Graduate, Professional School Fair, July 17
The 12th annual NIH Graduate & Professional School Fair will be held on Wednesday, July 17 from 8:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. at Natcher Conference Center. The fair provides an opportunity for NIH summer interns (especially those in college) and postbacs, as well as other college students in the D.C. area, to prepare for the next step in their career.
DiClemente To Give NIAAA Mendelson Lecture, July 11 in Masur
Dr. Carlo DiClemente will deliver the 2019 NIAAA Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture on Thursday, July 11 at 1:30 p.m. in Masur Auditorium, Bldg. 10. His talk is titled “Is Relapse and Recycling Necessary for Recovery from Alcohol Use Disorder?”
Panel Discusses Opioid Crisis
In an effort to bring together leaders and champions involved in addiction training and pain management, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) hosted a national workshop on combating the opioid crisis May 9-10 at National Harbor, Md.
NIA’s Hill Honored by Morehouse
Dr. Carl V. Hill, director of the Office of Special Populations at the National Institute on Aging, has received the 2019 Morehouse School of Medicine Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Workshop Addresses Maternal Mortality
NICHD director Dr. Diana Bianchi presides at workshop on maternal mortality.
Cashion Discusses Patient Care at St. Jude
The keynote speaker at this year’s St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s Patient Care Services Symposium was NINR acting director and scientific director Dr. Ann Cashion.
Safety, Health & Wellness Day, June 26
NIH Safety, Health and Wellness Day will be held Wednesday, June 26, rain or shine, at the Clinical Center south complex from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Porter Exhibit Dedicated
Former Rep. John Edward Porter returned to NIH on May 9 for the dedication of an exhibit in the building named after him on campus, the John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center.
‘Big Read’ Author Event, June 7
Author and science journalist Helen Thomson visits NIH to discuss her book Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World’s Strangest Brains with NIH director Dr. Francis Collins in an informal conversation on Friday, June 7, 1-2 p.m.