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10/10/2015  |   9:45 AM - 11:00 AM   |  Andrew Foster Auditorium

NIH Funding for Global Health Research

This presentation will introduce the audience to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with special emphasis on the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) and the Fogarty International Center (FIC). The presentation will touch on the breadth of research currently funded by NIDCD and highlight exemplars of NIDCD supported global health research. The various funding mechanisms that are offered at the NIH, both in research as well as in research training and career development will be explained. Funding opportunity announcements initiated by NIDCD or FIC will be introduced. The session will also explain the process of applying for an NIH grant from the first application submission, through the scientific peer review process, possible application amendment and resubmission, when needed, to the final phase of awaiting funding decisions. The presentation will introduce the audience to the standard NIH review categories (e.g., significance, approach, innovation, investigators, environmnt, human subjects, animal welfare), as well as the use of the numerical rating system (from 1-9) and undiscussed applications. The presenter will discuss common criticisms and how to avoid them in the initial submission. Review of applications from foreign institutions versus review of domestic applications with foreign components will be contrasted. There will be time devoted to answering questions from the audience.

  • Participants will be able to describe the components of the NIH.
  • Participants will be able to describe the NIH funding resources for research.
  • Participants will be able to describe the review process and steps to take when preparing a grant application.

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Lana Shekim (POC,Primary Presenter), National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), shekiml@nidcd.nih.gov;
Lana O. Shekim, Ph.D. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Bethesda, Maryland, USA Biographical Sketch Dr. Lana Shekim is the Director for the Voice and Speech Programs in the Division of a Scientific Programs (DSP) at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). She is responsible for the supervision of a comprehensive research grant portfolio in voice and speech sciences and disorders. Dr. Shekim serves as the NIDCD representative to the NIH Institutes and Centers International Representatives Committee and the NIH Global Health Research Working Group. She joined the NIH in 2001. Dr. Shekim was selected in 2011 by the US State Department to serve as a US Embassy Science Fellow at the US Embassy in Amman, Jordan. Prior to joining the NIH, she served on the faculty of the George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, DC and directed the Speech-Language Pathology Service at the GWU Medical Center. Dr. Shekim’s clinical expertise is in the management of individuals with acquired neurologic communication disorders. She earned her doctorate from the University of Florida in Gainesville where she examined discourse production in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Shekim completed postdoctoral training in Cognitive Neuropsychology at Johns Hopkins University.

      ASHA DISCLOSURE:

Financial - Receives Salary for Employment from NIH (NIDCD).  

Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.


      AAA DISCLOSURE:

Financial - Receives support from NIH (NIDCD).