2010 Interdisciplinary Research Training Institute on Hispanic Drug Abuse (IRTI) Summer Program  June 2nd-13th - University of Houston Center for Drug & Social Policy Research  Click here for the application form.   2009 NHSN Conference Click here for the presentations.

The Office of Minority Health of NIH is seeking public comments on the National Plan for Action to end Health Disparities.

The Plan is now open for public comments until February 12, 2010.  As a NHSN member, your input on this plan is important!

Nora Volkow, M.D., NIDA Director, is honored by the French Government with Top Science Award for Addiction Research!

Click here for the NIH News Release. 

OppNet: NIH Basic Behavioral & Social Science (b-BSSR) Initiative

Minority Supplement Post-Doc Opening at University of Miami! 

Job opening in Stockholm, Sweden for Professor of social and epidemiological alcohol and drug research.

Click here for more information. 

(For other information and the NIH jobs update, see Professional Development.)

NIDA International Forum - abstract deadline February 8th!

2010 Summer Research with NIDA application brochure is now available online.

 

Dr. William Vega, NHSN Steering Committee member is the recipient of an Excellence in Hispanic Mental Health Research Advocacy and Leadership Award.

Congratulations go to William A. Vega, Ph.D. Provost Professor, Director, Roybal Institute University of Southern California who received this award from The National Resource Center for Hispanic Mental Health.