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, USA
Several of the continuing education (CE) options offered at the 2010 AMTA National Convention represented the Research Track coordinated with the Massage Therapy Foundation (MTF). Among those options were 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 posters were also displayed. The MTF’s post-convention workshops, held September 26 and 27, included two courses presented by Tracy Walton: Cancer and Massage—Safe Practices for Massage Therapists, and Massage Elements for Medically Complex Clients.
For follow-up information or other inquiries, please contact info@massagetherapyfoundation.org .
October 19 – 22, 2011; Portland, OR, USA
Details about AMTA’s 2011 National Convention http://www.amtamassage.org/events/NationalConvention2010/Save-the-Date--AMTA-2011-National-Convention.html will be available by about April 1, 2011.
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 has been 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) http://www.massagetherapy.bc.ca/ and the Ida P. Rolf Research Foundation. http://www.rolfresearchfoundation.org/ 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 March 1, 2011, and submission deadlines are February 1, 2011, for workshops and July 1, 2011, for abstracts.
For further preliminary information, please visit http://www.fasciacongress.org/2012/.
May 15 – 18, 2012; Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront, Portland, OR, USA
For further details, please visit http://www.imconsortium-conference.org/.
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. http://nccam.nih.gov/research/extramural/awards/ 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 http://nccam.nih.gov/news/camstats/2007/camsurvey_fs1.htm released in December 2008. The survey marks the first time that questions were included on children’s use of CAM.
Program number: 53721
Sponsor: NCCAM
Synopsis: Support is provided for research on complementary and alternative medicine (mind–body medicine, biologically-based practices, manipulative and body-based practices, and energy medicine). Eligible applicants are small business concerns located in the United States. This program will use the Small Business Technology Transfer (R41/R42) grant mechanism for phase I, phase II, fast-track, and phase II competing renewal applications. Deadline for applications is January 7, 2011.
Program URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbirsttr1/2010-2_SBIR-STTR-topics.doc
Program number: 61096
Sponsor: NCCAM
Synopsis: The sponsor provides support for scientific meetings, conferences, and workshops that are relevant to its scientific mission and to public health. Deadline for applications is April 15, 2011.
Program URL: http://nccam.nih.gov/grants/types/r13/
Program number: 79329
Sponsor: NCCAM
Synopsis: The sponsor solicits Research Education (R25) grant applications from applicant organizations that were originally funded in response to the CAM Practitioner Research Education Project Grant Partnership (CAM R25) described in PAR-04–097. The present announcement provides an opportunity for grantees to compete for up to an additional 4 years of R25 grant support to continue their education projects. This funding opportunity announcement will use the NIH Research Education (R25 ) grant mechanism. Deadlines for applications are January 25, 2011, and May 25, 2011.
Program URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-095.html
Program number: 87574
Sponsor: NCCAM
Synopsis: The sponsors invite applications that propose to investigate the basic science and mechanisms of action underlying the biomechanical, immunological, endocrinological, or neurophysiological consequences of manual therapies, such as spinal manipulation, mobilization, and massage therapy. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. Deadlines for applications are January 7, 2011; February 16, 2011; May 7, 2011; June 16, 2011; September 7, 2011; October 16, 2011 (2012 dates TBA). This program expires January 8, 2014.
Program URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-210.html
Program number: 93621
Sponsor: NCCAM
Synopsis: The sponsors invite applications that propose to investigate the basic science and mechanisms of action underlying the biomechanical, immunological, endocrinological, or neurophysiological consequences of manual therapies, such as spinal manipulation, mobilization, and massage therapy. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. Deadlines for application are January 7, 2011; February 5,2011; May 7, 2011; June 5, 2011; September 7, 2011; October 5, 2011 (2012 dates TBA).This program expires January 8, 2014.
Program URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-209.html
Program number: 96951
Sponsor: NCCAM
Synopsis: The sponsor provides administrative supplements to NCCAM-funded researchers (principal investigators of NCCAM R01, P01, U19, U01, or P50 grants) to support a CAM practitioner trainee as a research assistant or in another appropriate research-related position. The NCCAM grant to be supplemented must have at least 1 additional year of funding remaining at the time of the award. The goal is to provide CAM practitioners with hands-on research experience under the direction of an experienced researcher. The supplement may also support relevant course work if it enhances the research experience. Deadline for applications is March 15, 2011.
Program URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-AT-07-005.html
Program number: 20402
Sponsor: NCCAM
Synopsis: The sponsor invites applications that propose to develop, enhance, and validate translational tools to facilitate rigorous study of complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) approaches that are in wide use by the public. This funding opportunity announcement focuses on encouraging the development of improved research methodology to study safety, efficacy, and clinical effectiveness of mind–body interventions (such as meditation), manual therapies (such as spinal manipulation or massage), or yoga therapy. This opportunity will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. Deadlines for application are March 29, 2011, and April 29, 2011.
Program URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AT-11-003.html
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Beginning with this December 2010 issue, an outbound linking option has been added to the HTML version of each IJTMB editorial or article. This feature provides a direct outbound link from citations in an IJTMB article to CrossRef, PubMed Central, or PubMed if the particulars of the cited item appears in one or more of the aforementioned databases.
Please visit the MTF’s e-News Archives http://www.massagetherapyfoundation.org/enewsarchive.html 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 MTF invites participation in its 2011 Research Grants http://www.massagetherapyfoundation.org/grants_research.html and Community Service Grants http://www.massagetherapyfoundation.org/grants_community.html competitions. The submission deadlines are March 1, 2011, and April 1, 2011, respectively. Guidelines for each of the granting categories are available at the linked pages.
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 4 , 2010