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.

NICHD director Dr. Diana Bianchi presides at workshop on maternal mortality.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Office of Disease Prevention will hold a Methods: Mind the Gap webinar with Dr. Eric B. Hekler on “Using Control Systems Engineering to Optimize Adaptive Mobile Health Interventions.” It will take place on Tuesday, June 4 at 1 p.m.

The National Institute of Nursing Research Division of Intramural Research will host a scientific symposium to mark the launch of the NINR-led Symptom Science Center, a trans-NIH resource for the scientific community. “Symptom Science Center: A Resource for Precision Health.”

The NIH Blood Bank and the NIH Donor Center at Fishers Lane need donors to help with a special type of blood donation called platelet donation. There is currently an acute need for platelet donors to support Clinical Center patients.

Dr. Alex A. Adjei will give the next lecture in the NCI Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities’ Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (CURE) Distinguished Scholars Seminars on Thursday, June 13, 1-2:30 p.m. at the NCI Shady Grove campus, Seminar Rm. 110.