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NIDA International Program Newsletter
NIDA Humphrey Fellows Celebrate End of Fellowship
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NIDA International Program Director Steven W. Gust, Ph.D., Associate Director Dale Weiss, and Fellowships Administrator Lisa Jordre joined officials from the U.S. Department of State and the Institute of International...
NIDA Director Discusses Health Consequences of Drug Use at Consortium of Universities for Global Health Meeting
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NIDA Director Nora D. Volkow, M.D., right, participated in a roundtable discussion with other National Institutes of Health leaders. From left are: Dr. Roger Glass, Fogarty International Center; Dr. Anthony...
Saudi Research Center Holds First International Meeting
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The Substance Abuse Research Center (SARC) at Jazan University in Saudi Arabia hosted its first international addiction research conference March 5–6, 2013, for more than 300 participants, including speakers from...
UNODC Issues International Standards on Drug Use Prevention
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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has published evidence-based guidelines on preventing drug abuse in individuals, families, schools, and communities. UNODC reports that every dollar spent on...
CTN Workshops Feature Fellows' Research Reports and Grant-Writing Tips
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Two NIDA International Program fellows presented their research during an international workshop at the Clinical Trials Network (CTN) Steering Committee Meeting, March 14, 2013, in Bethesda, Maryland. INVEST/CTN Drug Abuse...
Former DISCA Awardee and Colleagues Report Changes in Mexican Controls Reduced Methamphetamine Potency, Harm in United States
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Former NIDA International Program Distinguished International Scientist Octavio Campollo, M.D., M.Sci., Ph.D., Mexico, and colleagues report in Drug and Alcohol Dependence that Mexico’s 2004 controls on ephedrine and pseudoephedrine changed...
Rutgers Institute of Addiction Studies Focuses on Prevention and Recovery
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First Application Deadline: May 10, 2013 The Institute of Addiction Studies, a professional development and continuing education program, will be held June 23–28, 2013. Participants will include licensed service providers...
Former NIDA Fellow Named Senior Scientist at Indian Occupational Health Institute
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Former INVEST/Clinical Trials Network and NIDA Hubert H. Humphrey Drug Abuse Research Fellow Amit Chakrabarti, M.D., has been named senior scientist and deputy director in the eastern division of the...
NIDA Offers Tuition Scholarship to Dutch Summer Institute on Addiction
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Application Deadline: March 15, 2013 The NIDA International Program is offering one full scholarship (not including housing) to a U.S. participant in the 2013 Dutch Summer Institute on Alcohol, Drugs...
Prevention Program Run by Former NIDA Humphrey Fellow Honored
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Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL) received the Drug Control Addiction Award from Edutainment Africa for its drug and substance abuse prevention programs. Former NIDA Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow Rogers Kasirye...
Russian Researcher Named 2013 WHO/NIDA/CPDD International Traveling Fellow
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Bulat Idrisov, M.D., Russia, has been selected as the 2013 WHO/NIDA/CPDD International Traveling Fellow. NIDA partners with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the College on Problems of Drug Dependence...
NIDA Welcomes Fellows at Orientation
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NIDA International Program fellows from around the world visited NIDA headquarters during an orientation January 31 and February 1, 2013. NIDA International Program Director Steven W. Gust, Ph.D., and Associate...
EU Study Documents Prevalence of Drugged Driving
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A summary report has been issued on the European Union (EU) research project on Driving Under the Influence of Drugs, Alcohol and Medicines (DRUID). The summary reviews the findings of...
Letter Calls for Increased Research on Inhalants
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Members of the NIDA International Program Inhalant Working Group have published a letter in the Canadian Journal of Public Health [103(6): 473] calling for increased qualitative and quantitative research on...
New International Funding Opportunities
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Exceptional Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration (EUREKA) for Neuroscience and Disorders of the Nervous System (R01; RFA-NS-13-007) Application Deadline: March 21, 2013 NIDA is seeking applications for high-risk/high-impact innovative research...
NIDA, Russian Officials Discuss Research Programs
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NIDA Director Nora D. Volkow, M.D., left, led the team of NIDA staff members who met with Victor Ivanov, director of the Federal Drug Control Service of Russia, right, and...
RFA Issued for U.S.–Russia Bilateral Research in HIV/AIDS and Comorbidities
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Application Deadline: January 15, 2013 NIDA is participating in a Request for Applications (RFA) issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in collaboration with the Russian Foundation for Basic...
Humphrey Fellows Meet NIDA During Campus Visits and Global Leadership Forum
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Twenty-five Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows from 20 countries met with NIDA International Program Associate Director Dale S. Weiss and U.S. Department of State Foreign Affairs Officer Brian A. Morales on...
Drug Abuse Prevention Research Fellowship Trains "Next Generation" of Mexican Prevention Research Scientists
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As the first U.S.–Mexico Drug Abuse Prevention Research Fellow, Argentina Servin, M.D., says she feels very responsible for learning everything possible during the fellowship and applying her knowledge in her...
NIDA Supports Participants at NHSN Conference
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The NIDA International Program supported nine researchers who participated in the 2012 National Hispanic Science Network (NHSN) 12th Annual International Conference. The conference was held September 26–29 in San Diego...
New International Bioethics Course Available Online
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The Advanced Certificate Program in Research Ethics for Central and Eastern Europe has released its third downloadable graduate-level course in international bioethics. International Research Ethics 2 provides students with the...
Substance Abuse Researcher Earns NIH Director's Early Independence Award
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Alan Anticevic, Ph.D., Yale University, is 1 of 14 junior scientists who will be supported by the National Institutes of Health Director’s Early Independence Award. Dr. Anticevic focuses on characterizing...
InWomen Group Celebrates Its 6th Year
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Planning is underway for the 2013 Annual International Women’s and Children’s Health and Gender Working Group (InWomen’s) Conference. The meeting is held in conjunction with the NIDA International Forum and...
NIDA, Italian Researchers Plan Collaborative Clinical Studies
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As part of the ongoing collaboration under the binational agreement between NIDA and the Italian Department for Antidrug Policies, the NIDA Intramural Research Program (IRP) and researchers at the Catholic...
NIDA International Program Director Among Honorees for Brain Disorders Program
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NIDA International Program Director Steven W. Gust, Ph.D., was a member of the team of National Institutes of Health (NIH) program officers who received the 2012 NIH Director’s Award for...
Mexico City Meeting Spurs Local, International Action on Inhalant Abuse
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A September 2012 international meeting in Mexico City that focused on inhalant abuse featured presentations by members of the NIDA International Program Inhalant Working Group (IWG) and has already begun...
Good Behavior Game Wins 2012 Mentor International Best Practice Award
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Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden, center, presented the International Best Practice Award to Sheppard G. Kellam, M.D., and Jeanne M. Poduska, Sc.D., for the Good Behavior Game. The Mentor...
ONDCP and NIDA Create Online Physician Training Courses for Prescribing Painkillers
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International health care providers may take advantage of unique training tools developed by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and NIDA to help health care providers...
NIDA, INSERM Explore Potential Collaboration
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NIDA and the French Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) co-hosted a workshop during the Society for Neuroscience annual conference to explore opportunities to enhance...
International AIDS Meeting Satellite Focuses on AIDS Research at NIH
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During the XIX International AIDS Conference, which was held July 22–27, 2012, in Washington, DC, NIDA Director Nora D. Volkow, M.D., joined other National Institutes of Health (NIH) leaders in...
Thai Researchers Translate NIDA Notes Articles
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The Anti Narcotic-Coordinating Center of the Thai National Council on Social Welfare has translated articles from NIDA Notes to make the material more accessible to researchers and policymakers in the...
NIDA Supports Student at FENS-IBRO Training Course
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The NIDA International Program supported a student in the Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience, which was held July 30–August 24, 2012, at the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy...
Dutch Researcher Uses DISCA Award To Explore Prevention Research
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Harrie Jonkman, Dr.S., Verwey-Jonker Institute, The Netherlands, has received a NIDA Distinguished International Scientist Collaboration Award (DISCA) to extend his collaboration with J. David Hawkins, Ph.D., University of Washington in...
NIDA Selects INVEST and INVEST/CTN Fellows
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Researchers from Ireland and Ukraine have been selected as NIDA INVEST Drug Abuse Research Fellows, and a scientist from Indonesia has been selected as a NIDA INVEST/CTN Drug Abuse Research...
International AIDS Society, NIDA Select New Fellows
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The International AIDS Society (IAS) and NIDA have awarded postdoctoral fellowships to scientists from Bangladesh, Greece, and Iran and professional development fellowships to scientists from Iran and Tajikistan. IAS and...
UNODC Report Finds Increases in Nonmedical Prescription Drug Use and New Psychoactive Substances
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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 2012 World Drug Report concludes that subtle changes in world drug markets, which have been otherwise stable for the past 5...
WHO Begins Developing Guidelines on Substance Use During Pregnancy
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Seeking to prevent adverse health effects of consuming alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs, or other psychoactive substances during pregnancy, the World Health Organization (WHO) is developing guidelines to assist in identifying...
Australian State Honors Director for Developing Online Master's Degree in Addiction Studies
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The University of Adelaide Director of the International Programme in Addiction Studies (IPAS), Femke Buisman-Pijlman, Ph.D., M.Sc., has received a State Teaching Award for her innovative work around online learning...
NIDA Supports Latin American Scientists at Grants Workshop
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The NIDA International Program supported three participants in a Regional Grant Writing and Scientific Peer Review Workshop that was held June 27–29, 2012, in Bogotá, Colombia. The workshop, which was...
NIDA International Forum Focuses on New and Emerging Psychoactive Substances
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More than 260 participants from 61 countries attended the 17th Annual NIDA International Forum, which was held June 8–11, 2012, in Palm Springs, California. The meeting focused on the growing...
Funding Opportunities for International Research
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NIDA and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have recently issued several funding opportunity announcements of interest to the international drug abuse research community: FY13 NIDA Avant-Garde Award Program for...
Italy Translates NIDA Website as Part of Binational Agreement
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Building on the 2011 binational agreement between NIDA and the Italian Department for Anti-Drug Policies (DAP), Italy has translated the NIDA website, Easy-to-Read Drug Facts, into Italian. The easy-to-read website...
WHO Database Documents Lack of Resources To Treat Substance Abuse
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The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Information System on Resources for the Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders maps and monitors health system resources at the country level. Data...
International Researchers Brief Clinical Trials Network Steering Committee
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Five INVEST/Clinical Trials Network (CTN) Fellows reported on their mentored research projects, and representatives of three other international initiatives reported on their activities during an international report session at the...
NIDA Awards Tuition Waiver to Dutch Summer Institute
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Thanks to a tuition waiver provided by the NIDA International Program, Allison Valentine Schlosser, a doctoral student in medical anthropology at Case Western Reserve University, will attend the Dutch Summer...
NIDA Humphrey Fellows Celebrate With Graduation Ceremonies and Retreat
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NIDA Hubert H. Humphrey Drug Abuse Research Fellows at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) marked the end of their fellowships at the Humphrey Fellowship Year-End Retreat...
Dutch Researcher Uses DISCA Award To Explore Prevention Research
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Harrie Jonkman, Dr.S., Verwey-Jonker Institute, The Netherlands, has received a NIDA Distinguished International Scientist Collaboration Award (DISCA) to extend his collaboration with J. David Hawkins, Ph.D., University of Washington in...
Former NIDA Humphrey Fellow Organizes Meeting About Drug Courts in Brazil
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Former NIDA Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow Mario Sobrinho, Public Ministry of São Paulo, Brazil, helped organize a 2-day seminar on therapeutic justice for government and police officials, prosecutors, psychologists, and...
Journal Seeks Substance Use Submissions With an International Perspective
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The International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research publishes research reports from countries where there is little current knowledge about substance use, as well as cross-national comparisons and other studies...
NIDA International Program Supports AIDS Treatment as Prevention Workshop Participants
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The NIDA International Program supported the participation of scientists from Argentina, Peru, and South Africa at the 2nd International HIV Treatment as Prevention Workshop, which was held April 22–25, 2012...