A meeting of the minds at the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Summit 2015
Determining the best way forward in Alzheimer’s disease research is as challenging and complicated as the disorder itself. So what steps do we take next to accelerate the discovery and development of effective treatments for people at all stages of Alzheimer’s disease? That is the focus of the Alzheimer’s Disease Summit 2015: Pathway to Treatment and Prevention taking place February 9-10 at the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - October 29, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Neil Buckholtz, Director, Division of Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
A meeting of the minds at the Alzheimer’s Disease Summit 2015
Determining the best way forward in Alzheimer’s disease research is as challenging and complicated as the disorder itself. So what steps do we take next to accelerate the discovery and development of effective treatments for people at all stages of Alzheimer’s disease? That is the focus of the Alzheimer’s Disease Summit 2015: Pathway to Treatment and Prevention taking place February 9-10 at the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - October 29, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Neil Buckholtz, Director, Division of Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
Join us at the 40th anniversary symposium, other NIA activities at GSA 2014
In a special session at this year’s Gerontological Society of America (GSA) meeting in Washington, D.C., NIA Director Richard Hodes, along with NIA’s scientific leadership, intramural scientists and grantees, advocates, and alumni, will reflect on major accomplishments in research to improve the health of older people since the establishment of the Institute in 1974. If you are attending the GSA meeting this November, please join us for this symposium on Saturday, November 8, from 3 – 6 p.m. GSA has made this symposium open to all, including non-registrants. We look forward to seeing many of you who helpe...
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - October 22, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Marie A. Bernard, Deputy Director, National Institute on Aging Source Type: blogs
It ’s open season for the NIH Loan Repayment Program!
It & rsquo;s that time of year again! The application period for the NIH Loan Repayment Program is open, as it is every fall, and NIA is one of a number of institutes joining with NIH to increase awareness of this important program. If the program is appropriate for you, apply now. You may be able to get part of your student loans repaid by NIA or one of the other NIH Institutes and Centers accepting applications. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - October 15, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Chyren Hunter, Deputy Director and Training Officer, Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
It’s open season for the NIH Loan Repayment Program!
It’s that time of year again! The application period for the NIH Loan Repayment Program is open, as it is every fall, and NIA is one of a number of institutes joining with NIH to increase awareness of this important program. If the program is appropriate for you, apply now. You may be able to get part of your student loans repaid by NIA or one of the other NIH Institutes and Centers accepting applications. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - October 15, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Chyren Hunter, Deputy Director and Training Officer, Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Musings of a newbie Scientific Review Officer (SRO)
Have you ever seen that old-time vaudeville act where the guy spins plates on tall poles? Well, that’s a little of the way it feels to be a new Scientific Review Officer, or SRO, at the NIH. You smile with three plates spinning smoothly—then, three more plates appear for you to spin. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - October 8, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Kimberly Firth, Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review Branch, Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
NIAGADS! We have data!
Are you studying the genetics of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease? Did you know that the Alzheimer’s disease research community has a database that gives you access to a broad range of genetics and genomics data? NIAGADS (often pronounced NYE-ya-gads) is the NIA Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease Data Storage Site, a national genetics data repository that facilitates access to data by qualified investigators. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - October 1, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Marilyn Miller, Program Director, Division of Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
Oh, what a year it was!
Fiscal year 2014 began with NIA staff—like many federal government workers—banned from our offices because the government was shut down. During the seemingly endless continuing funding resolutions that followed, we guessed and feared about the size of our budget for the year, establishing a very conservative payline during the long wait, and thereby causing great consternation among some in the research community. Then, the financial outlook—but not the weather—changed suddenly. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - September 24, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
We appreciate postdocs
Postdocs help power aging research. They receive NIA funding for training. They work with and for NIA grantees. In-house at NIA, they are a critical component of research conducted in NIA labs, which we call “intramural” research. Across the research community, postdoctoral research fellows contribute the long hours necessary to organize and implement research activities. I know this because I am one of them, and colleagues, I see how hard you work! (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - September 17, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jennifer Illuzzi, Postdoctoral Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) Fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, Intramural Research Program Source Type: blogs
To resubmit or not?
NIH announced a change in resubmission policy in April. This blog post covers a different feature of the April policy change: how investigators can make decisions about grant applications that are not funded the first time they are submitted for consideration. If you’re not familiar with the lingo, A0 is the first submission of an application, while A1 is a resubmission of that same application, after some deeply considered changes. With the policy change, investigators now have a real choice after an A0 grant application is not funded. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - September 10, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
The next generation: what will it take to keep them in research?
Earlier this month, I spent a week with NIA’s 2014 Butler-Williams Scholars Program (formerly the NIA Summer Institute on Aging Research). These early career researchers from diverse backgrounds come to Bethesda from all over the country. They learn about the best of our science—aging biology, behavioral and social research, neuroscience, geriatrics and clinical gerontology, and health disparities. Perhaps even more importantly, they learn about grantsmanship, share challenges, and make new connections. It’s something that the NIA has been doing for decades: bringing bright, promising scientists to reside...
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - August 27, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Marie A. Bernard, Deputy Director, National Institute on Aging Source Type: blogs
Funding for research on inflammation
Here’s a new funding opportunity that might interest you.
The support is for a clinical trial on reducing chronic inflammation. I’m the program officer for this area, and I’d like to tell you a bit more about it. I particularly wanted to write this blog because this new funding is through the U01 mechanism, and not everyone is familiar with exactly how that works. And, the deadline for the letter of intent is coming up next month, so I urge you to get in touch and start writing! (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - August 13, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Barbara Radziszewska, Program Officer, Clinical Trials Branch, Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology Source Type: blogs
Funding for Alzheimer ’s disease research: here’s the latest
International collaboration is vital to advancing Alzheimer ’s disease research on multiple fronts, from genetics to biomarkers to translational research. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - July 30, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Neil Buckholtz, Director, Division of Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
Funding for Alzheimer’s disease research: here’s the latest
International collaboration is vital to advancing Alzheimer’s disease research on multiple fronts, from genetics to biomarkers to translational research. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - July 30, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Neil Buckholtz, Director, Division of Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
New grant money for health disparities research
Do you conduct research on health disparities? Are you a grad student, postdoc, or junior faculty member? Are you interested to learn about some new funding that’s just become available from the NIA? Current NIA grantees can apply for extra funding to add you their grants. That’s right! There is additional money to add appropriate, rigorous health disparities projects and researchers to existing NIA grants. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - July 23, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carl V. Hill, Director, Office of Special Populations Source Type: blogs
