| NHLBI
Research and Policy Update
Number 9
September 2004
This
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-04-036:
Causes and Mechanisms of COPD Exacerbations
 Receipt
Dates: Letter of Intent, December 13, 2004
Application,
January 11, 2005
RFA-HL-04-022:
Bioengineering Approaches to Energy Balance and Obesity
Receipt
Dates: Letter of Intent, January 17, 2005
Application,
February 16, 2005
PA-04-156:
Bioengineering Approaches to Energy Balance and Obesity (SBIR/STTR)
For
additional initiatives, please visit the following Web page:
NHLBI Grants and Contracts
page
Policy Updates
Policy
on Human Subjects Research Data and Safety Monitoring Plans (policy
update and title change)
For
additional 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
more information on training and career development programs,
please visit the following Web page:
Training and Career Development
Meetings
List
of upcoming meetings
National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Advisory Council Meeting, October 21, 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, September Meeting Summary,
September 2004
Reporting
Genetic Results in Research Studies, NHLBI Working Group Meeting
Summary, July 2004
RNAi
for Gene Transfer Approaches to Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases,
NHLBI Working Group, July 2004
Determining
the Role of Subclinical Disease Testing in Patients at Intermediate
Risk, NHLBI Working Group Report, July 2004
Future
Clinical Research Directions on Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular
Disease, 2004 Working Group Summary, June 2004
National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council Meeting Minutes, May
2004
Hypertension
Treatment Trials: Future Directions, 2003 NHLBI Workshop, Executive
Summary, September 2003
Future
Directions in Sarcoidosis Research, NHLBI Working Group Summary
(Published in Am J Respir
Crit Care Med Vol 170. pp 567–571, 2004), August 2002
For more information
on past meetings, please visit the following Web page:
Workshop and Meeting Summaries,
and Other Scientific Reports
Press Releases
Cholesterol Guidelines:
The Strength of the Science Base and the Integrity of the
Development Process—Statement
from Barbara Alving, M.D., Acting Director, NHLBI, September
24, 2004
For
additional Press Releases, please visit the following Web page:
Current Press Releases
Selected NHLBI Vacancies
Technical
Writer-Editor
Technical
Writer-Editor
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
FYI
from the NHLBI: Public Interest News, September 2004
Legislative
Update, NHLBI Express, September 2004
JNC 7 (Hypertension)
Full Report--printed version
The
Patient Registry for Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH Registry)
The registry was established to evaluate the natural history, etiology,
pathogenesis and treatment of primary pulmonary hypertension. Specific
aims included the characterization of the demographic, medical history,
family history, physical and laboratory findings of patients at time
of diagnosis, and to characterize the survival duration of patients
by traits evaluated at diagnosis and by medical interventions. There
were 1.7 females for each male in the registry, and females tended
to present with more severe symptoms. The mean time from onset of
symptoms to diagnosis was 2 years. Right ventricular hypertrophy was
found in 87% of patients and right atrial pressure was elevated in
72% of patients. The estimated median survival was 2.8 years with
single year survival rates of: 1 year, 68%; 3 years, 48%; and 5 years,
34%. (Ann Intern Med, 1987; 107:216-23, Ann Intern Med, 1991; 115:343-49).
An
Archive of the current and past issues
is available on the NHLBI Web site.
Two
ways to unsubscribe:
- Send an e-mail message to: LISTSERV@LIST.NIH.GOV
and, in the text of your message (not the subject line), write
(or copy/paste):
SIGNOFF NHLBI-RESEARCH-POLICY-L
- Use the List Web Page
A) select
this link
B) Enter your e-mail address as it appears in the To: field
of the list,
C) Enter your full name, and
D) Select the button, Leave the list.
|
