Are you jazzed about GSA?
Are you ready to let the good times roll in New Orleans at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA)? We’re looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones in the Big Easy. We also hope that you’ll take the opportunity to connect with NIA staff at the meeting, during scientific sessions, and in the Exhibit Hall. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - November 9, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Marie A. Bernard, Deputy Director, National Institute on Aging Source Type: blogs
Office of Special Populations update: Online disparities research framework and other news
The NIA recently created an online version of our Health Disparities Research Framework to showcase priorities and investments in this important aging research area. We hope that this site will serve as a resource for scientists interested in investigating health disparities related to aging. Please visit the page and take look at the Framework’s interactive format. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - November 2, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carl V. Hill, Director, Office of Special Populations Source Type: blogs
A crash course for clinical specialists
On September 21–23, 2016 almost 100 physicians and researchers attended the second biennial GEMSSTAR Scholars Conference,“Models and Studies of Aging,” here in Bethesda. The meeting was sponsored by a U13 conference grant from the NIA to the American Geriatrics Society (AGS), with additional support from the John A. Hartford Foundation. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - October 26, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Sue Zieman, Medical Officer, Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology Source Type: blogs
The NIA Clinical Trial Toolbox: A resource for quality studies
So you think you want to conduct a clinical trial? Of course, it’s a very complex undertaking. Each stage requires you to comply with regulatory and research standards. And from scientific protocols to procedural manuals, several key documents drive both trial operations and protocol compliance. I’m pleased to let you know that NIA has come up with one way to help you streamline study start-up and adhere to standards. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - October 19, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Sergei Romashkan, Chief of the Clinical Trials Branch, Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology Source Type: blogs
Preparing for a possible future: Advancing research into Alzheimer ’s disease
Our National Advisory Council on Aging meeting last month proved to be very exciting. We have received increased public interest, together with additional funding in recent years, to accelerate progress against Alzheimer’s disease. This has blossomed into numerous concepts for new initiatives that came before the Council to review. Their enormous accomplishment at this meeting was to approve 26 concept proposals for funding opportunities. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - October 12, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Richard Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging Source Type: blogs
NIA sponsors regional meeting to engage investigators new to aging research
On October 20, several NIA senior staff will travel to Atlanta for the NIA Director ' s Regional Meeting in Aging Research at Morehouse School of Medicine. They will describe current funding opportunities available for researchers who may be new to the field of aging research. I recently sat down with NIA Director Dr. Richard Hodes to discuss the upcoming meeting. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - October 5, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carl V. Hill, Director, Office of Special Populations Source Type: blogs
Join Us for the NIA Council Meeting Tomorrow
If it’s September, it must be Council! It’s that time again! The public session of NIA’s National Advisory Council on Aging is taking place tomorrow starting at 8:00 a.m., Eastern time. The meeting agenda and materials are available online. You can watch the archived videocast here: https://videocast.nih.gov/ in a few days. Read the full blog post. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - September 27, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
September pay line update
We have pay line updates! The big news is that the final career development awards pay line for the year is the 20th percentile. Of equal interest is the fact that we’re increasing our general allocation research grant pay line to the 11th percentile. We also have news on fellowships and small business awards. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - September 21, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Meet the director of the Division of Neuroscience
On July 18, NIA Director Dr. Richard Hodes announced that Dr. Eliezer Masliah had been appointed director of the Division of Neuroscience. Dr. Masliah was previously at the University of California, San Diego and a member of the National Advisory Council on Aging.“Inside NIA” sat down with Dr. Masliah to talk about his research plans for the division. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - September 14, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Eliezer Masliah, Director Division of Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
Go4Life – Maintaining good health and function
This month, NIA is celebrating our second annual Go4Life Month. As part of that celebration, we’re reaching out to our Go4Life® partners and the research community to help us find ways to encourage older people to exercise and lead healthy, active lives. This year’s theme is“Fit4Function.” So what is Fit4Function all about, anyway? (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - September 7, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Chhanda Dutta, Chief, Clinical Gerontology Branch, Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology Source Type: blogs
Reproducibility: Another bureaucratic speed bump?
So you thought your science was already rigorous and reproducible…
Last fall, NIH released new guidelines for implementing rigor and transparency in research project grants. Applications for research grants and mentored career development awards submitted in 2016 must include information on scientific rigor and reproducibility. What’s going on? (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - August 24, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: John Williams, Health Scientist Administrator, Division of Aging Biology Source Type: blogs
A word about two-stage review of program projects
A few months ago, NIA decided to follow the practice of two other NIH institutes and arrange two-stage review of program projects. We have recently completed the first review cycle under this new review model. We launched this two-stage effort because of concern that the separate small committee reviews which each handled one program project lacked the context for scoring that is available to the customarily larger panels who review a substantial set of research grant applications in one meeting. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - August 8, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Richard Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging Source Type: blogs
NIA pay line recovers a bit
We have bumped the NIA general allocation up by one point all around. For most research grants & mdash;at least the ones under $500k a year & mdash;that pay line is now the 10th percentile. We are paying new investigator R01 applications to the 18th percentile and early-stage investigators can now breathe comfortably with the knowledge that their R01 applications are being paid to the princely 20th percentile! (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - July 27, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Look for NIA at AAIC!
NIA staff are gearing up for the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2016. The annual gathering of dementia researchers, clinicians, and health care providers is in Toronto, Canada, this year on July 22–28. The annual meeting attracts some 4,000 members of the Alzheimer’s community with its mix of newly reported findings from researchers from around the globe and the latest in emerging technologies and approaches to discovery. NIA leadership and staff are participating in a number of sessions and meetings, so please be on the lookout if you want to touch base. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - July 13, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Creighton Phelps, Deputy Director, Division of Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
New BSR Director Shares Plans
On June 7, NIA Director Dr. Richard Hodes announced that Dr. John Haaga had been appointed director of the Division of Behavioral and Social Research. Dr. Haaga was the acting director for the previous 15 months and the deputy director since 2004. "Inside NIA" sat down with Dr. Haaga to talk about his research plans for the division. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - June 29, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: John Haaga, Deputy Director, Division of Behavioral and Social Research Source Type: blogs
