In 2011, I began meeting people at the NIH Intramural Research Program with stories to share — scientists, clinicians, patients, and administrators. My first day involved voting on competing designs for this irp.nih.gov website, with several awesome humans who generously shared their mentorship over the years. Working with our team and colleagues around the NIH, we help people explore IRP research and what it means for human health.
“I kind of made it a mission of mine to find out as much as I can, what’s available out there as treatments, trials,” John says, “and just my way of giving back, whether it helps me directly or somebody who comes after me.”
It started with a quick tour and meeting the team. We sat in the break room to chat about what Dr. Bin Gao’s lab at the NIH IRP is up to, in preparation to return a few days later to capture photos and video of their ‘Research in Action.’ What did we find?
Nine days after the monstrous 2016 blizzard nicknamed Snowzilla, the sun shone in a bright blue sky on a balmy 50-degree day at the main NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland—the perfect setting for a four-mile run with two men who’ve logged nearly a thousand miles together.
This page was last updated on Thursday, January 20, 2022
