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NCCAM AWARDS PLANNING GRANTS FOR THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CENTERS

FOR RESEARCH ON COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

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Wednesday, October 29, 2003

 

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NCCAM AWARDS PLANNING GRANTS FOR THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL

CENTERS FOR RESEARCH ON COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE

MEDICINE

 

BETHESDA, MARYLAND -- Many complementary and alternative

medicine (CAM) practices have evolved over thousands of

years and from all corners of the world. The National

Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

is funding new partnerships between U.S. and international

research teams in a novel effort to study traditional

medical approaches as they are practiced in other cultures.

These partnerships have been given planning grants to

create the infrastructure and scientific foundation for

multidisciplinary research on CAM. The culmination of these

planning efforts will be a competition for the NCCAM

International Center for Research on CAM.

 

The goal of the Planning Grants for International Centers

for Research on CAM (PICRC) is to establish global

collaborations and cross-cultural exchange among foreign

and U.S. institutions to design and implement research on

CAM approaches that have emerged from traditional

indigenous medical systems. These partnerships will allow

investigators to conduct research in the unique

environments in which the practices originated. It is

anticipated that at least one of the planning grant

recipients will successfully compete for the International

Center for Research on CAM. All of the other grant

recipients should be better poised by these planning awards

to submit competitive applications for individual research

projects.

 

" It is our hope that this initiative will encourage

research in traditional medicine and result in research

that benefits the health of citizens in many countries, "

said John Killen, Jr., M.D., Director of NCCAM's Office of

International Health Research. " We know that 80 percent of

the world's population uses plants to meet their primary

health care needs, so research on indigenous practices can

lead to significant advances in global health. "

 

Two-year PICRC grants have been awarded to the following

groups:

 

-- BASTYR UNIVERSITY, KENMORE, WA

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: LEANNA J. STANDISH, N.D., PH.D.,

L.AC.

Collaboration with scientists and practitioners in India to

develop an International Center for CAM Research on

Ayurvedic Medicine. Total award: $284,446.

 

-- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,

NEW YORK, NY

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: FREDI KRONENBERG, PH.D.

Collaboration to establish a Center for Traditional Chinese

Medicine and Women's Health at Fudan University in China

for conditions such as menstruation, fertility, pregnancy,

and menopause. Total award: $270,523.

 

-- HARVARD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL, BOSTON, MA

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: DAVID M. EISENBERG, M.D.

Collaboration with the China Academy of Traditional Chinese

Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Keio

University (Japan) to establish the U.S.-China-Japan

Research Consortium on Herbal Medicine. Total award:

$263,031.

 

-- JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, BALTIMORE, MD

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: PAUL S. LIETMAN, M.D.

Collaboration between The Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

and the National University of Singapore (NUS) and other

units in China to create the JHU-NUS Center for Research on

CAM in Singapore. Total award: $274,480.

 

-- MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, NEW YORK, NY

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: HENRY S. SACKS, M.D., PH.D.

Collaboration with the Foundation for Integrative AIDS

Research in New York City and Gandeepam, an organization in

India, to establish the HIV/AIDS Development Project in

India. Total award: $273,670.

 

-- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: FREDERICK M. HECHT, M.D.

Collaboration with the Center for Integrative Medicine at

UCSF and the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana

in India to establish the Center on Yoga, Health, and

Meditation. Total award: $256,980.

 

-- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE, MD

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: BRIAN M. BERMAN, M.D.

Collaboration with the Chinese University of Hong Kong and

the University of Illinois at Chicago Program for

Collaborative Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences to

create the Center for Functional Bowel Disorders and

Traditional . Total award: $255,940.

 

-- UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, COLUMBIA, MO

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: WILLIAM R. FOLK, PH.D.

Collaboration with the University of Western Cape, South

Africa, and the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis to

establish the International Center for Indigenous

Phytotherapy Studies. Total award: $275,400.

 

-- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, NC

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: JOHN D. MANN, M.D.

Collaboration with the Kyung Hee University in Korea to

establish the Korean Acupuncture in Central Nervous System

Disorders Center to study the use of Korean acupuncture in

central nervous system disorders. Total award: $254,740.

 

-- UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, WA

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: MARGARET M. HEITKEMPER, PH.D., R.N.

Collaboration with Ewha Woman's University, Won Kwang

University, and Koryo Hand Therapy Clinic in Seoul, Korea,

to establish the Center for Women's Health Complementary

and Alternative Therapies Research. Total award: $272,472.

 

The PICRC is one of three new NCCAM research center

programs. They were implemented following the review of the

NCCAM centers program by an expert panel in 2002. The panel

reviewed the original CAM centers that were established

shortly after creation of NCCAM in 1999. Based on the

lessons learned from these first centers, and in response

to the evolving opportunities and challenges in CAM

research, the expert panel recommended a more diverse

platform of approaches to support research centers and a

sharpened focus on their pursuit of original science. In

response to these recommendations, NCCAM designed the

following three new programs to build its next generation

of research centers:

 

-- Planning Grants for International Centers for Research

on CAM (PICRC) to stimulate U.S.-international research

partnerships;

 

-- Developmental Centers for Research on CAM (DCRC)

specifically for CAM institutions; and

 

-- Centers of Excellence for Research on CAM (CERC) for

established research organizations.

 

Announcements of awards for the latter two new programs

will be made separately.

 

" These planning grants reflect a new vision for CAM

research, " said Stephen E. Straus, M.D., NCCAM Director.

" This initiative affords a novel platform on which exciting

research opportunities can now be pursued on a global

level, " he added.

 

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative

Medicine (NCCAM) is dedicated to exploring complementary

and alternative healing practices in the context of

rigorous science, training CAM researchers, and

disseminating authoritative information to the public and

professionals. For additional information, call NCCAM's

Clearinghouse toll free at 1-888-644-6226 or visit the

NCCAM Web site at .

 

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