While NIH positioned this change as part of a larger effort to increase registering and reporting of federally funded research studies, the Association for Psychological Science—among numerous other scientific and academic organizations, and thousands of individual scientists—was vocal in opposing the policy change as the best way of achieving that goal. More
Like many adverse health patterns, the prevalence of sleep deficiency is higher in health disparity communities. Because of the many poor health outcomes associated with sleep deficiency, the National Institutes of Health has released a funding opportunity announcement for researchers to investigate the causal mechanisms behind sleep disparities. More
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has issued a funding opportunity announcement supporting new research institutions to study suicide prevention. More
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has issued a Notice of Special Interest inviting grant applications proposing to research the life and health span effects of alcohol in the context of level of consumption, consumption pattern, and duration of consumption. More
As technology and accessibility increase the rate at which people have their genomes sequenced, the need for understanding societal implications of such research also increases. More
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) along with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) have released a funding opportunity announcement for collaborative and multidisciplinary research into how music interventions can impact health. More
