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Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
December 17, 2004 |
EGRP NEWS FLASH
From the Office of
Edward Trapido, Sc.D., Associate Director
Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
This News Flash is to let you know about:
Nation's Investment in Cancer Research - FY 2006
The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) planning reference, The Nation's
Investment in Cancer Research: A Plan and Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year
2006," is now available online and in print. The document reflects
NCI's professional judgment for the resources needed to eliminate the
suffering and death due to cancer and its plan for working with national
scientific, medical, and lay communities to meet the promise of improved
cancer care and public health.
The strategic areas highlighted for advancement are: Cancer Prevention,
Early Detection and Prediction; Overcoming Cancer Health Disparities;
Strategic Development of Cancer Interventions; Integrated Cancer Trials
System; Advanced Technologies; Integrative Cancer Biology; and Molecular
Epidemiology.
Of particular interest to epidemiologists is the strategic initiative
on molecular epidemiology (see p. 49-50). The goal is to understand the
behavioral, environmental, genetic, and epigenetic causes of cancer and
use this knowledge to generate new means of prevention, detection, and
treatment. There are four areas of focus:
- Investigate specific types of cancer through cohort, case-control,
and family-based consortial studies;
- Research behavioral and environmental risk factors;
- Integrate population science with genomics and other technologies;
and
- Build partnerships and interdisciplinary research.
The publication is available in PDF.
An expanded version in HTML will be available within a month at the same
URL, and will have word search capability and links to key Web sites.
Print copies may be ordered by e-mail to: cisocc@mail.nci.nih.gov.
(Be sure and include the title of the publication.)
Access earlier issues of the document by adding the desired year to the
Internet address, for example, http://plan2005.cancer.gov
will link you to the Fiscal Year 2005 planning reference.
Additions to Web Site For First NCI Epidemiology Leadership Conference
The Web site for the First NCI Epidemiology Leadership Conference, which
was hosted by EGRP this fall and focused on tobacco, diet/energy balance,
and genetic research, has been expanded to include the presentations by
the speakers.
Access the site. The meeting summary will be
posted soon.
Research Findings by EGRP-Funded Investigators Highlighted
We have expanded our Web site highlighting research findings reported
by principal investigators who are supported through EGRP. Read about
some of the accomplishments of your colleagues. Your suggestions about
recent published findings to add to the site are welcome, and please keep
us posted on important, newly published findings in the coming year.
Access the site.
NIH Establishes Web Site for New Investigators
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has a new Web site for new investigators.
The site describes current policies, data related to the influx of new
investigators, resources that to use to understand and work with NIH,
and helpful hints that may be useful in constructing a first application
for support.
Access
the site.
Call for Abstracts for Conference on Critical Issues in eHealth Research
Abstracts are being sought for the 1st annual Scientific Conference "Critical
Issues in eHealth Research," which is being sponsored by our Division
of Cancer Control and Population Sciences' (DCCPS) Behavioral Research
Program and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The deadline for abstracts
is March 1, 2005, for the June 9-10 conference to be held in Bethesda,
Md.
The conference will convene scientists from government, academia, survey
research and the private sector, practitioners from the private and public
sectors, and students to discuss the state-of-the-science of eHealth research.
Topics include but are not limited to design, methodology, ethics and
evaluation of eHealth research from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
All submissions will be peer-reviewed and may be accepted for either an
oral presentation or a poster presentation. New researchers and junior
faculty are encouraged to submit abstracts. Abstracts also are welcome
in the area of eHealth and minority health experiences.
Sample topics include but are not limited to:
- Developing advanced statistical techniques, such as modeling;
- Transforming scientific methods through applications in informatics;
- Web-based data collection issues, such as calculating response rates,
using hybrid methodologies to enhance coverage, the role of incentives,
and determining data quality across survey modalities;
- Extracting meaning from online content, including the use of innovative
content analysis techniques for online text;
- Improving eHealth design through formative evaluation, especially
innovative methods;
- Assessing outcomes and health impact from online applications;
- Recruitment, confidentiality and privacy in online data collection;
- Assessing health and health behaviors among members of remote or geographically
dispersed communities; and
- Using eHealth research as a laboratory to advance theory and understand
mechanisms to improve health care and public health.
Access the
conference Web site for further details and to submit abstracts.
The conference is chaired by Audie Atienza, Ph.D., Health Promotion Research
Branch, Behavioral Research Program, DCCPS; E-mail: atienzaa@mail.nih.gov.
We wish you a wonderful holiday season and great success with your research
in the coming year.
You are welcome to invite others to subscribe to receive occasional Bulletins
and News Flashes from the Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program (EGRP).
To subscribe to FRIENDS-OF-NCI-EGRP-L, contact andersL2@mail.nih.gov
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