Brain signatures for chronic pain identified in a small group of individuals | National Institutes of Health (NIH)

For the first time, researchers have recorded pain-related data from inside the brain of individuals with chronic pain disorders caused by stroke or amputation (phantom limb pain). A long sought-after goal has been to understand how pain is represented by brain activity and how to modulate that activity to relieve…

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NIMH » National Institute of Mental Health James S. Jackson Memorial Award

This award is named in honor of the late Dr. James S. Jackson, a renowned social psychologist who was the Daniel Katz Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan.Dr. Jackson’s research on race, ethnicity, racism, health, and mental health has had far-reaching impacts on the fields of disparities…

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Decolonizing Health Through Chinese and African Medicine with Dr. Lai and Dr. Boubacar

Join us for our fourth installment in the ‘Actions to Decolonising Development’ video series, where our Research and Policy Analyst, Sena Voncujovi, and Economist Consultant, Rugare Mukanganga, sit down with Dr. Lili Lai, Associate Professor of Anthropology at PKU, and Dr. Diarra Boubacar, a medical doctor with a Ph.D. in…

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RFA-ES-23-007: Exploratory Grants for Climate Change and Health Research Center Development (P20 Clinical Trial Optional)

The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit P20 planning grant applications for Climate Change and Health Research Centers (CCHRCs). This program will support the development of a transdisciplinary research environment to sustain a program of fundamental and applied research to examine the impacts of climate…

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Courageous Cancer Conversations w/ Guest Ethel Jones

Courageous Cancer Conversations w/ Guest Ethel Jones

Join us for Courageous Cancer Conversations Sunday, November 27th, at 6 pm EST live @OraLeeOrg on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. The Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation has a patient-centric approach to changing the way cancer is treated. Happening on the last Sunday of each month, this series is designed…

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