
Retirement (R21),
PA-11-140
Letter of Intent Due Date May 16, 2011
Expiration Date May 8, 2014
Economics
of
Retirement (R01),
PA-11-138
Letter of Intent Due Date May 5, 2011
Expiration Date May 8, 2014
Modification of the
Biographical
Sketch in NIH Grant Application Forms (PHS 3...
Notice NOT-OD-11-045 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
Translational Research
to Help
Older Adults Maintain their Health and Independence in the Community
(R01)
PA-11-123
Family and
Interpersonal
Relationships in an Aging Context (R01)
Expiration Date May 8, 2014
Reducing Health
Disparities Among
Minority and Underserved Children (R01)
Funding Opportunity PA-11-104 from the NIH
Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA)
issued by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National
Heart,
Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institute on Alcohol,
Alcoholism,
and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA), and National Institute on Deafness and Other
Communication Disorders (NIDCD), National Institutes of Health (NIH),
solicits
Research Project Grant (R01) applications from
institutions/organizations that
propose to conduct research to reduce health disparities among minority
and
underserved children.
Reducing Health
Disparities Among
Minority and Underserved Children (R21)
Funding Opportunity PA-11-105 from the NIH
Guide for Grants and Contracts.
NIA Resources for Aging
Studies in
the Non-Human Primate Model
Notice NOT-AG-11-003 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
Cancer Prevention
Research Small
Grant Program (R03)
Funding Opportunity PAR-11-079 from the NIH
Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) is
designed to enhance both basic and applied cancer prevention research.
The
National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites applications that propose small
and
time-limited projects pertinent to the development of cancer
chemoprevention
agents, biomarkers for early cancer detection, cancer-related nutrition
science, and/or clinical prevention studies that focus on specific
target
organs. Proposed projects may involve basic animal and/or translational
research and/or human subjects-oriented research. However, treatment
related
quality of life population based studies, as well as projects focused
on cancer
etiology, metastasis, animal model development, or treatment will not
be
appropriate for this FOA. New, as well as established, investigators in
relevant fields and disciplines (e.g., chemoprevention, nutritional
science,
genetics, infectious agents, and early detection, including biomarker
development and validation) are encouraged to apply for these small
grants to
test the feasibility of innovative ideas or carry out pilot studies.
Ultimately, these small grants are expected to facilitate the
development of
full research projects grants.
Events
NIH Videocasts:
• CC
Grand
Rounds: Measuring Stress and Its Impact on Family Caregivers
CC Grand Rounds Lecture Series
For more information, visit
http://www.cc.nih.gov/about/news/grcurrent.html
Air date: 5/4/2011 12:00:00 PM Eastern Time
Conferences:
2011 American
Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, May 11-14, 2011. Gaylord
National Resort
and Convention Center, National Harbor, MD.
The deadline to submit abstracts was December 3, 2010.
23rd
meeting
of
REVES will be held in Paris France,
from May 25 to 27, 2011
Abstract deadline: February 15, 2011.
Cells
to
Society
(C2S)
Summer
Biomarker
Institute at Northwestern University,
Evanston, June 6-8, 2011.
Application Deadline: April 1, 2011
The Summer Institute in LGBT
Health
at the Center for Population Research in LGBT Health at the Fenway
Institute, Boston, July 18-August 12, 2011.
Applications are due April 18, 2011
Gerontological Society
of
America's 64th Annual Scientific Meeting,
November 18-22,
2011, Boston Hynes
Convention Center, Boston, MA.
Abstracts Deadline: March 15, 2011
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