Monday, April 22, 2019, 8:30 am to Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 12:30 pm (register by March 29)
NIH Clinical Center (Building 10), Lipsett Auditorium
The purpose of this one and one-half-day workshop is to understand the mechanisms and epidemiology of viral and non-viral etiologies of liver fibrosis and progression to liver cancer. Non-viral etiologies of liver disease include non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), or the sequelae that contribute to obesity, metabolic syndrome, and host inflammatory responses. Since liver fibrosis cuts across the missions of other NIH Institutes this workshop has sought input from them during the planning. This workshop includes liver disease and cancer investigators with expertise in basic science, epidemiology, early detection and clinical research within the United States as well as other experts that span the relevant research spectrum.
Sessions will include basic science, epidemiology, early detection, and translational research/clinical trials with an emphasis on exploring opportunities where interventions are probable to marry basic research with translation (biomarkers, reversibility of fibrosis/cirrhosis) research.
Workshop speakers will be charged with assessing the state of the science of fibrosis progression to liver cancer and identifying knowledge and resource gaps, barriers to progress, and research opportunities to assist the NCI and NIH. Anticipated outcomes will include exchanges of research results and networking between investigators studying the liver and may lead to trans-NIH initiatives to support both basic, epidemiology and translational liver fibrosis and cancer research.
The workshop is organized by the National Cancer Institute's Liver Cancer Working Group from the Division of Cancer Prevention; the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis; the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences; and the Division of Cancer Biology.
The deadline to register for this workshop is March 29, 2019.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Each year on April 25, we celebrate National DNA Day, which commemorates the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953. On this day students, teachers, and the public learn more about genetics and genomics.
In honor of DNA Day this year, the Intramural Research Program (IRP) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is partnering with the NIH’s National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to bring you an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) with three experts on the many ways that advances in the genomic sciences are changing our lives. A Reddit AMA is an opportunity to ask interesting individuals questions about anything and everything. Participants can begin submitting questions starting at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 24th, on the the "AskScience" subreddit.
Alexander Katz, M.D., and Laura Koehly, Ph.D., of NHGRI, along with Saskia Sanderson, Ph.D., of University College London, will answer questions on the latest discoveries and research endeavors in the field of genetics, including The Genomic Ascertainment Cohort (TGAC), a partnership between the NIH and Inova Health System that aims to gather genomic data from many different sources into a single, searchable system to enable researchers to study the link between genetic variants and individual traits. In addition, they will discuss how our knowledge of the human genome and rapidly declining cost of DNA sequencing are affecting our physical, mental, and emotional health, as well as altering our behavior and the ways we interact with one another.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm (reception to follow)
NIH Clinical Center (Building 10), Masur Auditorium
From the 17th through the 19th century, beautifully artistic micrographs of living specimens were inextricably linked to biological discovery. However, for much of the 20th century, optical microscopy took a back seat to the powerful new fields of genetics and biochemistry. Starting in the 1980s, the tables started to turn again, thanks to the widespread availability of computers, lasers, sensitive detectors, and fluorescence-labeling techniques. The result has been a Cambrian explosion of new technologies that have given scientists the ability to understand the findings of genetics and biochemistry in the context of spatially complex and dynamic living systems at high spatiotemporal resolution. For his lecture, Dr. Eric Betzig will discuss the role of his lab in this developing story and show how an increasingly detailed look at life has increasingly revealed an intricate and beautiful world.
Eric Betzig, Ph.D., is a Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). He was a co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his role in the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.
This lecture will be followed by a reception in the NIH Library.
Thursday, April 25, 2019, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm (registration required)
NIH Main Campus, Bethesda, MD
Inspire the next generation of NIH daughters and sons in grades 1-12 to explore career paths in science and public service at our nation’s medical research agency!
Bring your school-aged daughters and sons to NIH for a day of discovery. Show them the important work you do and let them explore other occupations that support the public health services NIH delivers every day. Help them make the important connection between what they're learning in school today and the impact it can have on their future tomorrow.
Pre-registration opens on Thursday, March 21, at 12:00 p.m. Registration, which will occur in two phases, begins on Thursday, April 4, at 12:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 25, 2019, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
NIH Clinical Center (Building 10), Lipsett Amphitheater
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) Director’s Lecture Series is designed to bring the nation’s top nurse scientists to the NIH campus to share their work and interests with a transdisciplinary audience. The second 2019 NINR Director's Lecture will be presented by Dr. Eun-Ok Im of the Duke University School of Nursing. In her presentation, Dr. Im will discuss her program of research, which uses computer and mobile technologies to eliminate gender and ethnic disparities.
Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS, FAAN is the Associate Dean for Research Development and Regulatory Affairs and Mary T. Champagne Professor at Duke University, School of Nursing. She has gained national and international recognition as a methodologist, researcher, and theorist in international, cross-cultural women’s health. Dr. Im's most outstanding contribution to nursing research is a program that adopts computer and mobile technologies to eliminate gender and ethnic disparities. She has taken the lead in this new field, and her current studies are among the first of their kind to use these technologies to build nursing knowledge. Dr. Im has integrated this line of work with research projects on breast cancer survivorship, cancer pain, menopausal symptoms, and physical activity. She has numerous national and international awards, including the 2014 International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame Award from Sigma Theta Tau International.
Thursday, May 2, 2019, 8:00 am to 4:15 pm (registration required)
NIH Building 38A, Lister Hill Auditorium
This one-day workshop will explore challenges and strategies for design and analysis of embedded pragmatic clinical trials (PCT) that are conducted within health care systems. Pragmatic trials differ from traditional more explanatory clinical trials, as they test interventions or practices delivered in real-world settings. If conducted within integrated health care systems, embedded PCT can leverage existing infrastructure to answer important clinical questions in a cost-effective manner. They can also bridge the critical gap between clinical evidence, practice and policy in health care delivery.
The NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory, an NIH Common Fund initiative, has launched several PCT that are conducted within several US health care systems. These trials have served as case studies for addressing challenges of pragmatic research; and the program has developed an extensive set of methods and best practices for embedded PCT. As the NIH portfolio of PCT expands, there have been many lessons learned about how such trials can be designed within health care systems and what analytic strategies are most useful for particular PCT designs. Most importantly, successful trials require close collaboration between clinical investigators and biostatisticians who each bring critical expertise to planning, implementation and analysis of embedded PCT.
The workshop will include a series of moderated discussions that focus on issues of measuring trial outcomes from available data sources, on potential randomization strategies, on specific ePCT design considerations and unique complications that were addressed by completed or ongoing trials. Panel discussions will utilize case examples from the Collaboratory repertoire and beyond, to illustrate how clinical investigators and biostatisticians work to address research question posed by specific trials. The workshop aims to inform research funders and investigators on progress in ePCT, and discuss strategies for conducting future trials that can make a difference, and readily bridge the gap between evidence, practice and policy.
This event is free, but registration is required.
Thursday, May 2, 2019, 10:00 am to 3:30 pm
NIH Natcher Conference Center (Building 45)
NIH's annual Postbac Poster Day provides an opportunity for the NIH's postbaccalaureate IRTAs to display the research they have been conducting in NIH intramural labs and at the same time develop their communication and networking skills. We encourage all current NIH postbacs in the Bethesda area, Baltimore, Frederick, and Research Triangle Park (NC) to present at this event. At the poster session you will be able to share background information on your project, any data you may have collected, and a discussion of the technical problems you encountered as well as any results. The event will also include a keynote address and the presentation of the Distinguished Mentor Award.
The deadline for poster submission is Friday, March 29th, at 11:59 pm (ET).
Friday, May 3, 2019 (register by April 22)
NIH Natcher Conference Center (Building 45), Ruth L. Kirschstein Auditorium
Research at the chemistry-biology interface has emerged as an enabling paradigm in modern biology and medicine. Jointly organized by the National Cancer Institute's Chemical Biology Laboratory and George Washington University, this day-long symposium is designed to highlight research from chemical biology experts and trainees across the mid-Atlantic region across a broad range of topics, including natural product discovery; bioorthogonal chemistry; new organic fluorophores and imaging; chemical manipulation of enzyme structure and function; developing and applying biomaterials; and chemoproteomics and drug target elucidation
This symposium offers an intimate environment to foster discussion and learn more about the current status of chemical biology in the study of disease, share research, network with leading figures in the field and discuss applications of cutting-edge techniques with leading researchers. The schedule typically includes invited and submitted talks as well as poster sessions. There is no charge to attend the symposium and everyone — research scientists, faculty, post-docs and graduate students — involved in research from academic, government and local industrial institutions is encouraged to participate.
The registration deadline for this symposium is April 22.
Friday, May 3, 2019, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm (RSVP to attend)
NIH Clinical Center (Building 10), Masur Auditorium
Please join the NIH community in celebrating the life and impact of the late Stephen I. Katz, M.D., Ph.D., former director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases at NIH. This special event will commemorate Dr. Katz’s achievements as an exemplary biomedical researcher, steadfast leader, and dedicated public servant. The program will include music and remarks by family members, colleagues, and trainees. A reception hosted by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health will follow.
We hope you will join us to remember and celebrate this exceptional leader and friend. This event is free and open to the public.
Monday, May 6, 2019, 10:00 am to 11:30 am
NIH Clinical Center (Building 10), Masur Auditorium
One year following the launch of the All of Us Research Program, what have we learned about how to build an engaged and diverse participant community and its potential for scientific impact? Join us for a symposium discussing these topics and highlighting precision medicine data. Featured speakers will include NIH Director Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., and All of Us Research Program Director Eric Dishman.
This event is free and open to the public.
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 to Friday, May 10, 2019 (apply by April 22)
NIH main campus, Bethesda, Maryland
The NIH's National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is excited to host our first Women-led Hackathon, a collaborative biodata science event organized by women on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland!
NIH has a strong interest in enhancing the diversity of the scientific workforce, and women in particular are underrepresented in data science. This women-led NCBI initiative strongly encourages researchers, especially women, at any stage of their data science journey to apply for this inaugural event. Past hackathon participants have ranged from students and postdocs with a working knowledge of scripting (e.g. Shell, Python, R) to those already engaged in the use of large datasets or in the development of informatics tools, code, or pipelines.
The hackathon runs from 9 am – 5 pm each day, with an optional social event on the evening of the second day. Working groups of five to six individuals, with various backgrounds and expertise, will be formed into five to eight teams with an experienced leader. These teams will build pipelines and tools to analyze large datasets within a cloud infrastructure. Throughout the three days, we will come together to discuss progress on each of the topics, bioinformatics best practices, coding styles, etc.
Applications are due Monday April 22, by 5 pm EST.
Thursday, May 9, 2019, 11:00 am
NIH Clinical Center (Building 10), Lipsett Amphitheater
Dr. Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, Ph.D., of Rutgers University, will give the second in the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)'s Integrative Medicine Research Lecture Series. This lecture series provides overviews of the current state of research and practice involving complementary health approaches and explores perspectives on the emerging discipline of integrative medicine. Dr. Brady will discuss the colonization of infants with live microbes acquired during their mother’s labor, the effects of factors that impair neonatal colonization (such as C-section), and the influence of modern antimicrobial practices on developmental phenotypes.
Thursday, May 9, 2019, 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm
In recognition of National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is hosting a Facebook Live event titled “How Does Puberty Affect Brain Development?” During this event, Principal Investigator and Chief of the Behavioral Endocrinology Branch, Dr. Peter Schmidt, Research Fellow Dr. Shau-Ming Wei, and Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Kathy Reding, will discuss:
- The typical pubertal transition
- How puberty affects brain development
- What changes parents might expect in their children
- What NIMH hopes to learn from the research
Dr. Schmidt, Dr. Wei, and Dr. Reding will take your questions live on Facebook!
Friday, May 10, 2019, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm (registration required)
NIH Natcher Conference Center (Building 45)
The NIH Career Symposium highlights the diversity of career choices now available to biomedical researchers. Whether you are a new graduate student, postdoc, or clinical fellow just beginning to consider career options or a senior student/fellow ready to look for a job, the NIH Career Symposium is for you.
The Symposium includes panels and workshops with over 75 speakers. There are typically 12-16 Panel sessions covering a spectrum of careers including academics, industry, government, patents/tech transfer, policy, and communications. The end of the day finishes with Skill Blitzes — twenty minute sessions to help you gather the tools and resources critical for your job search. The goal is to give you skills you can use immediately to act upon the information that you learned in the Symposium.
We invite any postdoc, clinical fellow, or PhD-level graduate student to join us, regardless of whether you are part of the NIH intramural program or not. This event is free to attend.
D.C. Lupus Consortium and 25th Year Anniversary of Lupus Clinical Research
Friday, May 17, 2019, 8:00 am to 11:30 am (RSVP by May 1)
NIH Clinical Center (Building 10), Masur Auditorium
The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) invites you to join us for the 4th Annual D.C. Lupus Consortium and the 25th year Anniversary of Lupus Clinical Research at the National Institutes of Health. This event will highlight the outstanding progress in lupus clinical research made by NIH over the last quarter century, featuring testimonials from research participants, updates on current lupus research activities at NIAMS, and discussions on the future direction of research at the NIH. The event seeks to build on the success of the D.C. Lupus Consortium, a platform to collaborate between NIH scientists, physicians outside the NIH, and patient advocacy groups interested in Lupus Clinical Research.
NIH has a storied history of lupus research, most notably with respect to lupus nephritis. Further, the Lupus Natural History Protocol has been active for the last 25 years, developing one of the world’s largest databases of lupus clinical research. The Lupus Clinical Research team has worked busily over the last several years reinvigorating research into novel lupus therapies. We remain committed to expanding our research efforts.
Kindly RSVP by May 1 via email at susan.bozak@nih.gov. All are welcome to attend.
Friday, May 24, 2019, 10:00 am (registration required)
NIH Porter Neuroscience Research Center (Building 35), room 610
The NIH National Cancer Institute's Center of Excellence in Integrative Cancer Biology and Genomics (CEICBG) promotes the innovative use of genetic and genomic approaches and technologies for basic science discoveries and clinical research applications for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. The purpose of the CEICBG Spring Symposiums is to foster interaction among the laboratories within the CEICBG (both the Center for Cancer Research and the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics) and to enhance the education and development of junior investigators and fellows in CEICBG laboratories.
The Symposium is open to all NIH staff. Online registration is free and required. Registration is free, but seating is limited so be sure to register early!
In addition, we invite submission of abstracts for consideration for oral presentations from intramural fellows and staff scientists. The deadline for abstract submission is May 1, 2019 by 11:59 PM. Notification of decision will be sent by May 15, 2019.
Thursday, June 6, 2019, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm (registration required)
NIH Building 1, Wilson Hall
Matilda White Riley, Ph.D. (1911-2004) was a celebrated scientist and member of the National Academy of Sciences whose transformative work and leadership in the behavioral and social sciences at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is honored annually by the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR).
Each year, NIH honors the research trajectory and continuing influence of Dr. Matilda White Riley in the behavioral and social sciences across and beyond the NIH. Initiated as an annual distinguished scholar lecture, OBSSR expanded the event in 2016 to recognize emerging scientists with a competition for peer-reviewed articles by Early Stage Investigators (ESIs).
Please register to attend in person. This meeting is free and open to the public.
Friday, June 7, 2019, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm (reception to follow)
NIH Clinical Center (Building 10), Masur Auditorium
The NIH Big Read, organized by the NIH Library and the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES), aims to foster collaboration and community across NIH through discussing a book over several months, culminating in an author event held at NIH. The 2019 NIH Big Read book is Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains by science journalist Helen Thomson. Ms. Thomson will visit NIH to discuss her book with NIH Director Francis Collins in an informal conversation, which will be followed by a meet and greet and reception with the author on the FAES Terrace.
Monday, June 10, 2019, 11:00 am
NIH Clinical Center (Building 10), Lipsett Amphitheater
Dr. Isaac Chiu, Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School, will give the third lecture in the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)'s Integrative Medicine Research Lecture Series. This lecture series provides overviews of the current state of research and practice involving complementary health approaches and explores perspectives on the emerging discipline of integrative medicine. Dr. Chiu’s research focus is in uncovering interactions between the nervous system, the immune system, and microbes, in health and disease. Dr. Brady will discuss how pain is generated in the periphery, the ways that neurons sense bacteria, the consequences of pain activation by bacteria for host defense and immunity, and the possibility of repurposing bacterial mechanisms of pain to treat chronic pain or infection.
Friday, June 14, 2019, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
NIH Clinical Center (Building 10), Lipsett Amphitheater
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has one named lecture each year — The Jeffrey M. Trent Lectureship in Cancer Research. The 2019 Trent Lecture will be given by Jay Shendure, M.D., Ph.D., Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Professor of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington. Dr. Shendure also serves as the Director of the Allen Discovery Center for Cell Lineage and the Brotman-Baty Institute for Precision Medicine.
Dr. Shendure's research has contributed to the development of a broad range of impactful technologies in human genetics and molecular biology, including next-generation DNA sequencing; multiplex targeted sequence capture; exome sequencing; whole organism lineage tracing by combinatorial and cumulative genome editing; and combinatorial cellular indexing for genome assembly, single cell epigenetics, or single cell transcriptomes.
Wednesday, June 19, 2019, 8:30 am to Thursday, June 20, 2019, 1:00 pm (registration required)
Natcher Conference Center (NIH Building 45), Ruth L. Kirschstein Auditorium
It has been well established that social determinants of health, including language barriers and culture, impact the acceptance and use of preventive services among minority populations and in people with low socioeconomic status. However, limitations in the available data, insufficient evidence, and research gaps present challenges to the science of developing recommendations to increase the use of preventive services among specific groups. More research is required to understand the root causes of disparities in the use of preventive services, and disparities in patient acceptance of preventive recommendations, and how barriers can be addressed through provider and community interventions. Additional areas for research include the role of health care systems to improve adoption and implementation of preventive services, and prospects for applying new technologies and communication innovations to close disparities gaps.
This Pathways to Prevent (P2P) workshop will assess the available scientific evidence on achieving health equity in the use of clinical preventive services in a health care setting, focusing on the three leading causes of death in the United States: cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. The topics this workshop will specifically address include impediments and barriers to the adoption, promotion, and implementation of evidence-based preventive services to reduce health disparities, as well as the effectiveness of health information technologies, digital enterprises, and health care organizations to address those issues.
The workshop is free and open to the public, and is designed for researchers, practitioners, and other professionals interested in clinical preventive services in a health care setting and issues of health equity. Registration is required, and attendees can join either in person or via NIH VideoCast (in-person attendance is strongly encouraged).
Monday, July 15, 2019 to Thursday, July 18, 2019 (registration required)
NIH main campus, Bethesda, MD
The NIH National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) Boot Camp is an intensive research training course designed to increase the research capability of graduate students, faculty, and clinicians. The 2019 Boot Camp, titled “Precision Health: Smart Technologies, Smart Health,” will address digital health data and technologies that enable “smart health” and improved patient outcomes. The course will cover the state-of-the-art of digital health, including the use of wearables, sensors, and virtual/augmented reality; the use of -omics data in health care; and the creation of an interactive system for using health data. Participants will also discuss strategies for research and identify opportunities for and challenges to using digital health, in addition to sharing knowledge and experiences with leaders in the field.
Speakers will include nationally and internationally known experts from NIH and academic institutions across the United States. Graduate students, faculty, and clinicians who are citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. are eligible to attend.
Registration for Boot Camp will open April 1, 2019. Due to the high level of interest and limited number of spots, we kindly ask that registrants plan to attend the full program.
Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 8:45 am to 2:45 pm (registration required)
NIH Natcher Conference Center (Building 45)
The NIH Graduate and Professional School Fair will provide an opportunity for NIH summer interns (especially those in college) and NIH postbacs, as well as other college students in the DC area, to prepare for the next step in their careers by exploring educational programs leading to the Ph.D., M.D., D.D.S., M.D./Ph.D., and other graduate and professional degrees. More than 200 outstanding colleges and universities from across the U.S. will be sending representatives of their graduate schools, medical and dental schools, schools of public health, and other biomedically relevant programs to the Fair in the hopes of recruiting NIH trainees.
The day will also include workshops on getting to graduate and professional school, M.D./Ph.D. programs, interviewing, and careers in public health, psychology, and dentistry. Exhibits will be open from 9:45 am to 1:45 pm.
Registration is required for this event.
Monday, August 12, 2019 to Friday, August 16, 2019 (apply by March 22)
The four-day Health Disparities Research Institute (HDRI), hosted by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), aims to support the research career development of promising minority health/health disparities research scientists early in their careers and stimulate research in the disciplines supported by health disparities science.
The program will feature lectures on minority health and health disparities research, small group discussions, mock grant review, and seminars. Institute participants will also have the opportunity to meet with NIH scientific staff engaged in related health disparities research across the various NIH Institutes and Centers.
Lectures and seminars will include etiology of health disparities, methods and measurement, intervention and implementation research. Participants will receive consultation on the development of research interests into an application – R21, R01, K award, as well as consultation on research strategies and methodologies for proposed studies, and opportunities to meet with NIMHD and other NIH program officials.
Monday, October 28, 2019 to Tuesday, October 29, 2019 (registration required)
NIH Clinical Center (Building 10), Masur Auditorium
This Special Conference on Tumor Metabolism, organized by the Liver Cancer Program at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Cancer Research (CCR), will bring together experts in the multidisciplinary field of liver cancer to update on research progress and future directions, with a focus on tumor metabolism. The meeting will also foster collaboration and team science among various disciplines of liver cancer research including epidemiology and translational science.
Abstracts for consideration as poster presentations are welcome and due by 11:59 p.m. on June 28, 2019.
