Announcements

NIH RESEARCH FESTIVAL: CALL FOR POSTER SUBMISSIONS

• Submission deadline: Monday, July 22, 11:59 p.m.
• Click here to submit your application.

The 2024 NIH Research Festival, held September 23–25, will feature poster sessions on the FAES Terrace of Building 10. We will hold morning, mid-day, and afternoon sessions on September 23 with up to 50 posters per session. Sessions will be grouped by Scientific Focus Area. As such, you will be assigned to one of the four sessions upon acceptance of all submissions. We are planning a virtual poster session for those who cannot come to the NIH main Bethesda campus.

INAUGURAL SEMINAR FOR THE NATIONAL SMELL AND TASTE CENTER

• Tuesday, July 9, 1–5 p.m.
• Building 35, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, Room 620-630
• Attend virtually via NIH Videocast.

Join us on July 9 for the inaugural seminar for the new National Smell and Taste Center (NSTC). Led by NIDCR, NSTC was formed through collaborations among several NIH intramural research programs to address the need to expand work in smell and taste research—a need that captured national attention during the COVID-19 pandemic.

NSTC’s first seminar will include cutting-edge research, panel presentations, and discussions on innovations, challenges, and opportunities for advancing smell and taste research. 

CHILDHOOD CANCER DATA INITIATIVE WEBINAR SERIES “LEVERAGING DATA STANDARDS FOR IMPROVING INTEROPERABILITY”

• Tuesday, July 9, 1–2 p.m.
• Virtual event is free and open to the public.
• Click here to register (required to get event link).

Tune in and learn about how to enhance interoperability with data standards, with an emphasis on the:

• National Childhood Cancer Registry (NCCR)
• Childhood Cancer–Data Integration for Research, Education, Care, and Clinical Trials (CCDIRECT)
• Development of pediatric content within the HemOnc.org ontology standard
• Creation of the minimal Common Oncology Data Elements (mCODE) pediatrics extension

Learn more about Childhood Cancer Data Initiative events and access past webinar recordings at the CCDI Events and Webinars page.

NIH LAB MANAGERS WORKING GROUP INFORMATIONAL TALKS

July 11: Overview of LabArchives: Notebooks and Inventories

• noon– 1 p.m.
• Join the virtual meeting on Teams. 

July 25: Vendor Capabilities: StemCell Technologies, Genesee Scientific, and ATCC

• noon–1 p.m.
• Join the virtual meeting on Teams.

Contact the NIH Lab Managers Working Group at LMWG@nih.gov with questions.

RAISING A RESILIENT SCIENTIST SERIES: MENTORING INTERNATIONAL TRAINEES

• Wednesday, July 10, noon–1 p.m.
• Click here to register for the virtual Zoom event.

Visiting Fellows need support at the beginning of their time at NIH to help them understand U.S. culture and integrate into the NIH and your research environment. As they progress through their time, their needs change including understanding how to find a job, either in the U.S. or back home.

The goal of the Raising a Resilient Scientist (RRS) series is to promote the mental health and well-being of the academic research community by supporting faculty and administrators to develop self-management, relationship-management, and mentoring skills. A variety of topics will be covered with a specific focus on communication and shared problem-solving to help trainees deal with the inevitable setbacks experienced in high knowledge environments.

Each RRS unit consists of a 75-minute lecture followed by a one hour facilitated discussion with peers.

2024 GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL FAIR

• Wednesday, July 17, 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
• Building 45, Natcher Conference Center
• Click here to register.

The Graduate and Professional School Fair is an in-person and hybrid event designed for those who are planning to apply to graduate or professional school in the near future. Summer interns, college students, and postbacs, can gather information about how to apply to graduate or professional school, explore institutions and programs, and network with program directors and faculty members from institutions across the country.

This event is for NIH summer interns and postbacs. We also welcome college students and postbacs from outside the NIH.

2024 SUMMER POSTER DAYS 

• Thursday and Friday, August 1–2
• Building 45, Natcher Conference Center

If you are a summer intern at NIH, Summer Poster Day is your chance to share your research and scientific ideas with a broad audience, while developing your networking and communication skills. We hope you have a meaningful experience sharing your research with the NIH community, colleagues, friends, and family members. All summer interns are welcome to present. Be sure to discuss your idea with your supervisor or PI before registering.

Registered summer intern poster presenters will receive an email containing their poster session assignment and other details by 5 p.m. on Friday, July 19. For questions, email SIP@nih.gov.

EXPLORING THE MANY DIMENSIONS OF SEX AND GENDER IN THE GENOMICS ERA

• Wednesday and Thursday, July 17–18, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Click here to register.
• Visit the event website to learn more.

Join NHGRI for a public two-day virtual symposium titled “Exploring the many dimensions of sex and gender in the genomics era: Clarifying complexities in light of social and genomic advances and their histories” that will explore the many dimensions of sex and gender in the genomics era. This event will bring together top experts from biological and social sciences to help clarify and provide context for the many dimensions of sex and their relationships with gender. These discussions are crucial for providing a stronger scientific framework for understanding sex better for the benefit of all populations.

If you are an individual with a disability who needs reasonable accommodations to participate in this event, please email CCDIevents@mail.nih.gov as soon as possible.

HARNESSING AI TO EXPLORE HEALTH RESTORATION IN DIABETES

• Monday, July 29, 1:30–2:45 p.m.
• Attend virtually via NIH Videocast 

NCCIH presents a virtual lecture, which is open to the public, titled “Harnessing AI To Explore Health Restoration in Diabetes,” as part of its Integrative Medicine Research Lecture Series. No registration is necessary. Aaron Lee, is an associate professor and vitreoretinal surgeon, at the University of Washington (Seattle). Lee’s research focuses on the translation of novel computation techniques in machine learning (ML) to uncover new disease associations and mechanisms from routine clinical data, including electronic health records and imaging. He is co-principal investigator of the AI-READI project, funded under NIH’s Bridge to Artificial Intelligence program. In addition to AI-READI, he will discuss researching the health of the whole person, and provide examples of AI/ML advances from ophthalmology. Learn more at the event homepage. For questions, contact info@nccih.nih.gov.

DIGITAL HEALTH SIG SPEAKER SERIES “DISRUPTING HEALTHCARE USING DEEP DATA, WEARABLES AND REMOTE MONITORING”

• Wednesday, September 4
• Time and location TBD. Contact Sherine El-Toukhy with questions.

Join NIH’s Digital Health Scientific Interest Group for a talk by Michael Snyder, titled “Disrupting Healthcare Using Deep Data, Wearables and Remote Monitoring.”

SAVE THE DATE: 2024 ANITA B. ROBERTS LECTURE

• Thursday, November 14, noon–2 p.m.
• Speaker: Carolina Barillas-Mury
• Attend virtually via NIH Videocast.