The overarching goal of this program is to enhance the retention of investigators facing critical life events who are transitioning from mentored career development awards to research independence and to minimize departures from biomedical research workforce.

Amy Tillman, M.S. is a Biostatistician III in the Biostatistics Research Branch at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

The purpose of this Notice is to announce that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), and the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) encourage new applications to advance research activities relevant to the five strategic priorities identified in the recently released NIH Strategic Plan for Tickborne Disease Research:

The complement system is an evolutionarily conserved component of innate immunity that serves as a first line of defense against infection. Complement-associated molecules, known as C1 through C9, operate in a cascade of enzymatic reactions that can ultimately lead to lysis of infected cells and opsonization of pathogens to aid in phagocytic clearance. Three major pathways of complement activation have been described that are triggered independently, namely the classical, the lectin, and the alternative pathways, all of which merge at the step of C3 activation.

The purpose of this Notice is to announce that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) are encouraging new applications to support translational research and development of rapid Point-of-Care diagnostics that will diagnose active viremic HCV infections.

Allyson Mateja, M.S.P.H. is a Biostatistician II [C] in the Biostatistics Research Branch at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.