Outdoor Film Festival at Strathmore, Aug. 20-22
The 20th Comcast Outdoor Film Festival will take place Aug. 20-22 on the lawn at Strathmore.
Pfizer’s Centers for Therapeutic Innovation Proposal Portal Opens Sept. 6
The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences continues to manage NIH’s collaboration with Pfizer’s Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI) network.
Employee Rights: Race, Religion and…Restrooms?
Can an agency deny a transgender employee who has transitioned to the opposite gender the use of restroom facilities that correspond with his or her gender?
NIH Celebrates America Recycles Day
America Recycles Day (ARD) is Nov. 15. The Division of Environmental Protection will partner with the ORS Division of Logistics Services, sustainable lab practices working group, green team leads council and sustainability partners to host information and recycling activities Nov. 14 - 18.
Use or Donate Reminder
Have you accrued annual leave this year that you are unable use? If you aren’t able to use it, don’t let it go to waste. Employees unable to take that time off could donate it to co-workers in need of paid time off due to personal or family medical emergencies.
Etzioni To Give Next ‘ Mind the Gap’ Seminar
Dr. Ruth B. Etzioni, chair, scientific steering committee, Hutch Data Commonwealth Division of Public Health Sciences, will present “Overdiagnosis in Cancer Screening: Overcoming Challenges, Avoiding Mistakes” at the next Medicine: Mind the Gap Seminar on Nov. 18.
Starbucks Marketplace Coming to CC
Starbucks Marketplace café is slated to replace the Au Bon Pain store in the atrium of the Clinical Center in February 2017, according to Eurest.
Farmer To Give Barmes Global Health Lecture
Dr. Paul Farmer, a founding director and chief strategist of the international nonprofit Partners In Health, will deliver the 2016 David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture at NIH on Nov. 16.
NIAMS Community Health Clinic Moves to Campus
Fifteen years ago, NIAMS established its Community Health Clinic (CHC) as an extension of the NIH Rheumatology Clinical Research Program to better understand diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus and gain insights about why such conditions disproportionately affect people in certain minority groups.