Stephen E Straus Distinguished Lecture in the Science of Complementary Health Therapies: When Experts Disagree - the Art of Medical Decision Making
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) will hold the sixth annual Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture in the Science of Complementary Health Therapies. Speakers, Jerome Groopman, M.D., the Dina and Raphael Recanati chair of medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief of experimental medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Pamela Hartzband, M.D., assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and attending physician in the division of endocrinology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center will present “When Experts Disagree: The Art of Medical Decision Making.”...
Source: Videocast - All Events - December 4, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Vitamin D: Moving Toward Evidence-based Decision Making in Primary Care Conference (Day 2)
A conference to identify issues surrounding evidence-based decision making for vitamin D in primary care will be held December 2-3, 2014 at the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD). Conference presentations and discussions will serve to highlight research gaps as well as data and methodological needs relevant to reducing uncertainties surrounding vitamin D in primary care practice. The conference is designed especially for researchers, clinical educators, those who develop clinical recommendations, and health care providers. Moderated by Clifford Rosen, M.D., Director of Clinical and Translational Research and Seni...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 17, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Vitamin D: Moving Toward Evidence-based Decision Making in Primary Care Conference (Day 1)
A conference to identify issues surrounding evidence-based decision making for vitamin D in primary care will be held December 2-3, 2014 at the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD). Conference presentations and discussions will serve to highlight research gaps as well as data and methodological needs relevant to reducing uncertainties surrounding vitamin D in primary care practice. The conference is designed especially for researchers, clinical educators, those who develop clinical recommendations, and health care providers. Moderated by Clifford Rosen, M.D., Director of Clinical and Translational Research and Seni...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 17, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NICHD Structural Birth Defects Working Group Meeting - December 2014
The mission of the Birth Defects Initiative is to capitalize on genomic and other biomedical discoveries to further understanding of the mechanisms responsible for structural birth defects, which affect almost 4% of all live births in the United States each year. The ultimate goal is the development of new, innovative, and valuable strategies for the molecular diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of human structural birth defects.
The Initiative and the related NICHD Structural Birth Defects Working Group were founded in 2000 by the NICHD and is coordinated by the Developmental Biology and Structural Variations Branch (DB...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 3, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
A brief mindfulness-based preventive intervention improves self-control and neuroplasticity: brain mechanisms and applications to mental disorders
Presented by: Yi-Yuan Tang, Ph.D., Texas Tech UniversityCategory: NCCAM - Complementary and Alternative Medicine Aired date: 10/20/2014 (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - October 21, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Past Events Source Type: video
How to Map the Dynamics of your Brain - From EEG to BCI
Presented by: Bin He, Ph.D., Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of MinnesotaCategory: NCCAM - Complementary and Alternative Medicine Aired date: 09/15/2014 (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - September 15, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Past Events Source Type: video
A brief mindfulness-based preventive intervention improves self-control and neuroplasticity: brain mechanisms and applications to mental disorders
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) presents the Integrative Medicine Research Lecture series.The series provides overviews of the current state of research and practice involving complementary health therapies, and explores perspectives on the emerging discipline of integrative medicine. Dr. Yi-Yuan Tang is a professor of Psychological Sciences, Presidential Endowed Chair in Neuroscience at Texas Tech University and founding Director of Texas Tech Neuroimaging Institute. Dr. Tang is also Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine at TTU Health Science Center, Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Psyc...
Source: Videocast - All Events - August 15, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
How to Map the Dynamics of your Brain - From EEG to BCI
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) presents the Integrative Medicine Research Lecture series. The series provides overviews of the current state of research and practice involving complementary health therapies, and explores perspectives on the emerging discipline of integrative medicine. Dr. Bin He is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Medtronic-Bakken Endowed Chair for Engineering in Medicine, Director of the Institute for Engineering in Medicine and the Center for Neuroengineering at the University of Minnesota. His research interests cover a broa...
Source: Videocast - All Events - August 5, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
The Blind Men and the Elephant: Survey Perspectives of Complementary Health Approaches
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) presents the Integrative Medicine Research Lecture series. The series provides overviews of the current state of research and practice involving complementary health therapies, and explores perspectives on the emerging discipline of integrative medicine. Richard Nahin, Ph.D., M.P.H, is NCCAM's Senior Advisor for Scientific Coordination and Outreach. Dr. Nahin's talk will discuss the use of complementary health approaches. Trying to get a complete picture of the use of complementary health approaches is analogous to the story of the blind men and the ele...
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 27, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Building Resilience in High Stress Cohorts with Mindfulness Training
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) presents the Integrative Medicine Research Lecture series. The series provides overviews of the current state of research and practice involving complementary health therapies, and explores perspectives on the emerging discipline of integrative medicine. Amishi Jha, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology and the Director of Contemplative Neuroscience for the Mindfulness Research & Practice Initiative at the University of Miami. Dr. Jha’s research focuses on the brain bases of attention, working memory, and mindfulness-based training. Her curre...
Source: Videocast - All Events - April 29, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
2014 NIH WALS Symposium - Transformational Medicine in the Mitochondrial Age
Presented by: Undiagnosed Diseases Program; Office of Dietary Supplements; NIA, NIBIB, NIH Mitochondria Interest GroupCategory: ConferencesAired date: 04/02/2014 (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - April 4, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Past Events Source Type: video
Manipulating the Pain: Chiropractic and Other “Alternative” Treatments for Back Pain
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) presents the Integrative Medicine Research Lecture series. The series provides overviews of the current state of research and practice involving complementary health therapies, and explores perspectives on the emerging discipline of integrative medicine. Richard A. Deyo, M.D., M.P.H, is the Kaiser Permanente Professor of Evidenced-Based Family Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University. Dr. Deyo will discuss the results of his research, which suggest that complementary health approaches, such as spinal manipula...
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 11, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Clinically Relevant Herb-Drug Interactions: Past, Present, and Future
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) presents the Integrative Medicine Research Lecture series. The series provides overviews of the current state of research and practice involving complementary health therapies, and explores perspectives on the emerging discipline of integrative medicine.
Bill Gurley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dr. Gurley’s research interests include phytochemical-mediated modulation of human drug metabolism and transport, pharmaceutical aspects of botanical dosage forms, and assessment of dietary ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 5, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
A New Fabric for Clinical Research: Application to the Pain Problem
The Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture in the Science of Complementary Health Therapies series was established to honor Dr. Straus, the founding director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Dr. Straus built a comprehensive research enterprise, championing the efforts to establish the efficacy and safety of CAM practices while upholding the rigorous standards of science for which the NIH is known. Under his leadership, CAM research at NIH grew threefold, facilitating his vision of an evidence-based integrative approach to health care for the benefit of the public. An internationally reco...
Source: Videocast - All Events - October 28, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
From Peppers to Pit Vipers: Natural Products as Probes of the Pain Pathway
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) presents the Integrative Medicine Research Lecture series. The series provides overviews of the current state of research and practice involving complementary health therapies, and explores perspectives on the emerging discipline of integrative medicine.
Dr. Julius is seeking to determine the molecular basis of somatosensation – the process whereby we experience touch and temperature – with an emphasis on identifying molecules that detect noxious (pain-producing) stimuli. His research focus is also on understanding how somatosensation is altered i...
Source: Videocast - All Events - September 24, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
