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Guest Editorial

All Lives Are Sacred

Building Good Relationships with Communities

BY ALVIN D. HINTON, CHIEF OF THE NIH POLICE

The tragic death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer and subsequent police shootings throughout our country have drawn worldwide attention to the use of force by the men and women from some of the 18,000 law-enforcement agencies in the United States. A main concern is that use of deadly force is disproportionally applied to Black people. I believe that all lives are sacred. But as you might imagine, the attitudes and demographics of police officers reflect the same attitudes and demographics of America—with both its virtues and faults.

Research Briefs: COVID-19

Highlights of NIH COVID-19 research and initiatives.

Research Briefs

Read about NIH scientific advances and discoveries by intramural scientists: how the immune system keeps viruses from infecting the brain; less toxic treatment for Burkitt’s lymphoma; biomarkers may predict risk complications after mild traumatic brain injury; new blood test may improve liver cancer screening; and more.

Colleagues: Recently Tenured

Meet your recently tenured colleagues: Elodie Ghedin (NIAID, pictured), Markus Hafner (NIAMS), Michael J. Krashes (NIDDK), P’ng Loke (NIAID), Niki Moutsopoulos (NIDCR), and Argyris Stringaris (NIMH).

Quiet Leavings

BY ALIA PEDERSON, NIDCD

Recently, a colleague from another lab sent a heartfelt goodbye to our all-institute intramural email list. He had just finished his postbaccalaureate fellowship at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. His leaving is a public symbol of the many quiet leavings during the pandemic.

OITE Wellness Support

BY CHARLESICE HAWKINS, OITE

Although doing research requires perseverance and tolerating setbacks, the COVID-19 pandemic has sent the world reeling—especially for NIH trainees. Now with the the stress and uncertainties brought on by the pandemic, OITE has vigorously expanded their wellness resources and brought them online.

Illustration Moment

Capturing a Moment in Time

Illustration by 10-year-old Ashlyn Roberts of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Announcements: Kudos

John T. Schiller and Robert Tycko have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2020; NIH Director Francis Collins was selected as the 2020 Templeton Prize Laureate.

Announcements

News about events, deadlines, lectures including COVID-19 lecture series, NIH Data Science Town Hall, “Behind the Mask” initiative to collect your stories, and more.