The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the U.S. government’s medical research agency and the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world. NIH invests more than $30 billion of taxpayer dollars to support cutting-edge research that is helping people live longer and healthier lives, driving the discovery of new treatments, and combating major health challenges. NIH has the pulse on modern medicine.
The Pulse on Modern Medicine: Insights from NIH Experts is a five-part series that provides a unique opportunity to bring the efforts of NIH into public view. Join NIH Institute directors and scientific and medical experts to learn about what is currently “hot” in biomedical research, receive a lesson in the science behind it, and discuss what it all means for our health and medical treatment today and in the future.
Topics such as precision medicine, personal health data, genomics, cancer, infectious diseases, the brain, and undiagnosed and rare diseases will be discussed, among others.
A trip to the NIH campus in Bethesda in late January or early February features select tours.
Participants are given a brief talk from 6:45 to 7:30 p.m. (a 101-level introduction) that offers fundamental information as background for the evening’s topic. Then, a presentation by the featured NIH expert begins around 7:45 p.m. Refreshments will be offered between the two presentations.
FEATURED LECTURES (Please note that these sessions can be purchased separately.)
Sept. 6 Eric Green, Director, National Human Genome Research Institute
Oct. 13 William Gahl, Clinical Director, National Human Genome Research Institute and Director, NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program
Nov. 17 Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Dec. 8 Julie Segre, Head, Microbial Genomics Section and Chief, Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute
Jan. 24 Gary Gibbons, Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5 sessions
Image above: Anthony Fauci wearing protective equipment for the treatment of an Ebola patient at NIH, 2015 (National Institutes of Health)
