Digestive Diseases News
Fall 2007

Upcoming Meetings, Workshops, and Conferences

Fecal and Urinary Incontinence

The National Institutes of Health will convene a State-of-the-Science Conference on fecal and urinary incontinence from December 10 to 12, 2007. Attendees will assess available scientific evidence about

• the prevalence, incidence, and natural history of fecal and urinary incontinence in the community and long-term care settings
• the burden of illness and impact of this problem on individuals and society
• risk factors and prevention strategies
• those at risk and those who have fecal and urinary incontinence
• research priorities

For more information and to register, go to http://consensus.nih.gov/2007/2007IncontinenceSOS030main.htm.

Liver and Digestive Diseases

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases will hold a research workshop entitled “Nuclear Receptors in Liver and Digestive Diseases” from November 7 to 8 in Rockville, MD. The meeting goals are to present state-of-the-art knowledge about nuclear receptors, promote cross-fertilization among basic, translational, and clinical investigators, and integrate current understanding of nuclear receptor biology and current clinical challenges for a variety of digestive and liver disease states.

For more information about the workshop, go to www3.niddk.nih.gov/fund/other/nuclear07/index.htm.

NCDD Progress on Research Agenda Continues

The National Commission on Digestive Diseases (NCDD) will hold its next meeting on November 19, 2007, in Chicago. The Commission held its third meeting on June 18 and 19 to continue work on a report outlining a 10-year plan to address important goals for digestive diseases research and to make recommendations to the Director of the National Institutes of Health and to Congress.

Commission members who chaired working groups that have been meeting since last November presented their groups’ research recommendations for specific digestive diseases along with challenges and steps to achieve the proposed goals. Revised recommendations based on feedback from Commission members are posted on the NCDD website and will form the basis of the report chapters. Following the Commission’s November meeting, the public will have an opportunity to comment on the recommendations before the Commission completes the final report in 2008.

All Commission meetings are announced in the Federal Register and are open to the public. For more information about the Commission, including a list of members and working group topics, visit www2.niddk.nih.gov/AboutNIDDK/CommitteesAndWorkingGroups/NCDD/CommissionMeetingInformation.htm.

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NIH Publication No. 08–4552
November 2007