Asian Pacific Islander Americans Discuss Health Inequity During Pandemic
The NIH chapter of the Federal Asian Pacific American Council recently held an online webinar titled “United to Fight Health Inequity During the Pandemic: What Can the AAPI Community Do?”
NINR Holds Virtual Workshop on Reducing Inequities in Maternal Health
On Tuesday, Sept. 29 from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., NINR will hold a virtual workshop on innovative models of care for reducing inequities in maternal health.
‘Feds Feed Families’ Ends for Summer 2020 with Almost 150 Tons of Food
At the Feds Feed Families summer food drive’s summer 2020 close, NIH staff across the country had donated 297,201 pounds of food. HHS as a whole donated 395,655 pounds of food.
HEAL Workshop on Myofascial Pain
NCCIH and NIBIB have co-organized an NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative workshop, “Quantitative Evaluation of Myofascial Tissues: Potential Impact for Musculoskeletal Pain Research,” on Sept. 16-17.
Coleman Award Nominations Are Open
NIMHD announces the 2021 William G. Coleman Jr., Ph.D., Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award, a competitive program designed to support 1-year innovative research projects contributed by postdoctoral fellows, staff scientists and staff clinicians within the NIH IRP that have the potential for high impact in any area of minority health and health disparities research.
NIH Provides Updates on Covid-19 Vaccine
NIH and the biotechnology company Moderna, Inc., provided an update on mRNA-1273, an investigational Covid-19 vaccine; NIH leadership participated in a social media telebriefing on the vaccine, which has now entered phase 3 testing.
FAES Endocrinology Course Set
The Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences endocrinology update review course will be held virtually Oct. 5-9.
NCATS’s ‘Green Champion’ Reduces Plastic Waste in Labs
Carleen Klumpp-Thomas, research services core and automation lead for NCATS’s intramural program, recently won an HHS Green Champion award.
Webinar on Dietary Assessment Methodology for Risk of Chronic Disease
The Office of Disease Prevention will hold a Methods: Mind the Gap webinar with Dr. Katherine L. Tucker on the issues in dietary assessment methodology for determining risk of chronic disease on Aug. 12.
Collins Participates in Motorcycle Ride for Charity
NIH director Dr. Francis Collins “had a great time meeting up on my Harley with more than a dozen motorcycle riders as part of a recent charity event that raised more than $5,000 for the Federal Employees Education and Assistance Fund and Friends of Patients at the NIH."