May 13 – 15, 2010; Seattle, WA, USA
The Massage Therapy Foundation presented the second Highlighting Massage Therapy in CIM Research conference, May 13 – 15, 2010. This three-day conference (supported in part by RI3AT005420 from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine) brought together massage and manual therapy practitioners, educators, CIM researchers, allied health professionals, and others interested in massage research. Current research related to massage and other manual therapy-specific research was presented, with a special focus on translational research and public health. The International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (IJTMB) and the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies (JBMT) are serving as the two post-conference publishing venues for selected presentations.
For a retrospective overview of the conference’s highlights, please visit www.massagetherapyfoundation.org/researchconference2010.html.
September 22 – 25, 2010; Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
To receive updates on the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) 2010 National Convention, please visit http://www.amtamassage.org/forms/EarlyReg_NatConv10.html.
Several of the continuing education (CE) options available at the convention represent the Research Track coordinated with the Massage Therapy Foundation (MTF). Included among these options are the following sessions (presenters indicated parenthetically): Case Reports: Why They’re Important and How to Submit Your Own (Michael Hamm); Steps Toward Massage Therapy Guidelines: A First Report to the Profession (Dale Healey and the MTF Best Practices Committee); Current Research: Pediatric Massage (Shay Beider, Sheila Wang, Karen Boulanger, Sean Phipps); Cancer and Massage Therapy: What Does the Research Say? (Tracy Walton); and The Effects of Massage Therapy on Lumbar Spondylolisthesis (Shannon Halpin). In addition to the CE options, the MTF-sponsored poster session will be open for viewing on Wednesday, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm; Thursday, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm and 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm ; Friday, 11:30 am – 3:30 pm and 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm; and Saturday, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. The MTF’s post-convention workshop will be held September 26 and 27, and includes two courses presented by Tracy Walton: Cancer and Massage—Safe Practices for Massage Therapists, and Massage Elements for Medically Complex Clients. Further information can be found at the AMTA and MTF websites.
March 28 – 30, 2012; Vancouver, BC, Canada
The 2012 Fascia Research Congress will, as always, center on the latest and best research on the human fasciae. Additionally—and recognizing the interests of clinicians in gaining insights that will bear on practical applications—the program is designed to weight presentation time toward relating research findings to clinical issues, particularly the practical applications of fascial layers. Hosting and governing sponsors are, respectively, the Massage Therapists’ Association of British Columbia (MTABC) and the Ida P. Rolf Research Foundation. Additional academic centers and professional membership organizations are invited to financially support the 2012 congress in Vancouver. Take note of these important upcoming dates (subject to change): registration opens January 1, 2011, and submission deadlines are April 1, 2011, for workshops and July 1, 2011, for abstracts.
For further preliminary information, please visit http://www.fasciacongress.org/2012/index.htm.
Research and training grants for both new and ongoing research funded or administered by the NCCAM during fiscal year 2010 are available in an online table. The table lists the project number, project title (with link to the abstract), principal investigator, institution, and state. Also included are the archived research awards charts by fiscal year.
Approximately 38% of adults in the United States aged 18 years and over and nearly 12% of US children aged 17 years and under use some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), according to the 2007 National Health Interview survey released in December 2008. The survey marks the first time that questions were included on children’s use of CAM.
Program number: 88339
Sponsor: NCCAM/NIH/Department of Health and Human Services
Synopsis: The sponsors offer support for basic or preclinical research on CAM areas of special interest with an aim to understand the mechanisms of action of a CAM modality. This program will use the NIH Research Project Grant (R01) award mechanism.
Contact: Carol Pontzer, PhD
E-mail: pontzerc@mail.nih.gov
Program URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-010.html
Tel: 301-435-6286
Fax: 301-480-3621
Deadline note: Applications in response to this announcement may be submitted to http://Grants.gov on or after January 5, 2009. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2012. Electronic application submission is required for this Funding Opportunity Announcement. The new Adobe versions of the application forms are not yet available. Please check back in December 2010 to download the application package.
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Please visit the Massage Therapy Foundation’s e-News Archives for the current electronic newsletter and back issues dating to December 2008. This electronic resource provides valuable information about the Foundation’s ongoing commitment to research, education, practice, and community service in the massage and bodywork professions.
The Massage Therapy Foundation invites participation in its 2010 Practitioner Case Report Contest. The deadline for submissions is October 8, 2010; see the submission guidelines for further details.
Executive Editor’s Note: Colleagues are strongly encouraged to share information pertinent to this News/Announcements section of the IJTMB. Please forward possible entries to the IJTMB’s Executive Editor at the following email address: hymel@loyno.edu .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE AND BODYWORK , VOLUME 3 , NUMBER 3 , 2010