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• Applications Now Being Accepted for NIH Translational Health Disparities Course - Due May 15, 2013
• May 1, 2013

• The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) is now accepting applications for its 2013 Translational Health Disparities Course scheduled for August 5-16 on the NIH campus in Bethesda.

• NHLBI Seeks Proposals for The National Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Natural History Study
• April 15, 2013
• The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) released two requests for proposals for the National Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Natural History Study under the following solicitations posted on FedBizOpps.

• President Releases FY 2014 Budget Proposal, Seeks Small Increase in Funding for NIH
• April 10, 2013
• President Obama has released the details of his fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget proposal.

• ASH Urges Expansion of NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Program Data Resource
• March 29, 2013
• In its response to the NIH RFI "Research Needs to Facilitate Broad Community Use of the Roadmap Epigenomics Program Data Resource" (NOT-RM-13-011) submitted March 28, ASH indicated its support for efforts to broaden the use of the public data resource developed by the Roadmap Epigenomics Program.

• Sequestration Cuts Implemented; NIH Cut by $1.6 Billion
• March 7, 2013
• Because the Congress was unable to reach an agreement on how to reduce the deficit, last Friday, March 1, President Obama issued the order implementing the automatic, across-the-board spending cuts known as "sequestration."

• Special ASH Advocacy Update: February 2013
• February 21, 2013
• Special ASH Advocacy Update: February 2013

• NIH Directors Will Choose Their Institute's Cuts Under Sequester
• February 21, 2013

• National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Francis Collins has indicated that although each of the 27 institutes and centers at NIH would have to cut funding under sequester provisions of the budget control law, the directors of those entities could decide how to apportion the reduction within each institute.

• ASH Submits Comments to NHLBI in Support of Production Assistance for Cellular Therapies (PACT) Program
• February 20, 2013
• ASH submitted a letter of comments to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in response to request for information regarding the renewal of the Production Assistance for Cellular Therapies (PACT) program.

• Sequestration Delay May Mean Higher Cuts for NIH in FY 2013; Obama Urges a Short-term Fix to Prevent Spending Cuts
• February 6, 2013
• According to a memo released by newly appointed Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), the two-month delay in automatic across-the-board spending cuts ("sequestration") may not ease the hit on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other federal agencies even though it shrinks the percentage by which their budgets would be reduced.

• January 2013 Advocacy Update
• January 17, 2013
• January 2013 Advocacy Update

• Supreme Court Denies Appeal in Stem Cell Research Case; Obama Administration Policy Expanding Federally-Funded hESC Research Allowed to Stand
• January 7, 2013
• In a victory for all proponents of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research, the Supreme Court has denied certiorari in the case of Shirley v. Sebelius, the long-standing lawsuit challenging federally-funded embryonic stem cell research, allowing for an earlier ruling against opponents of hESC research to stand.

• Statement from American Society of Hematology President Janis L. Abkowitz, MD, on Congressional Agreement to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff
• January 2, 2013
• As the world’s largest professional society concerned with the causes and treatment of blood disorders, many of ASH's more than 14,000 members heavily rely on funding from the National Institutes of Health to conduct cutting-edge research that results in cures and better treatments for millions of patients with blood diseases and cancer around the world. Thanks to congressional action late New Year’s Day that delays the sequester for two months our members’ work to develop cures for some of America’s most deadly diseases will not be interrupted today. The Society is also pleased that Congress has prevented the scheduled 27 percent cut to physician payment.

• Congress Averts Sequestration, But Only Until March 1
• January 2, 2013
• Late January 1, the U.S. House of Representatives passed 257-167 the Senate-passed fiscal cliff deal (HR 8) to extend expiring tax cuts and delay automatic spending cuts that were set to take effect today.

• Senator Mikulski to Be Named Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee
• December 20, 2012
• Following the death of Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-HI) earlier this week, it is expected that Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), a strong supporter of NIH and other public health programs, will be appointed as the new chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

• Negotiations Stalled to Avert Cuts to NIH; Take Action NOW to Protect Medical Research
• December 20, 2012
• With less than two weeks to go before across-the-board cuts (known as "sequestration") to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other federally funded programs take effect, negotiations are at an impasse to reach a deal to avert the catastrophic funding cuts.

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