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Table of Contents
- FYI / Research News: Updated International Compilation of Human Subject Protections Now Available
- FYI / Research News: Request for Information (NIH)
- Grant Announcements: National Institutes of Health (3 listings)
- Re-announcements
FYI / Research News: Updated International Compilation of Human Subjects Protections Now Available
The 2008 edition of the International Compilation of Human Subject Protections is now available online. The document can be seen on HHS' Web site.
The 2008 version lists about 900 laws, regulations, and guidelines from 84 countries on human subject protections, including four new countries: Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, and Turkey. Many of the listings include the Web address, allowing the reader to link directly to the law, regulation, or guideline of interest.
Also new this year is a separate listing of the standards that govern research involving embryos, stem cells, and cloning. The Compilation highlights about 40 countries with such standards.
Prepared by the Office for Human Research Protections of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Compilation is designed for use by IRBs, researchers, sponsors and others involved in international human subjects research.
FYI/Research News: Request for Information (NIH)
NIH has posted a "Request for Information" on Fragile X. As noted in the language, "The purpose of this request for information is to seek input from the scientific community, health professionals, patient
advocates, and industry related to future research priorities in the genetically related disorders of Fragile X syndrome, Fragile X Tremor Ataxia Syndrome, Premature Ovarian Failure and other relevant conditions associated with FMR1 gene function." Comments are due to NIH by March 31, 2008. For further information, please go to
NIH's Web site.
Grant Announcements: National Institutes of Health (3 listings)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued recently three Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to invite NIH-funded investigators to submit supplement applications to their currently funded research to study how interactions among genetic and behavioral/social factors influence health and disease. The knowledge gained by such research will improve our understanding of the determinants of disease as well as inform efforts to reduce health risks and provide treatment. This FOA solicits for human and non-human studies to advance our understanding of the interactions among genetic, social and behavioral factors that influence the processes affecting variability in disease and health progression and outcomes. This program is focused on questions concerning the effects of (1) the interaction of genetic and social or behavioral factors and (2) gene-environment-behavioral interactions; and to better understand how the interaction of behaviors and social environmental factors affect gene expression, disease and behavior phenotypes and health outcomes.
Currently, powerful genetic methods are being used for identifying common genomic factors that influence health and disease-related phenotypes and outcomes. These studies are designed to identify relationships between genes with observable traits such as body weight or the presence or absence of a disease or condition. Within this context, the Institute of Medicine Report, "Genes, Behavior and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature-Nurture Debate," suggests that examining the interactions among genetic, social environments, and behavioral factors could greatly enhance the understanding of health and illness. This report, which can be found on the Institute of Medicine's Web site, also recommends ways to foster transdisciplinary research teams necessary to more fully examine the questions raised by these research gaps. The NIH's Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), located in the Office of the Director, and is leading the implementation of the recommendations produced by this report.
How genetic, behavioral, and social factors interact in human physiological processes and differentially influence disease expression and health outcomes remains understudied. A number of research gaps have been identified including the following: (1) genetic studies that explore the relationship between genotypes and quantitative traits often do not include social and behavioral factors, and (2) social and behavioral research studies rarely include consideration of genetic factors and related mechanisms when studying social and/.or behavioral phenomena.
To bridge these gaps, this announcement is intended to stimulate theoretically and methodologically rigorous research that integrates genetics, behavioral, and social sciences research efforts to specifically address questions of gene-environment-behavior interactions. This announcement provides the opportunity for current NIH-funded grantees whose research is either (1) social and/or behavioral science-oriented research to add a genetic/genomic component or (2) genetic-focused research to add social and behavioral factors into their research plan. In either case, the proposed research must be designed to elucidate how the interactions between genetic and social and/or behavioral factors contribute to health and disease. The proposed research can expand the scope of the original project and should be a logical extension of the goals and objectives of the parent grant
To be considered responsive to this announcement, (1) the proposed research must include unambiguous, interdisciplinary perspectives, (2) the hypothesis(es) of the relationship(s) between the genetics, behaviors, social environment, and/or social processes must be clearly stated, (3) hypothesis about the proposed study should investigate how the interactions (not associations) among these variables influence the outcomes under study, and (4) the proposed study should be embedded in a well articulated set of research questions or hypothesis generated from genetic, social and/or behavioral sciences research.
The three announcements are posted at:
PAR-08-065 (R01)
PAR-08-066 (R21)
PAR-08-067 (P01, P20, P50, P60, U01, U10, U54)
Re-Announcements
Research Opportunity: Post-Doctoral Positions in Language and Literacy
The Departments of Psychology and Educational Psychology & Special Education and the Center for Research on Atypical Development and Learning (CRADL) at Georgia State University, Atlanta Georgia have
postdoctoral positions beginning Fall 2007 in their new Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Post-Doctoral Research Training in Language and Literacy with Special Populations Program.
The goal of the training program is to offer individualized research experiences within the context of interdisciplinary research teams. Program faculty have projects designed to empirically validate educational interventions that promote language or literacy development in special populations: children, adolescents, and adults at risk for,
or with, identified disabilities. Faculty represent the disciplines of psychology, special education, and communication disorders. Fellows will work with interdisciplinary teams of researchers on one or more of following on-going funded field-based research projects: (1) Evaluating the Effectiveness of Reading Interventions for Students with Mild Mental Retardation; (2) Improving Deaf Preschoolers Literacy Skills; (3) Multiple Component Remediation for Struggling Middle School Readers; (4) Parent-Implemented Augmented Language Interventions for Young Children with Developmental Disabilities; (5) Research on Reading Instruction for Low Literate Adults; and (6) Integrated Functional Literacy for Students with Moderate to Severe Disabilities.
The two-year fellowship will provide trainees with intensive training in designing field-based intervention research with special populations (both group and single-subject designs), analysis of existing data bases using advanced statistical techniques (e.g., HLM), and in professional development, including grant writing, and professional presentations and
publication.
Salary: $50,000 per year with full health care benefits.
More information is available at the Center for Research in Atypical Development Web page.
Questions? Contact Program Co-Directors Drs. Rose A. Sevcik or Amy Lederberg at rsevcik@gsu.edu or alederberg@gsu.edu.
Research Opportunity: Summer Research Institute, University of Maryland
The Summer Research Initiative was created in 1999 by the Office of the Dean in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) and is supported by the Office of the Provost, the Graduate School, the Office of the Vice President for Research, the College, and a grant from the National Science Foundation (SBE-AGEP). The goals of the program are to provide rising juniors and seniors an opportunity to learn about graduate studies and increase their interest in doctoral-level training in the social, behavioral and economic science fields. The program has a special emphasis on population groups underrepresented in these fields (i.e., African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders).
This 8-week program will be held on the University of Maryland, College Park campus from June 2 through July 25, 2008. Students will be provided a meaningful research experience by working with a faculty mentor in one of our nine academic departments: African American Studies, Anthropology, Criminology & Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, Government & Politics, Hearing & Speech Sciences, Psychology and Sociology. We will also supplement their research experience with lectures, workshops, and networking opportunities.
Students will be provided round-trip airfare, meals, room and board in University on-campus housing and a stipend of $2,700.
Basic eligibility requirements include (but are not limited to) junior or senior status by Fall 2008; interest in a career in the social, behavior, or economic sciences; and U.S. citizen or permanent resident status. We are especially interested in applications from students underrepresented in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences. The application deadline is February 15, 2008.
For more information, please visit the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences' Web site.
PhD Funding Opportunities: University of Kansas
The Intercampus Program in Communicative Disorders at the University of Kansas announces the availability of graduate fellowships for Ph.D. students interested in pursuing research and academic careers. Funding covers full-time tuition and a competitive living stipend. Opportunities include research involvement in child language development/disorders, neuroscience, neurogenic speech and language disorders, cochlear physiology, reading disabilities, AAC, speech perception, voice disorders, and hearing disorders, Work with highly productive and dedicated faculty on cutting-edge projects funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Education or on graduate teaching assistantships. Contact Dr. Hugh Catts, 785-864-0639, catts@ku.edu, for further information. Additional program information on the University of Kansas' Web site.
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