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The NIH Catalyst: A Publication About NIH Intramural Research

National Institutes of Health • Office of the Director | Volume 25 Issue 4 • July–August 2017

Departments

From the Deputy Director for Intramural Research

IRBs at NIH Revisited

Serving the Interests of Patients and Clinical Investigators

BY MICHAEL GOTTESMAN, DDIR, AND RICHARD WYATT, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, OIR

The NIH Clinical Center (CC) pioneered institutional review boards (IRBs) more than 60 years ago in recognition of the need for analyzing the risks versus the benefits of clinical protocols.

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Alumni News: Bryon Adinoff

Bryon Adinoff, M.D.: Addiction Scientist

Understanding How Thought Processes Work

BY GÜLCAN AKGÜL, NICHD

NIH Alum Bryon Adinoff talked recently with The NIH Catalyst about his work with understanding and treating addiction, how the field of psychiatry has evolved since he was in medical school, the opioid epidemic, and more.

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Colleagues: Recently Tenured

Meet your recently tenured colleagues: Claudia Kemper (NHLBI); Joseph Marcotrigiano (NIAID); Zenaide (Zena) Quezado (pictured; CC); Joshua N. Sampson (NCI-DCEG); Zhengping Zhuang (NCI-CCR).

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Research Briefs

Cracking the Brain’s Memory Codes; Real-Time Imaging in Mice a Promising Influenza Study Tool; Study Finds Tens of Millions of Americans Drink Alcohol in Dangerously High Amounts; Repurposing Experimental Cancer Therapy to Treat Muscular Dystrophy; Mitochondrial “Circuit Breaker” May Protect Heart from Damage; An Antidepressant May Enhance Drug Delivery to Brain; and more.

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News Briefs

Francis Collins to stay on as NIH Director; Discovery Channel program on Clinical Center to air in August (film crew pictured); Congressional staffers visited NIH; new illustrated history of the National Library of Medicine.

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New Methods

Medical-Imaging Device Developed by NICHD Researchers Awarded U.S. Patent

BY LINDA HUYNH, NICHD

A calibration device for medical imaging developed by researchers at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development received U.S. Patent approval in March. The device, a diffusion MRI phantom, calibrates MRI scanners that perform diffusion MRI methods, such as diffusion tensor imaging, or DTI. Reliable calibration standards help ensure the quality and accuracy of these images, which can help diagnose stroke, brain disease, and cancer.

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The Training Page

FROM THE FELLOWS COMMITTEE

Knowing How and Where to Look for Training Opportunities

BY CRAIG MYRUM, NIA

While most fellows continue to cultivate their depth and breadth of knowledge in their area of expertise, some are so intensively focused on their research that adequate time is not given to strategically planning for life beyond the lab. Regardless of your post-fellowship plans, more time is usually warranted on addressing additional skills that are required for the next step in your career.

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From the Annals of NIH History

Angel of Independence

BY MICHELE LYONS, OFFICE OF NIH HISTORY

The silver Mexican Medallion Libertad coin pictured here symbolizes an agreement between the Mexico National Council on Science and Technology and the United States National Institutes of Health. The coin is one of many in a collection at the Office of NIH History.

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Lectures, seminars, festivals, and other events. Pictured: Katherine Janeway (Harvard) who will present “Bringing Genomics to the Pediatric Oncology Clinic: Diagnosis, Treatment Selection, and Rational Clinical Trial Design” at the Trent Lecture on Wednesday, September 6.

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