Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Are you interested in sharing your medical rehabilitation research findings? Poster abstract submissions are open for NIH’s Rehabilitation Research 2025 conference! Graduate students, early-career researchers, and junior faculty are encouraged to participate. Submit your abstract by January 10. For more information on conference registration and abstract submission, visit https://go.nih.gov/IA26YjD.

New year, new discoveries! Stay connected with NICHD in 2025 by signing up for our monthly e-newsletter. NICHDevelopments offers the latest research findings, funding opportunities, scientific meetings, and more. Subscribe at http://bit.ly/2B7U2Xw.

Interested in applying to the #ComplementARIE #NewApproachMethodologies Technology Development Centers #FundingOpp? Join the informational #webinar on 1/14/25 at 11am ET! https://lnkd.in/g3McewRp

NICHD supports research on fertility and infertility, including assisted reproductive technology (ART) that allows more people to get pregnant. NICHD-funded research on ART, such as in vitro fertilization, seeks to improve safety, optimize success, identify health effects, and make ART more accessible. For a snapshot of NICHD’s ART research, check out https://go.nih.gov/d65BCgM. #WomensHealthNICHD

Calling all postdocs, don’t miss out! Join in the NICHD K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award (Postdoctoral Fellow to Independent Researcher) virtual information session on March 13 from 3 to 4 p.m. ET. Register to learn more about the funding mechanism and have the chance to ask questions at https://bit.ly/3NIBAtf. #Postdoctoral #FundingMechanisms

Two The National Institutes of Health inventors, Drs. Peter Basser and Carlos Zarate, Jr., have been selected as part of the 2024 National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellows. NAI Fellowship is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors. Dr. Peter Basser’s work has transformed how neurological disorders and diseases are diagnosed and treated, and how brain architecture, organization, structure, and anatomical “connectivity” are studied and visualized. Dr. Basser is a Senior Investigator in the Section on Quantitative Imaging and Tissue Sciences at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Dr. Carlos Zarate, Jr. has had a prolific career researching the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, most recently licensing an invention that led to the development of the first FDA-approved drug for treatment-resistant depression (Spravato®). Dr. Zarate is Chief, Section on the Neurobiology and Treatment of Mood Disorders and Chief of Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch (ETPB) at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). You can read more about these inventors, their work, and find technologies they have available for licensing or collaboration on our website: go.nih.gov/FeghQtS #TechnologyTransfer #Innovation #PublicHealth #Biotechnology #Biopharma #HealthcareInnovation

Do you know an undergraduate student interested in health equity and health disparities research? Spread the word! The NICHD Health Equity Research Opportunities (HERO) Summer Program provides students with the opportunity to conduct full-time research, participate in a health equity seminar series, and more. Applications are due January 17, 2025. Learn more: https://go.nih.gov/qpJbI7q The National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health (NIH): Intramural Research Program (IRP)

Model organisms like zebrafish help investigators identify how a single cell becomes distinct cell types, tissues, and organs. This year, NICHD researchers published a genetic atlas of early zebrafish development that promises to help the broader research community understand the roles of different types of cells in health and disease. Learn more about other 2024 NICHD research highlights at https://go.nih.gov/DRTMk4J. #NICHD2024

Launched this year, NIH’s Down Syndrome Cohort Development Program will observe and track health data of people with Down syndrome from birth to adulthood. The results will help deepen understanding of Down syndrome, accelerate knowledge of health conditions that more commonly affect those with the condition, and ultimately improve the quality of life for individuals and their families. Learn more about how NICHD is expanding research on intellectual and developmental disabilities at https://go.nih.gov/7Pr3ybK. #NICHD2024

We are excited to announce The National Institutes of Health Science of Science Scholars pilot program, which aims to engage the research community & help us enhance NIH’s research operations to move biomedical research advances forward. 🔬🧪 Learn more and apply: