[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6487-6488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2545]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine; 
Announcement of Workshop on Clarifying Directions and Approaches to 
Mechanistic and Translational Research on Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Their 
Metabolites

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine 
(NCCAM) invites the research community to participate in a Workshop on 
Clarifying Directions and Approaches to Mechanistic and Translational 
Research on Omega-3 Fatty Acids and their Metabolites. The purpose of 
this workshop is to bring together researchers from a variety of fields 
to discuss cutting edge mechanistic and translational research related 
to the underlying mechanisms of Omega-3 fatty acids and their 
metabolites. The goal is to identify opportunities to move Omega-3 
fatty acid of research forward by highlighting barriers to progress 
with potential solutions and elucidation of gaps in the field which can 
be addressed. The Workshop will take place on February 14-15, 2011.
    Location: Hyatt Regency Bethesda, One Bethesda Metro Center, 7400 
Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814.
    For registration information please contact Dawn Wayman at 
301.594.9877 or [email protected].
    Background: The National Center for Complementary and Alternative 
Medicine (NCCAM) was established in 1999 with the mission of exploring 
complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of 
rigorous science, training CAM researchers, and disseminating 
authoritative information to the public and professionals. NCCAM funds 
research grants that explore the science of CAM. For more information, 
see http://nccam.nih.gov/.
    Participating: Other institutes participating in this workshop 
include: the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), National Cancer 
Institute (NCI), National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute (NHLBI), 
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute on Aging 
(NIA), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), 
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and the 
National Eye Institute (NEI).

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information, call 
301.594.9877 (Dawn Wayman) or e-mail at [email protected].

    Dated: January 26, 2011.
Wendy Weber,
Program Officer, Division of Extramural Research, National Center for 
Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-2545 Filed 2-3-11; 8:45 am]
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