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Comments requested for NCCIH Strategic Plan

April 14, 2016 by Webmaster

A request was posted soliciting comments on the new strategic plan draft for the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NIH). https://nccih.nih.gov/research/blog/draft-plan-comments. Comments are due by April 15, 2016 (sorry for the short notice).…

Workshop: Addressing Challenges in the Assessment of Botanical Dietary Supplement Safety herbals or herbal dietary supplements

March 23, 2016 by Webmaster

Workshop: Addressing Challenges in the Assessment of Botanical Dietary Supplement Safety herbals or herbal dietary supplements April 26-27, 2016, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. EDT Location: Lister Hill Auditorium National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/about/presscenter/events/2016/index.html…

Mary Frances Picciano Dietary Supplement Research Practicum

March 17, 2016 by Webmaster

The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is now accepting applications for the Mary Frances Picciano Dietary Supplement Research Practicum on June 7–9, 2016, at the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD. This 3-day practicum…

Nobel Prize Lecture in Physiology or Medicine, Satoshi Omura

December 7, 2015 by Webmaster

The Nobel Prize Lectures in Physiology or Medicine 2015 was given today, including ASP Fellow Professor Satoshi Ōmura’s lecture entitled, “A splendid gift from the Earth: The origins & impact of Avermectin.” http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2015/omura-lecture.html…

Nominations open for 2017 Norman R Farnsworth ASP Research Achievement Award

December 3, 2015 by Webmaster

Nominations are now open for the 2017 Norman R Farnsworth ASP Research Achievement Award. This award is given annually by the American Society of Pharmacognosy, and consists of an honorarium of $5,000 and travel expenses to present the award lecture…