SRNT Newsletter November/December 2007, Volume 13, Number 4

NOV/DEC 2007
Volume 13 - No. 4

Preview of SRNT Conference

President's Column

ATTUD

From the Editor

First European Seminar Methodology of Clinical Research in Smoking

Grant Funding Update

Book Review

In the Spotlight

Member Publications

Position Openings

Meeting Calendar

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SRNT Newsletter

November/December 2007, Volume 13, Number 4

Nicotine Research Grant Funding Update

by The Tobacco and Nicotine Research Interest Group (TANRIG)

 

The Tobacco and Nicotine Research Interest Group (TANRIG) consists of representatives from the NIH, CDC, and other DHHS agencies who seek to increase collaboration, coordination and communication of tobacco- and nicotine-related research across NIH Institutes and Centers and with other DHHS agencies.  The TANRIG is co-chaired by Allison Chausmer (NIDA) and Ed Trapido (NCI) who can provide additional information about TANRIG.

Recent Funding Announcements (RFAs and PAs) with potential relevance to the tobacco and nicotine research community include:

Clarification on NIH Funding Announcements:  The transition to electronic submission required that each RFA or PA have a grant mechanism (R01, R03, R21, etc.) associated with it.  For efficiency, institutes often publish only the R01 but are willing to accept other mechanisms in response to the program announcement.   In these cases, the applicant would submit under the parent grant mechanism PA (e.g. R03 -  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-180.html) as one would for any unsolicited application, and then note in the abstract or specific aims that the application is in response to the content PA of interest.  Contact program staff about additional grant mechanisms that the institute is willing to accept in response to the PA. 

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is pleased to partner with the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) in release of two PASs (Program Announcements with set aside funds) calling for Advancing Novel Science in Women’s Health Research (ANSWHR). Research has established the importance of studying issues specific to women, and the scientific and clinical importance of analyzing data separately for females and males. The purpose of these two new PASs is to promote innovative, interdisciplinary research that will advance new concepts in women’s health research and the study of sex/gender differences.

The International Tobacco and Health Research and Capacity Building Program, operated by Fogarty International Center (FIC) and its partners, will soon announce its 11 R01 awards, resulted from the second RFA of the program. The program supports trans-disciplinary research and capacity building projects that address the burden of tobacco consumption in low- and middle-income nations. These awards are jointly funded by FIC, NCI, NIDA and OD, and involve a total number of more than 15 low- and middle-income nations, including (but not limited to) Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam.

The August 2007 special issue of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) focuses on young adult tobacco cessation. The special issue was supported by the Youth Tobacco Cessation Collaborative (YTCC), and is partially funded by NCI and NIDA. Article topics include an overview of YTCC, comparison of review methods for tobacco control, application of better practices framework for youth tobacco cessation, review of the scientific evidence regarding youth tobacco cessation, recommendations for developing, implementing, and evaluating youth tobacco cessation programs, and research methodology issues and research gaps. For a list of all the articles in the special issue, please visit http://www.ajph.org/content/vol97/issue8/.

In October 2007, the journal Addiction will publish a supplemental issue titled Conceptual and Methodological Issues for Research on Tobacco-Related Health Disparities.  The papers included in this issue focus specifically on tobacco-related health disparities (TRHD) and represent efforts of the Tobacco Research Network on Health Disparities (TReND), of which NCI and the American Legacy Foundation are partners.  The articles in this issue highlight key conceptual and methodological issues that will help guide future research and practice that aim to reduce tobacco-related health disparities. For more information about TReND, please visit http://dccps.nci.nih.gov/tcrb/tobacco_networks.html#thdrn.


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Preview of SRNT Conference • ATTUD • From the Editor • First European Seminar Methodology of Clinical Research in Smoking • Grant Funding Update • Book Review • In the Spotlight • Member Publications • Position Openings • Meeting Calendar • Society Information