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BRAIN at 10: A View from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
November 1, 2024
This blog was originally posted on The BRAIN Blog. Read more
Latest Messages From the Director
Expanding the Horizon in Pain Research
October 29, 2024
Research on pain is a top priority for the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), reflecting our extensive efforts and broad interdisciplinary collaborations within the National Institutes of Health (NIH), catalyzed by the Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative®. I’m proud to be part of a scientific community dedicated to finding answers for those who struggle with chronic pain, though much work remains.In a recent article published in Pain, I highlight two critical and related research gaps that, if filled, could significantly advance our understanding and management of pain. The first gap is our limited understanding of pain mechanisms connecting the nervous system and the rest of the body. Read more
The Promise of Applying a Whole Person Framework to Pain
September 30, 2024
It was a privilege to attend and present at the recent IASP 2024 World Congress on Pain. Read more
CARE for Health Brings Research to Primary Care Settings
September 25, 2024
A few months ago in a director’s message, I talked about an important new National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiative, Communities Advancing Research Equity for Health™ (CARE for Health™), spearheaded by the director of NIH, Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D. This exciting program will bring clinical research opportunities to primary care settings. Read more
Past Messages From the Director
- Understanding the Real Progress Driven by Artificial Intelligence
August 19, 2024 - Science Shouldn’t Be This Much Fun…But It Was on the Star Talk Podcast!
July 23, 2024 - Bringing Research Into the Real World of Health Care
July 10, 2024 - New Funding Opportunity To Advance the Field of Whole Person Research
June 20, 2024 - New Coalition Is Another Stepping Stone Toward Whole Person Health
June 10, 2024 - Disrupting the Disruptors: Convening a Research Discussion To Mitigate Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals
May 13, 2024 - NCCIH Heads to Cleveland for ICIMH
April 5, 2024 - Addressing Pain Requires Understanding How We Heal
March 27, 2024 - Let’s Leverage All of Us To Learn More About Health and Disease in Diverse Populations
February 19, 2024 - Looking to the Past and Future in NCCIH’s 25th Anniversary Year
January 24, 2024 - A Whole Person Focus on Heart Disease
January 9, 2024 - A Symphony of Experts Comes Together To Discuss Research on Music and Health
November 28, 2023 - REACHing the Next Generation of Clinician-Scientists
November 1, 2023 - Assembling the Right Ingredients for Nutrition and Good Health
September 29, 2023 - Article Spotlights an Often-Neglected Part of the Body
September 27, 2023 - Including Spirituality Into a Fuller Picture of Research on Whole Person Health
August 18, 2023