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NIDA International Program Newsletter
NIDA Blending Initiative Focuses on Addiction Treatment in Primary Care Settings
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As part of an ongoing initiative to accelerate research findings into use by substance abuse treatment providers, NIDA hosted its Blending Initiative Conference in Atlanta on April 19, 2012, in...
ASAM Features International Symposium on Comorbid Addiction and Mental Illness
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The breadth of dual-diagnosis issues found internationally and how they are manifest in three different national settings was the focus of a symposium at the American Society of Addiction Medicine...
NIDA Joins Prevention Researchers To Promote Healthy Living
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NIDA International Program Associate Director Dale S. Weiss, left, introduces Harold I. Perl, Acting Chief of the NIDA Prevention Research Branch, at the NIDA International Poster Session that opened the...
International HIV/AIDS Researchers Eligible for NIDA Avant-Garde Award
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The NIDA Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS Research is now open to international scientists. This award is designed to support individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose cutting-edge—and possibly transformative—approaches...
Former Humphrey Fellow Leads Methadone Maintenance Treatment in Bangladesh
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Munir Ahmed, M.D., a 2008–2009 NIDA Hubert H. Humphrey Drug Abuse Research Fellow at Virginia Commonwealth University, is now officer in charge for the Joint United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDS...
INVEST/CTN Fellow Assesses Risk Behavior Among Kosovo Youth
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INVEST/CTN Drug Abuse Research Fellow Rushit Ismajli, M.D., M.Sci., spent his fellowship with Dennis M. Donovan, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, examining risk behavior among adolescents in Prishtina, the capital...
New Prescription Drug Curriculum Available
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A new online curriculum for clinicians reviews prescription drug abuse within the common clinical scenario of chronic pain management in outpatient settings. The Prescription Drug Abuse Curriculum is a free...
USAID Adopts New Ethics Rules
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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) issued a new Scientific Integrity Policy (441 KB) in late March. The policy outlines principles designed to protect the scientific process from misconduct...
South African Investigator Receives International Traveling Fellowship Award
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The World Health Organization, NIDA, and the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) together have selected this year’s recipient of the International Traveling Fellowship Award. Hetta Gouse, Ph.D., University...
International Women's Group Promotes Its CPDD Satellite
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Save the Date Friday, June 8, 2012 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pacific Time Palm Springs, California, USA The 2012 Annual International Women’s and Children’s Health and Gender Working Group...
Fogarty Funds New International Training Programs
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The Fogarty International Center (FIC) recently announced two new programs of interest to the drug abuse and addiction research community. FIC’s programs provide funding to perform research and to train...
Two New Online Resources Enhance Research Methods
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Researchers now have access to free, online tools developed with National Institutes of Health support to standardize research methods. Developed as part of a collaborative effort that included experts from...
International Program Joins Johns Hopkins Workshop for Burmese Officials
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NIDA International Program Director Steven W. Gust, Ph.D., participated in an April 10 workshop at Johns Hopkins University for a delegation of government officials from Burma (Myanmar). The Burmese delegation...
InWomen Working Group Publishes Journal Supplement
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A new journal supplement focuses research attention on women who use substances, their diversity, the contextual factors affecting their lives, their needs, the treatment barriers they face, and next steps...
NIDA Participates in Italian National School on Addiction
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Building on the 2011 Binational Agreement between NIDA and the Italian Department for Anti-Drug Policies (DAP), NIDA staff and grantees taught a module of the National School on Addiction, which...
New! NIDA Issues Program Announcements; Sets Aside Funds for Medications Development
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NIDA has issued several Program Announcements (PAs) that will accept applications from non-U.S. institutions. PAs identify areas of science that are of increased priority at NIDA. The recent funding opportunities...
Midcareer Fellowship Opportunities Available
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Embassies around the world are now accepting applications for the 2013–2014 NIDA Hubert H. Humphrey Drug Abuse Research Fellowship, which supports a 10-month training program for midcareer drug abuse professionals...
Bioethics Education Tools Now Available
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The Advanced Certificate Program in Research Ethics for Central and Eastern Europe, a collaboration of Union Graduate College of Mount Sinai School of Medicine (USA) and Vilnius University (Lithuania), which...
New INVEST Fellow Investigates Cognitive Enhancer
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New INVEST Drug Abuse Research Fellow Sujung Yoon, M.D., Ph.D., South Korea, will spend 12 months under the mentorship of Perry F. Renshaw, F.M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., The Brain Institute, University...
Mexican Scientist Awarded New Prevention Fellowship
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Argentina Elisa N. Servin Aguirre, M.D., has been named the first U.S.–Mexico Drug Abuse Prevention Research Fellow. The new fellowship is a collaborative effort of NIDA and the National Institute...
Alert: International Scientific Meeting Scams
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Scientists report a growing number of email messages containing fake conference invitations. It appears that the ultimate goal for these scammers is access to personal and financial information. The emails...
Register Now: NIDA International Forum
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Register for the 2012 NIDA International Forum to be held June 8–11, 2012. Cosponsored by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, this year’s agenda features speakers who...
Brazilian Scientist Named ISAJE/WHO Young Scholar
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Gabriel Andreuccetti, a Ph.D. candidate in epidemiology at the University of São Paolo Medical School, Brazil, has received the 2011 International Society of Addiction Journal Editors (ISAJE)/World Health Organization Young...
INVEST Fellow Translates NIDA Publications Into Farsi
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Upon reading NIDA’s popular publication, Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction, NIDA INVEST Drug Abuse Research Fellow Saeed Momtazi, M.D., Iran, knew it would be useful to others...
New Fellows Get Oriented to Research Resources in U.S.
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Earlier this month, the NIDA International Program welcomed 27 fellows from as many nations as part of an orientation for new fellowship awardees. International Program Director Steven W. Gust, Ph.D...
Dutch Addiction Program Hosts NIDA at Binational Workshop
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The Dutch Addiction Program (DAP) Risk Behaviour and Dependency Programme hosted a binational addiction workshop in October in The Hague, The Netherlands. The workshop was part of the ongoing collaboration...
Building Research Capacity in Poland
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Robert Zucker, Ph.D. Director of the University of Michican Addiction Research Center Working systematically over the last decade, Robert Zucker, Ph.D., director of the University of Michigan (UM) Addiction Research...
Latin American Network Boosts Scientific Exchange
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The Red Latinamericano de Investigaciones en Drogas (known commonly as REDLA) is making an impact on the sphere of drug abuse and addiction research in Latin America. A network of...
NIDA International Program Wins Web Award
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The NIDA International Program was recently awarded the Silver World Wide Web Health Award, an honor bestowed on the Nation’s best electronic health programs and Web-based tools. The Web site...
NIDA Meets Humphrey Fellows at Global Leadership Forum
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More than 200 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows from 93 countries descended on Washington, D.C., this fall to participate in the time-honored Global Leadership Forum. A 4-day event sponsored by the...
DRUID Conference Focuses on Drugged Driving
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The European Union’s (EU) Driving Under the Influence of Drugs, Alcohol and Medicines (DRUID) held its last meeting earlier this fall, marking a 5-year effort to gain insight into the...
Summer Institute Enriches Doctoral Student’s Research Training
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Ms. Cendrine Danae Robinson attended the Summer Institute on Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction in The Netherlands earlier this year and found that the experience exceeded her expectations. Ms. Robinson, a...
International Women’s Group Celebrates Its 5th Year
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Save the Date: Friday, June 8, 2012, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pacific Time Palm Springs, CA, USA Planning is underway for the 2012 Annual International Women’s and Children’s Health...
Researchers Travel to Hispanic International Conference
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Ten researchers received travel awards to present their research at the poster session during the National Hispanic Science Network (NHSN) International Conference. NHSN, which fosters the development and advancement of...
High Research Productivity at Syria's Tobacco Studies Center
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A new study on the research productivity in Syria puts the Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies (SCTS) as the leading institution for high-quality biomedical research in the nation. The center...
Experts Share Knowledge on Dual Disorders at International Congress
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A recent meeting in Spain brought together professionals in addiction, addiction psychiatry, and mental health to share knowledge and recent research advances about dual disorders. Dual disorders, dual diagnosis, dual...
Addiction Science Journal Gets New Publisher
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NIDA’s award-winning peer-reviewed journal, Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, was recently acquired by Biomed Central, a large science, technology, and medicine publisher. The journal continues to be freely available through...
Funding Opportunity To Conduct Population-Based Genome Studies in Africa
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The November 2, 2011, Letter of Intent deadline is fast approaching for a funding opportunity that enables African researchers to carry out large-scale studies on African populations. The initiative, Human...
NIDA's Mini-Meetings Encourage Research Exchange
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NIDA is hosting small meetings in conjunction with larger, more broadly focused conferences to bring together drug abuse and addiction scientists to share research findings and explore potential collaborations. The...
New Webinar Series on Brain Disorders
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The Fogarty International Center is hosting a series of live webinars on research resulting from its funding opportunity on brain disorders. The series, covering a range of topics related to...
Humphrey Host Universities Team with Local Colleges
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Hubert H. Humphrey Drug Abuse Research Fellowship host universities each have teamed with a local college or university to broaden the impact of the program to the selected fellows as...
United States Seeks To Strengthen Protection of Human Research Subjects
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced earlier this summer that the Federal Government is contemplating various ways to enhance the regulations governing research on human subjects. Before...
INVEST/CTN Fellowships Contribute to Clinical Research Advances
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Recently, two INVEST/Clinical Trials Network (CTN) Drug Abuse Research Fellows completed their 12-month postdoctoral fellowships, having acquired significant experience in conducting clinical trials and genotyping, respectively: Suzanne Nielsen, Ph.D., Turning...
International AIDS Society, NIDA Select New Postdoctoral Fellows
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The International AIDS Society (IAS) and NIDA have awarded postdoctoral fellowships to scientists from China and Indonesia. IAS and NIDA cosponsor the fellowships, which provide 18 months of training with...
U.S. Schools Open First Accredited Residency Programs in Addiction Medicine
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Ten U.S. medical institutions have just introduced the first accredited residency programs in addiction medicine. Doctors who have completed medical school and a primary residency will be able to spend...
NIH Director Francis Collins Says Global Health Is a Priority
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In a keynote address at the Partnering for Global Health Forum this past June, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., emphasized the importance of collaborative...
NIDA, Dutch Research Organization Fund Three New Binational Research Teams
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Continuing the uniquely successful binational agreement between NIDA and the Netherlands, three new research teams have received funding to conduct studies on prevention and treatment interventions. NIDA funds the U.S...
New NIDA International PA Grantees Collaborate To Address Drug-Related HIV/AIDS
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Recent awards through the NIDA International Program Announcements (PA) on International Research Collaboration on Drug Abuse and Addiction Research will support four research teams investigating drug-related HIV: Julia Dickson-Gomez, Ph.D...
Spanish Drug Abuse Agency Supports Research Visits to NIDA Grantees
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As part of the ongoing binational collaboration on drug abuse research between NIDA and the Spanish Plan Nacional sobre Drogas (PNSD), Spanish researchers may apply for funding from PNSD to...
Webinars Help Forum Participants Prepare
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The NIDA International Program held a series of webinars this spring to help participants of the 16th NIDA International Forum prepare their poster and oral presentations. Powerful Poster Presentations used...