April 5, 2019

Exposome Tells Where You’ve Been, and When
By Carla Garnett
Imagine that there’s a way to identify and measure every substance you’re exposed to on a daily basis. That’s what visiting Dr. Chao Jiang did a few years ago.

NIH Marks 9th Rare Disease Day in New Locale
By Rich McManus
RDD on Feb. 28 was a mixture of teardrops and laughter as the research community, the patient advocacy community and industry scientists gathered.
Galea Seeks to Widen the Dialogue
By Dana Talesnik
Strengthening our health requires addressing societal symptoms that weaken it, argued Dr. Sandro Galea of Boston University School of Public Health.
NIH Community Drives ‘Optimize NIH’ Improvements
By Eric Bock
“What ReImagine HHS and, in turn, Optimize NIH have been about is identifying areas that we can enhance and improve by working together,” said NIH principal deputy director Dr. Lawrence Tabak

On the Cover

Illustration of the ionotropic glutamate receptor (iGluR) gating cycle using high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy data from the research of Dr. Joel Meyerson of NCI. iGluRs mediate excitatory synaptic transmission in the brain.

Veronica Falconieri & Sriram Subramaniam, NCI

April 5, 2019

Vol. LXXI, No. 7

April 5, 2019

Vol. LXXI, No. 7

April 5, 2019

Exposome Tells Where You’ve Been, and When

NIH Marks 9th Rare Disease Day in New Locale

Galea Seeks to Widen the Dialogue

NIH Community Drives ‘Optimize NIH’ Improvements

On the Cover

The NIH Record