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NIDA International Program Newsletter
NIDA, ANRS Create Postdoctoral Drug Abuse and HIV Research Fellowship
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NIDA and the French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (ANRS) have created a postdoctoral research fellowship to advance scientific understanding of the linkages between drug abuse...
NIDA, U.S. Department of State Welcome Humphrey Fellows
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The 11 NIDA Hubert H. Humphrey Drug Abuse Research Fellows for 2014–2015 have begun their studies at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), met with NIDA officials, and participated in the U.S...
International Teams Including Former Fellows Publish Results From Regional HIV Collaborative Research Grants
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Former NIDA International fellows and their international partners have published findings from research funded through RFA-DA-10-008, International Research Collaborations on HIV/AIDS and Drug Use. The funding opportunity was issued to...
NIDA Briefs Addiction Research Organizations
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NIDA International Program Director Steven W. Gust, Ph.D., participated in the International Confederation of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Associations (ICARA) meeting, which was held in conjunction with the...
NIDA Organizes Symposium at ISAM Meeting
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NIDA International Program Director Steven W. Gust, Ph.D., organized and co-chaired a symposium titled “Marijuana, Addiction Physicians, and Public Policy” at the International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) meeting. Speakers...
International Drug Abuse Professionals Invited To Join NIDA National Drug Facts Week Activities
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NIDA is inviting the international drug abuse research community to plan local activities in conjunction with NIDA National Drug Facts Week 2015. NIDA launched the school- and community-based event in...
U.S. and French Researchers Focus on Binational Collaboration; Announce New NIDA-Inserm Fellows in Drug Abuse Research
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NIDA International Program Director Steven W. Gust, Ph.D., left, and Mireille Guyader, Ph.D., Inserm, right, announced the first researchers awarded NIDA-Inserm Postdoctoral Drug Abuse Research Fellowships. The new fellows are...
NIDA Selects Australian and Chinese Researchers as INVEST/CTN Fellows
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Two researchers have been awarded INVEST/Clinical Trial Network (CTN) fellowships, which provide 12 months of postdoctoral research training in the United States with a scientist affiliated with 1 of the...
What’s New: NIDA and French Research Agency Host Satellite at AIDS 2014, Announce New Fellows in HIV and Drug Use
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U.S. and French scientists presented a satellite session Monday, July 21, 2014, at the International AIDS meeting in Melbourne, Australia. NIDA AIDS Research Program Director Jacques Normand, Ph.D., and Jean-François...
New Website Compiles CTN Common Data Elements for Clinical Trials Research
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The NIDA Clinical Trials Network (CTN) has launched a new website that compiles recommended common data elements for use in developing case report forms for clinical trials research. Adopting these...
NIDA International Forum Focuses on Marijuana, New Psychoactive Substances, and the 25th Anniversary of the NIDA Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowships
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Speakers at the 2014 NIDA International Forum included, from left, NIDA International Program Associate Director Dale S. Weiss; NIDA AIDS Research Program Director Jacques Normand, Ph.D.; NIDA International Program Director...
NIDA International Program Presents Awards of Excellence to Four Individuals
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Award of Excellence recipients pose with NIDA International Program Director Steven W. Gust, Ph.D. From left are Dennis McCarty, Ph.D., Oregon Health & Science University; William L. Dewey, Ph.D., and...
SPR Poster Session Features NIDA International Research
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The NIDA International Program and Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research (DESPR) cosponsored a poster session for international research at the Society for Prevention Research (SPR). The poster session...
Former INVEST Fellow Edits Journal Supplement on Inhalant Abuse
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A special issue of the Journal of Drug and Alcohol Research (Volume 3, 2014) features papers based on inhalant abuse research originally presented at a symposium during the 4th Meeting...
NIDA Supports Two Participants in Dutch Summer Institute on Alcohol, Drugs, and Addiction
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The NIDA International Program provided full tuition scholarships to researchers from Texas and New Mexico to participate in the 2014 Dutch Summer Institute on Alcohol, Drugs, and Addiction. Oralia Loza...
Regional Conference Will Address Addiction in Africa and the Middle East
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The 2nd Africa and Middle East Congress on Addiction (AMECA) will take place in Rabat, Morocco, November 14–16, 2014. The conference will focus on issues in addiction and related psychiatric...
Symposium Examines Mental Health and Substance Abuse in Africa
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Researchers from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States gathered in Jimma, Ethiopia, February 17–19, 2014, for a symposium to build research capacity on addiction and mental health...
WHO Begins Developing Guidelines on Managing Opioid Overdose
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NIDA International Program Director Steven W. Gust, Ph.D., was among the international drug abuse experts who met to discuss drafting World Health Organization (WHO) evidence-based guidelines for managing opioid overdose...
PAHO Offers Spanish-Language Resources for Addiction Researchers
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The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has translated a key scientific publication guide into Spanish and created a free virtual campus with self-taught online lessons for substance abuse professionals. Working...
Postdoctoral Drug Abuse Research Program for U.S. and French Scientists
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The application deadline is May 1 for the 2014 round of postdoctoral research exchange fellowships cosponsored by NIDA and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (Inserm)...
NIDA Names Georgian Researcher as Distinguished International Scientist
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Irma Kirtadze, M.D., senior researcher at Alternative Georgia Addiction Research Center in the Republic of Georgia, has received a NIDA Distinguished International Scientist Collaboration Award (DISCA). Dr. Kirtadze will use...
2016 UN General Assembly Special Session To Focus on Drug Abuse Policy
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The United Nations (UN) will hold a special session of the General Assembly (UNGASS) in 2016 to develop “more effective responses to drug trafficking based on public health, respect for...
CTN International Forum Features Collaboration Reports
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International scientists presented their research during an international workshop at the Clinical Trials Network (CTN) Steering Committee Meeting, March 12, 2014, in Bethesda, Maryland. Greta Zaneti, M.S., University of Pavia...
NIDA Signs Binational Agreements With Peru and the United Arab Emirates
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Representatives from the United Arab Emirates National Rehabilitation Center (NRC) joined NIDA staff following the signing ceremony for a binational agreement between NIDA and NRC. From left are NIDA International...
Spanish Society Honors NIDA’s Ivan Montoya
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The Spanish Scientific Society of Alcohol and Drugs (Socidrogalcohol) has presented its Gold Pin Award and honorary membership to NIDA employee Ivan Montoya, M.D., M.P.H. Dr. Montoya, who is deputy...
WHO Releases Guidelines on Managing Substance Use During Pregnancy
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the first evidence-based global guidelines to prevent and treat substance use by pregnant women. The plain language recommendations also can be used to...
New Humphrey Fellows Meet Federal Officials
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Since the start of the fall term at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), the 2013 NIDA Hubert H. Humphrey Drug Abuse Research Fellows have met with officials from NIDA, the Substance...
ICADTS Conference Session Explores Role of New Psychoactive Drugs
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The 2013 International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) conference featured a session on the impact of new psychoactive drugs on traffic safety. NIDA International Program Director Steven...
Fogarty Review Documents Productivity of NIDA-Supported Tobacco Research
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A Fogarty International Center (FIC) review of the NIDA- and FIC-supported International Tobacco and Health Research and Capacity Building Program (TOBAC) has documented outcomes for 34 R01 5-year grants. NIDA...
NIDA Director and Other Thought Leaders Meet With His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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NIDA Director Nora D. Volkow, M.D., with the Dalai Lama at the Mind and Life Conference on Craving, Desire and Addiction in Dharamsala, India. On October 30, NIDA Director Nora...
View the NIDA International Program Website on Mobile Devices
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New URL: www.drugabuse.gov/international The NIDA International Program website has been replaced. The new version is designed to work on mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones. Access the new NIDA...
NIDA–International AIDS Society Award Four New Fellowships, Add Partner
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NIDA and the International AIDS Society (IAS) have awarded postdoctoral fellowships to scientists from Malaysia, Uganda, and Vietnam. IAS and NIDA cosponsor the fellowships, which provide 18 months of training...
NIDA International Forum Focuses on Improving Evidence-Based Treatment
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Left, NIDA Director Nora D. Volkow, M.D., opens the plenary session at the 2013 NIDA International Forum. Right, NIDA International Program Director Steven W. Gust, Ph.D. (left), and Adrian Dunlop...
NIDA Humphrey Fellow Publishes Method To Detect New “Bath Salts”
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Former NIDA Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow Jezelle Charles, M.S., Trinidad and Tobago, and her mentors at Virginia Commonwealth University have published an article in Biomedical Chromatography describing methods to identify...
NIDA Selects New INVEST and INVEST/CTN Fellows
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Scientists from Greece, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and The Netherlands have been awarded NIDA INVEST Drug Abuse Research Fellowships, and a scientist from China has been awarded a NIDA INVEST/Clinical...
NIDA International Presents Awards of Excellence
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NIDA International Awards of Excellence, which recognize individuals for outstanding contributions to international cooperation in drug abuse research and training, were presented to four researchers during the NIDA International Forum...
NIDA Staff Host U.K. Research Officials
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NIDA senior staff and officials from the United Kingdom met August 1, 2013, to discuss animal research regulations, ways to enhance the contribution the life sciences can make to economic...
NIDA Information Reaches Africa and Saudi Arabia
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NIDA’s information is reaching individuals around the world. Most recently, a newly developed facility in Ghana, Africa—the Sub-Saharan Drug Abuse Research and Consultancy Center run by Yahya H. Affinnih, Ph.D.—began...
RFA Issued for FY14 HIV/AIDS Avant Garde Research Program
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NIDA has committed $2 million in fiscal year (FY) 2014 to fund two to three awards for scientists who propose cutting-edge—and possibly transformative—approaches to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral...
NIDA–Inserm Create Postdoctoral Drug Abuse Research Fellowships for U.S. and French Scientists
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Application Deadline: October 15, 2013 As part of a binational agreement to cooperate on biomedical and health research, the NIDA International Program and Institut National de la Santé et de...
Fogarty, NIDA-Funded Research “Making a Difference” in Bulgaria
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In research funded by NIDA and the Fogarty International Center (FIC), Jasmin Vassileva, Ph.D., University of Chicago, is investigating the impact of heroin on neurocognitive function and HIV transmission in...
NIDA Supports Dutch and EMCDDA Summer Programs in Addiction
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The NIDA International Program has supported scholarships for students attending two European professional development programs in addiction. Corey Fitzgerald, M.S.W., M.P.H., clinical director of a U.S. Army substance abuse program...
Webinar Explores Role of Research in Drug Policy
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The latest NIDA International Program webinar, Understanding the Relationships Between Policy and Research, is now available for viewing. Alison Ritter, Ph.D., who directs the Drug Policy Modelling Program at the...
NIDA Selects Three New Distinguished International Scientists
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NIDA has selected senior researchers from Brazil, China, and Taiwan to receive Distinguished International Scientist Collaboration Awards (DISCA). The awards will support a 1-month research exchange visit between the scientists...
Mexican Officials Honor CTN Florida Node Alliance for Collaboration
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The Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatria Ramón de la Fuente (NIP) of Mexico recently honored Viviana Horigian, Ph.D., University of Miami, and her research colleagues at the NIDA Clinical Trials Network...
NIDA, Inserm Agree To Cooperate on Research, Training, and Exchange
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Signing the binational agreement between NIDA and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (Inserm) are, from left, NIDA Director Nora D. Volkow, M.D.; His Excellency François...
Former Humphrey Fellow Rehanna Kader Receives Ph.D.
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Rehana Kader, a 2006–2007 Hubert H. Humphrey Drug Abuse Research Fellow at Virginia Commonwealth University, has received her Ph.D. from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, and master’s degree in...
Prevention Meeting Highlights International Research
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The NIDA International Program and Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research (DESPR) cosponsored a poster session for international research at the Society for Prevention Research (SPR). The poster session...
International Program Supports Inhalants Symposium at IDARS Meeting
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Mexico City hosted the Fourth Annual Meeting of the International Drug Abuse Research Society (IDARS) April 15–19, 2013. More than 100 specialists from 15 countries attended the conference, which focused...
NIDA Hosts New Investigators Symposium at Spanish Addiction Meeting
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New Spanish investigators learned about drug abuse research opportunities during a continuing professional education course April 17–18, 2013, before the Spanish Scientific Society of Studies on Alcohol, Alcoholism and Drug...