NEI Scientific All Hands Meeting - July 2019
The purpose of this meeting is to provide an update on important IT and scientific computing activities at the NEI.
Archana Mohale, the new NEI CIO, will report on what is happening in the IT Management Branch (ITMB).
We are also excited to describe a new scientific resource: the NEI Scientific Information Office (SIO), established through a contract with BioTeam, Inc (http://www.bioteam.net). Via the SIO, NEI scientists will have access to considerable expertise in the areas of bioinformatics and other kinds of high-performance scientific computing. The BioTeam lead at NEI will be Dr. Markus Dittrich, a computational biop...
Source: Videocast - All Events - July 22, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NEI Scientific All Hands Meeting
The purpose of this meeting is to provide an update on important IT and scientific computing activities at the NEI.
Archana Mohale, the new NEI CIO, will report on what is happening in the IT Management Branch (ITMB).
We are also excited to describe a new scientific resource: the NEI Scientific Information Office (SIO), established through a contract with BioTeam, Inc (http://www.bioteam.net). Via the SIO, NE I scientists will have access to considerable expertise in the areas of bioinformatics and other kinds of high-performance scientific computing. The BioTeam lead at NEI will be Dr. Markus Dittrich, a computational ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - July 18, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Dr. Michael E. DeBakey and His Influence in the Changing Business of Healthcare and the Delivery of American Medicine
3rd Annual Michael E. DeBakey Lecture in the History of Medicine
During his lifetime, Dr. Michael E. DeBakey developed a reputation as a leading voice decrying the growing commercialization of American medicine. At the same time, as the leader of a major medical school and as a clinical and technological innovator, Dr. DeBakey helped to transform how academic medicine and the commercial health care marketplace interacted in Houston and across the globe by working to expand the footprint of cardiovascular surgery in the United States and overseas through program building and consulting agreements as well as developing partn...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 13, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NIH Reverse Industry Day
The Professional Services Council and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Office is hosting a Reverse Industry Day.
The key objective of the Reverse Industry Day is for government employees to better understand the parallel action industry is taking during the government ’ s acquisition lifecycle and why decisions or information made available or not made available during pre-award impact bid/no-bid decisions among potential bidders and post-award contract administration. Dr. Alfred Johnson, NIH Deputy Director for Management, will provide opening remarks.
This event is intended for the entire acquisit...
Source: Videocast - All Events - June 4, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
How platelets naturally form unobtrusive clots (Image 2)
Activated platelets with platelet extensions called filopodia. The first view of the physical mechanism of how a blood clot contracts at the level of individual platelets is giving researchers a new look at a natural process that is part of blood clotting. A team of researchers from the Perelman ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - February 27, 2018 Category: Science Source Type: video
How platelets naturally form unobtrusive clots (Image 1)
Activated platelets with platelet extensions called filopodia. The first view of the physical mechanism of how a blood clot contracts at the level of individual platelets is giving researchers a new look at a natural process that is part of blood clotting. A team of researchers from the Perelman ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - February 27, 2018 Category: Science Source Type: video
Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Total Worker Health-What's Work Got to Do With It? (Day 2)
Total Worker Health® (TWH) means policies, programs, and practices that integrate protection from work-related safety and health hazards with efforts to promote health and prevent disease for the advancement of worker well-being. One hundred forty-five million Americans are workers, and most spend at least 50% of their active time at the workplace. Despite improvements in occupational safety and health over the last several decades, workers continue to suffer work-related illnesses, injuries, and deaths. In 2007, it is estimated that there were over 53,000 deaths caused by work-related illnesses, and the estimated total c...
Source: Videocast - All Events - October 7, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Total Worker Health-What's Work Got to Do With It? (Day 1)
Total Worker Health® (TWH) means policies, programs, and practices that integrate protection from work-related safety and health hazards with efforts to promote health and prevent disease for the advancement of worker well-being. One hundred forty-five million Americans are workers, and most spend at least 50% of their active time at the workplace. Despite improvements in occupational safety and health over the last several decades, workers continue to suffer work-related illnesses, injuries, and deaths. In 2007, it is estimated that there were over 53,000 deaths caused by work-related illnesses, and the estimated total c...
Source: Videocast - All Events - October 7, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NIH Pathways to Prevention: Advancing the Research on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Day 2)
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a complex, multifaceted disorder characterized by extreme fatigue and a host of other symptoms that can worsen after physical or mental activity, but do not improve with rest. In addition to extreme fatigue, people with ME/CFS may also experience:
Widespread muscle and joint pain
Sore throat
Tender lymph nodes in the neck or armpit
Headaches
Sleep problems
Difficulty with short-term memory or concentration
Effects of the illness can range from moderate to debilitating, and can substantially impact everyday functioning. Routine daily activities such as cooking ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - September 2, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NIH Pathways to Prevention: Advancing the Research on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Day 1)
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a complex, multifaceted disorder characterized by extreme fatigue and a host of other symptoms that can worsen after physical or mental activity, but do not improve with rest. In addition to extreme fatigue, people with ME/CFS may also experience:
Widespread muscle and joint pain
Sore throat
Tender lymph nodes in the neck or armpit
Headaches
Sleep problems
Difficulty with short-term memory or concentration
Effects of the illness can range from moderate to debilitating, and can substantially impact everyday functioning. Routine daily activities such as cooking ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - September 2, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
National Children's Study Federal Advisory Committee (NCSAC) Meeting - July 2014
The objectives of the July 2014 NCSAC meeting are to provide the Committee with an update on the current status of the Vanguard Study, and discuss the Institute of Medicine review of the National Children’s Study (NCS). The 2013 appropriations bill required that the NIH contract with the Institute of Medicine to review the proposed methodologies for the NCS Main Study. Additional information on the proposed methodology can be found on the NCS website. The report will be posted by the Institute of Medicine in mid-June, and we will distribute it, along with specific questions, to the NCSAC shortly thereafter for review pri...
Source: Videocast - All Events - June 13, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
