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RECOMMENDED LINKS National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) manages a significant portfolio of research projects and issues numerous Requests for Proposals each year. NCCAM publishes an online newsletter that offers periodic updates of their projects and publications. The consumer health section provides helpful medical information online. Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) was created by Congress under the provisions of the 1994 DSHEA legislation. It is charged with providing detailed information to consumers and medical professionals regarding the safe use of products classed by the FDA as dietary supplements. The Office maintains IBIDS, a database of journal literature focusing on supplements. The National Cancer Institute maintains an Office of Cancer and Complementary and Alternative Medicine which supports some research funding. It also provides peer-reviewed fact sheets on treatments traditional described as CAM. The NIH provides the CRISP database of government-sponsored research. It is a very useful tool to locate information on research for specific products or therapies, or by specific institutions or investigators. Using broad search terms such as “alternative” or “complementary” will return generalized list of all research in the field. A similar database with more specific information about recruitment is provided by the National Library of Medicine. Office for Human Research Protection (OHRP) is charged with oversight of all research using human subjects in the United States. For any one contemplating doing research with patients, this is an absolute first read.
The Osher Research Center receives many inquiries from scientists, clinicians and investigators outside of Harvard University who are interested in sponsoring or collaborating on a study of a product or a therapy. We are always happy to review proposals and consider their merits, especially if they are consonant with the Research Center’s own strategic plan. To ensure fairness and an efficient response to your request, we ask that you submit your proposal using this application form.
Scientists and clinicians who are interested in becoming Principal Investigators for sponsored research typically complete a Masters in Public Health in addition to an advanced degree in their specialty. However, in lieu of an MPH degree, there are a growing number of training programs where you can receive the training usually required of an Investigator. University of Alaska University
of Arizona Harvard Medical School Osher Research Center University
of Virginia Johns
Hopkins University Oregon
Health and Science University Minneapolis
Medical Research Foundation Columbia
University Bastyr
University University
of Maryland, Baltimore Duke
University University
of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey University
of Pennsylvania Florida
International University University
of Texas, Galveston University
of Pittsburg Professional Societies, Institutes, Foundations Chiropractic Consortium (Meeker group) American Massage Therapy Association Foundation Society for Acupuncture Research Bastyr University Research Organ Kaiser Permanente of Northern California
Oncology Research Group For-profit, Research Organizations (New England area)
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