NHLBI
Research and Policy Update
Number 5
May 2004
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electronic distribution list will provide updates from the
NHLBI Web Site for the research community. The Updates will be
sent as needed, but no more than once a week.
Funding Updates
RFA-HL-04-034:
Cellular And Genetic Discovery Toward Curative Therapy In Myeloproliferative
Disorders (MPD)
Receipt
Dates: Letter of Intent, January 16, 2005
Application,
February 16, 2005
RFA-HL-04-033:
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS): Seeking Cure Through Discovery
On Pathogenesis And Disease Progression
Receipt
Dates: Letter of Intent, January 16, 2005
Application,
February 16, 2005
RFP:
NHLBI-HV-05-08: Interagency Registry of Mechanical Circulatory
Support for End-Stage Heart Failure
Receipt
Dates: Letter of Intent, June 21, 2004
Proposal,
August 4, 2004
RFA-HL-04-017:
Specialized Centers For Cell-based Therapy (SCCT) For Heart, Lung,
And Blood Diseases And Data And Coordinating Center (DCC)
Pre-Submission
Meeting (Update: Second Meeting Scheduled)
Receipt
Dates: Letter of Intent, August 21, 2004
Application,
September 21, 2004
RFA-HL-04-023:
Community-Responsive Interventions to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk
in American Indians and Alaska Natives
Receipt
Dates: Letter of Intent, September 22, 2004
Application,
October 22, 2004
For
additional initiatives, please visit the following Web page:
NHLBI Grants and Contracts
page
Policy Updates
No
new or revised policies have been issued.
For
current policy documents, please visit Funding
/ Award Policy section on the following Web
page:
Funding, Training, and Policies
Training Updates
No
updates or new training documents have been issued.
For
current information on training and career development programs,
please visit the following Web page:
Training and Career Development
Meetings
List
of upcoming meetings
Second
Presubmisssion Meeting scheduled for RFA-HL-04-017: Specialized
Centers For Cell-based Therapy (SCCT), June 3, 2004
Program staff and staff from the Division of Extramural Activities
and Grants Operations will make presentations that explain their
goals and objectives for the Centers and answer questions from
the attendees.
National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council, September 2-3, 2004
Symposium
on Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine, September 13-14,
2004
AHA/NHLBI
3rd Annual Workshop on Cardiovascular Interventional MRI,
November 8, 2004
For
more information on upcoming meetings, please visit the following
Web page:
Announcements of NHLBI Meetings,
Conferences, and Events
Reports
of past meetings
National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council, May Meeting Summary
Frontiers
of Knowledge in Sleep & Sleep Disorders: Opportunities for
Improving Health and Quality of Life-Conference Introduction and
Abstracts, March 29-30, 2004
Polymorphisms
of the Beta-adrenergic Receptor Gene: Implications for the Pharmacotherapy
of Asthma, NHLBI Working Group Executive Summary
For more information
on past meetings, please visit the following Web page:
Workshop and Meeting Summaries,
and Other Scientific Reports
Press Releases
Hearts
N' Parks Program Continues to Help Participants of all Ages Adopt Heart-Healthy
Behaviors, May 27, 2004
Average Blood
Pressure Levels On Rise Among American Children/Teenagers, May 4,
2004
"Systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels for children and teenagers
have risen substantially since 1988..."
For additional
Press Releases, please visit the following Web page:
Current Press Releases
Selected NHLBI Vacancies
(Links
to announcements will not work past their closing date.)
Public
Health Analyst (HHS/NIH #2004-2472)
Public
Health Advisor (HHS/NIH #2004-2476)
Public
Health Advisor (HHS/NIH #2004-2477)
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
Legislative
Update, NHLBI Express - May 2004
FYI from the
NHLBI: Public Interest News - May 2004
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