Dr. Eliseo Pérez-Stable, director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, served on a panel titled “African-American Participation in Clinical Trials: Challenging the Gold Standard” during the 47th Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s annual legislative conference.
ORWH recently launched a revised Inclusion Outreach Toolkit to help researchers recruit and retain women participants in their clinical studies. Inclusion of diverse study populations is integral to the missions of ORWH, NIH and the entire biomedical research enterprise.
the National Institute on Drug Abuse released the key findings of the 45th annual Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey. More than 42,500 students from nearly 400 public and private schools across the country participated in 2019’s MTF survey of drug use and attitudes among American 8th, 10th and 12th graders.
Nine accountants from NIH’s Division of Financial Advisory Services (DFAS) volunteered Saturday, Jan. 30 to help sort donated canned foods at Manna’s Gaithersburg food distribution center.
On Feb. 10, the National Library of Medicine was the scene of a special unveiling ceremony for a portrait of former NLM director Dr. Donald Lindberg and his wife, Mary.