From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 8:00 PM

(CIT): Dr. Alan Krensky, Director of the Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives (OPASI) invites you to attend the first OPASI-sponsored WORKSHOP, Fostering Innovation. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together top thinkers in the area of innovation to explore issues and op...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:59 PM

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:59 PM

(CIT): An estimated 4 million people 12 years or older used controlled sedatives, stimulants, or opiates for non-medical reasons in 1999, with almost half of them reporting that they used prescription drugs non-medically for the first time in the previous year. NIDA's initiative will seek t...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:59 PM

(CIT): The goal of the symposium is to explore new models of health information outreach that are emerging as technology dramatically changes the abilities of medical and health services libraries to provide resources and services beyond their traditional institutional boundaries. Particular emp...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:58 PM

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:58 PM

(CIT): The Office of Research on Women's Health is coordinating efforts to develop a National Leadership Workshop on Mentoring Women in Biomedical Careers. This workshop will discuss leadership strategies for successful mentoring in the global biomedical research environment and provide atte...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:58 PM

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:58 PM

(CIT): This conference will bring together leading thinkers in the field to review current understanding of the pathobiology, pathogenesis, and therapy of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Our goals for this conference are threefold: to provide a forum to present new concepts in basic, translational, ...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:58 PM

(CIT): The workshop goal is to establish what the Phase 0 effort is about and its potential value; to lay out what is needed to perform Phase 0 trials; to propose ways to evaluate the Phase 0 effort; to determine future research directions for the next 2-3 years. For more information, visit

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:58 PM

(CIT): NIH Consensus Development Conference Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects between 50,000 and 75,000 people in the United States, and is most common among people whose ancestors come from sub-Saharan Africa, South and Central America, the Middle East, India, and ...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:58 PM

(CIT): Preterm birth remains one of the most complicated and difficult research and public health issues in obstetrics and pediatrics. Nearly 12 percent of all babies born in the United States are born preterm, and this rate continues to rise. To underscore the importance of this problem, the U.S...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:58 PM

(CIT): James L. Mulshine, M.D. Head, Intervention Section, Cell and Cancer Biology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute. A scientific exchange on issues related to the biology and pathology of sex and gender differences and effects on women's health. The Intramur...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:57 PM

(CIT): The NIH Pain Consortium will be hosting the second annual symposium on advances in pain research on May 1, 2007. The intent of the symposium is to present new and exciting advances in pain research and pain management, featuring work done through NIH support. Topics will include mechanism...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:57 PM

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:57 PM

(CIT): More information can be found at the official web site.

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:57 PM

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:56 PM

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:56 PM

(CIT): The NIH Office of Research on Women's Health presents an afternoon of discussion with national experts about sex and gender research in substance abuse. The seminar presents an opportunity to hear from Specialized Centers of Interdisciplinary Research on Sex and Gender Factors Affecti...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:56 PM

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:56 PM

(CIT): A NIH Consensus Development Conference on Asymptomatic Primary Hyperparathyroidism held in 1990 and sponsored by NIDDK explored the causes and effects of this disease, developing a consensus on how to treat it. Together with a research agenda, the consensus statement provided landmarks for...