| NHLBI
Research and Policy Update
Number 29
May 2006
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distribution list will provide updates from the NHLBI Web Site for
the research community. The updates will be sent as needed, but no more
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 Funding Updates
 Please
Note: Links to RFAs, PAs, and Guide Notices will take you to
the NIH Web site. RFPs will take you to FedBizOpps.
Additional
(Non-NIH) Funding Sources now includes a link to the Children's Cardiomyopathy
Foundation, an organization that is interested in funding research on
cardiomyopathies affecting children and adolescents.
NOT-HL-06-126:
Notice of Intent to Issue an RFA on Bioengineering Approaches to Energy
Balance and Obesity
NOT-HL-06-125:
Clarification to RFA-05-018 (Short-Term Training Program to Increase Diversity
in Health-Related Research, R25)
NOT-OD-06-064:
Solicitation of Comments: Proposed Modifications to Policies Governing
Funding of Tuition, Fees, and Health Insurance on Ruth L. Kirschstein
National Research Service Awards
PA-06-419:
Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG) [R01]
PA-06-418:
Exploratory/Developmental Bioengineering Research Grants (EBRG) [R21]
PA-06-407:
Directed Stem Cell Differentiation for Cell-Based Therapies for Heart,
Lung, and Blood, and Aging Diseases (R21)
PAR-06-382:
Elucidating Nature’s Solutions to Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases
and Sleep Disorder Processes (R01)
PA-06-373:
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual
Postdoctoral Fellows (F32)
PA-06-370:
Integrating Lung Genetics and Genomics in Human Populations (R01)
RFA-HL-07-003:
Collaborative Studies on Lung Stem Cell Biology and Cell Based Therapy (R01)
| Receipt
Dates: |
Letter
of Intent, November 10, 2006 |
| Application,
December 12, 2006 |
RFA-HL-07-002:
Computational Modeling for Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Biologists: Introductory
Courses (T15)
| Receipt
Dates: |
Letter
of Intent, May 25, 2006 |
| Application,
June 21, 2006 |
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Policy Updates
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revised policies have been issued.
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policy documents, please visit Funding /
Award Policy section on the following Web page:
Funding, Training, and Policies
Training Updates
Suggested
Tabular Formats for Required Data for RFA-HL-05-018 Short-Term Training
Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research (R25)
For more information
on training and career development programs, please visit the following
Web page:
Training and Career Development
Meetings
List
of upcoming meetings
CCC2006:
The 4th International Conference on Countercurrent Chromatography,
August 8-12, 2006
Sleep
Disorders Research Advisory Board Meeting, June 14, 2006
National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council, June 13, 2006
For more information,
and the most current list of upcoming meetings, please visit the following
Web page:
Announcements of NHLBI Meetings, Conferences,
and Events
Reports
of past meetings
No new summaries or
reports of past meetings have been posted.
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on past meetings, please visit the following Web page:
Workshop and Meeting Summaries,
and Other Scientific Reports
Press Releases
Study
Finds Ways to Improve Detection of Blood Clots in the Lung: Enhancing
Diagnostic Tests Could Reduce Deaths from Pulmonary Embolism,
May 31, 2006
For
Patients with Severe Lung Injury, Less Is More: Study Answers Long-Debated
Questions on Fluid Management in Critical Care, May
21, 2006
Inhaled
Corticosteroids Benefit Young Children with Frequent Wheezing but Do Not
Prevent Development of Chronic Asthma, May 10, 2006
NHLBI
Media Availability: Diuretics Better than Other High Blood Pressure Medications
in Preventing Heart Failure, May 1, 2006
For additional
Press Releases, please visit the following Web page:
Current Press Releases
Selected NHLBI Vacancies
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to announcements will not work past their closing date.)
Note: There are often changes and additions to this list, for the most
current information, please visit the NHLBI
Jobs Opportunities page
Other Items of Interest
New
Limited Access Datasets Available
The
Rapid Early Action for Coronary Treatment Study (REACT)
This community study developed and evaluated the impact of a community
educational intervention program on patient delay time from onset of symptoms
of an AMI to arrival at a hospital emergency department.
The
Women's Health Initiative: Estrogen plus Progestin
This study assessed the major health benefits and risks of the most commonly
used combined hormone preparation in the United States. It found that
overall health risks exceeded benefits from use of combined estrogen plus
progestin for an average 5.2-year follow-up among healthy postmenopausal
US women.
PREMIER:
Lifestyle Interventions for Blood Pressure Control
This study was designed to determine the effect on blood pressure of 2
multicomponent, behavioral interventions.
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