In November, the NIH Tribal Health Research Office (THRO) celebrates National Native American Heritage Month, a special opportunity to highlight American Indian and Alaska Native culture, ingenuity and contributions to biomedical research.

Dr. Lawrence Tabak, who is performing the duties of NIH director, will receive the John Edward Porter Legacy Award.

The Record wants to share photos of your pet in costume for Halloween. Send the image with a short caption, your name and pet’s name, and your job at NIH to nihrecord@nih.gov. We’ll run the best we get by Nov. 1 in our Nov. 11 issue.

Earlier this month, NIH UNITE published information about the initiative’s initial impact on health disparities and minority health research, the external biomedical and behavioral workforce and NIH staff.

For Native American Heritage Month, the NIMHD Director’s Seminar Series will host Dr. Judith A. James, vice president of clinical affairs at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 2 p.m.

The NIH Common Fund recently launched the Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) Program to accelerate the science of health disparities and advance health equity research.

The NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health will host a scientific workshop on Gender and Health on Oct. 26.

The National Library of Medicine resumed Reading Room operations on Oct. 3.

A lively and informative podcast has people talking! What Women Want…at Work, hosted by Joy Postell, women’s employment portfolio strategist in the Office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

On Wednesday, Oct. 19, the National Eye Institute will host its third 5K “Walk/Run/Roll” event on the NIH campus. The course will begin (rain or shine) on the lawn in front of Bldg. 1.