Two New Online Resources Enhance Research Methods
April 25, 2012
Researchers now have access to free, online tools developed with National Institutes of Health support to standardize research methods. Developed as part of a collaborative effort that included experts from across the globe, the tools promote the collection of comparable data across studies and rigorous design of behavioral and social science research projects.
PhenX Toolkit
The PhenX Toolkit was designed to help integrate genetics and epidemiologic research by providing standard measures related to complex diseases, phenotypic traits, and environmental exposures. NIDA supported development of the PhenX Substance Abuse and Addiction Project (SAA), which added 43 new measures that support SAA research. The Toolkit describes each measure along with the standard protocols and requirements for data collection, such as training, personnel, equipment, or licensing fees. NIDA recently issued a Notice (NOT-DA-12-008) encouraging researchers conducting human-subject studies to use the PhenX measures. Learn more about the PhenX Toolkit.
e-Source
This anthology presents the latest information about behavioral and social sciences research to address emerging challenges in public health, including substance abuse and addiction. The 20 chapters in e-Source include interactive exercises on designing research projects; selecting research methods to describe how or why something happens, or confirm the effectiveness of an intervention; and emerging research challenges.
Important Dates
NIDA International Forum
June 14–17, 2013
Online Registration Deadline:
May 6, 2013
FELLOWSHIPS
IAS/NIDA Fellowships
Application Deadline:
February 10, 2013
NIDA International Program Fellowships
Application Deadline:
April 1, 2013
Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars
Application Deadlines: Vary
GRANTS
Brain Disorders in the Developing World: Research Across the Lifespan
(Non-AIDS)
R01 PAR-11-030and R21 PAR-11-031
Application deadline:
February 14, 2013
MEETINGS
American Association for the Advancement of Science
February 14–18, 2013
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
International Drug Abuse Research Society (IDARS)
April 15–19, 2013
Mexico City, Mexico
2013 International Conference on Global Health: Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse and HIV
April 17–19, 2013
Taipei, Taiwan
Yih-Ing Hser, Ph.D.