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Join Us for a Workshop on Adapting Mind and Body Interventions To Improve Fit for Different Contexts
January 8, 2025
Jennifer Baumgartner, Ph.D.
Join NCCIH and its partners for the Adapting Evidence-Based Mind and Body Interventions: Why, When, and How on February 12 and 13, 2025, virtually or on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, Maryland.
Join Us for the Annual Meeting of NIH’s Force-Based Manipulation High-Priority Research Networks on June 28
May 9, 2024
Alex H. Tuttle, Ph.D.
The meeting will highlight cross-cutting research on mechanosensation and mechanotherapies, featuring updates from the investigators of three funded research networks supporting force-based manipulation research efforts.
Lecture To Feature Heart-Brain Interactions and Reducing CVD Risks, Including via Integrative Health
November 2, 2023
NCCIH Research Blog Team
Lecture by Dr. Ahmed Tawakol, cardiologist and researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital, will discuss heart-brain interactions; stress; depression and anxiety; connections with cardiovascular disease (CVD); and lifestyle practices to lower one's risks for CVD.
May 13th Advisory Council Meeting To Highlight Clinical Trials on Stress and NIDCR
April 29, 2022
Partap S. Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D.
The National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health, NCCIH, NIH, will meet on May 13, 2022. Highlights include a presentation by the director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and a mini-symposium on impactful clinical trials on stress.
Mind and Body Clinical Research: Updated Funding Opportunities Available
July 21, 2021
Wendy J. Weber, N.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
NCCIH announces updated funding opportunity announcements to support research on mind and body interventions
NIH Partnerships To Explore Music and Health Interventions
November 3, 2020
Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen an outpouring of artistic activities, as people seek to understand, cope with, and creatively express their experiences with the pandemic.
Music and Health Research: NIH Funds Available To Build Capacity
October 28, 2020
Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.
Research Funds Available To Build Research Capacity in Music and Health Field
Making the Case for More Stretching, Less Stressing
May 5, 2020
Helene M. Langevin, M.D.
The science of stretching has long been a focus for me in my research into the role of connective tissue on human health, especially musculoskeletal pain. But stretching has been on my mind more frequently lately for a number of reasons.
New Grants To Study Behavioral Interventions for Opioid Addiction and Recovery
September 20, 2018
In this blog post, Dr. Robin Boineau discusses six NCCIH-administered awards to study innovative behavioral health approaches to enhance adherence to medications treating opioid use disorder (OUD).
New Review Offers Providers and Researchers Evidence-Based Information on Complementary Health Approaches for Pain
September 1, 2016
Richard L. Nahin, Ph.D., M.P.H.
In this blog post, NCCIH's Richard Nahin discusses his research study on complementary health approaches for pain management in the U.S. and presents two videos by Partap Khalsa and Wendy Weber.
Can Complementary and Integrative Approaches for Pain Management Engage Brain Circuitry of Endogenous Pain Modulation?
May 10, 2016
Partap S. Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D.
In this blog post, Dr. Partap Khalsa discusses NCCIH priorities for pain research and highlights promising avenues of investigation.
Do Mindfulness Approaches Have the Potential To Prevent Substance Use and Abuse in Youth?
May 4, 2016
Eve Reider, Ph.D.
NCCIH is sponsoring a special workshop at the 2016 International Congress on Integrative Medicine & Health, “Do Mindfulness Approaches Have the Potential to Prevent Substance Use and Abuse in Youth?"
Moving Promising Tools and Technologies Toward the Marketplace
April 22, 2016
John S. Williamson, Ph.D.
In this blog post, Dr. John Williamson of NCCIH's Division of Extramural Research talks about two projects that have received NCCIH funding via SBIR grants.
Selecting the ‘Right’ Comparators for Meditative Movement Interventions
April 18, 2016
Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.
Dr. Lanay Mudd previews a session that will be held at the ICIMH conference in May. The topic is selecting appropriate comparators in studies of meditative movement interventions such as tai chi, qi gong, and yoga.
New Funding Initiatives on “Phased Innovation Award for Mechanistic Studies to Optimize Mind and Body Interventions”
October 16, 2015
Wen Chen, Ph.D.
New RFAs represent NCCIH’s new funding mechanisms direct research attention toward investigating the mechanisms by which: 1) mind and body interventions might work, and 2) strategies to optimize these interventions.
The R34: An Opportunity for Critical Groundwork in Clinical Trials Research
March 24, 2015
Wendy J. Weber, N.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
In this blog post, NCCIH Branch Chief Dr. Wendy Weber describes the use of the R34 funding mechanism for early stages of clinical research on mind and body interventions.