ATE student learning to measure output power from a laser
At the Center for Laser and Fiber Optics Education, a U.S. National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education center, a student learns how to measure output power from a laser. Learn more about the NSF ATE program in the booklet (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - June 26, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video

8th Annual BRAIN Initiative Meeting: Open Science, New Tools (Day 1)
This 8th annual meeting of BRAIN Initiative meeting will convene the past and current awardees of the U.S. BRAIN Initiative. Also present will be: NIH leaders and program staff, NIH advisors, interagency federal partners (e.g. DARPA, NSF, FDA, IARPA), non-federal partners, and more. The purpose of this open meeting is to bring these stakeholders together to meet in-person and discuss scientific advancements stemming from the Initiative, as well as how awardees may collaborate and coordinate with one another moving forward. The meeting will engage other stakeholder groups via education and outreach to the press, information...
Source: Videocast - All Events - June 6, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

8th Annual BRAIN Initiative Meeting: Open Science, New Tools (Day 2)
This 8th annual meeting of BRAIN Initiative meeting will convene the past and current awardees of the U.S. BRAIN Initiative. Also present will be: NIH leaders and program staff, NIH advisors, interagency federal partners (e.g. DARPA, NSF, FDA, IARPA), non-federal partners, and more. The purpose of this open meeting is to bring these stakeholders together to meet in-person and discuss scientific advancements stemming from the Initiative, as well as how awardees may collaborate and coordinate with one another moving forward. The meeting will engage other stakeholder groups via education and outreach to the press, information...
Source: Videocast - All Events - June 6, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

OHSRP Education Series: eIRB Demo & Upcoming Change Considerations
The objective of this session is to provide the NIH community with a vivid depiction of:The underlying work that has gone into the eIRB implementationThe NIH partnerships and stakeholders that have guided the system designOur pathway to implementation regarding testing, training, and migrationA dive into known process considerations on the horizonSystem overview and demo, as well as a walkthrough of the study side workflowAir date: 6/9/2022 3:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - June 3, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

8th Annual BRAIN Initiative Meeting: Open Science, New Tools- Day 2
This 8th annual meeting of BRAIN Initiative meeting will convene the past and current awardees of the U.S. BRAIN Initiative. Also present will be: NIH leaders and program staff, NIH advisors, interagency federal partners (e.g. DARPA, NSF, FDA, IARPA), non-federal partners, and more. The purpose of this open meeting is to bring these stakeholders together to meet in-person and discuss scientific advancements stemming from the Initiative, as well as how awardees may collaborate and coordinate with one another moving forward. The meeting will engage other stakeholder groups via education and outreach to the press, information...
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 24, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

8th Annual BRAIN Initiative Meeting: Open Science, New Tools - Day 1
This 8th annual meeting of BRAIN Initiative meeting will convene the past and current awardees of the U.S. BRAIN Initiative. Also present will be: NIH leaders and program staff, NIH advisors, interagency federal partners (e.g. DARPA, NSF, FDA, IARPA), non-federal partners, and more. The purpose of this open meeting is to bring these stakeholders together to meet in-person and discuss scientific advancements stemming from the Initiative, as well as how awardees may collaborate and coordinate with one another moving forward. The meeting will engage other stakeholder groups via education and outreach to the press, information...
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 24, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

Investigational Devices: How the IRB Makes Device Determinations, and Sponsor and Investigator Responsibilities
The Office of Human Subjects Research Protections (OHSRP) Education Series session on April 7th from 3-4 PM will cover “ Investigational Devices: How the IRB Makes Device Determinations, and Sponsor and Investigator Responsibilities. ” Our speakers are Dr. Jonathan Green, OHSRP Director and Lisa Goldfeder, Section Head, Regulatory Support Section, Office of Research Support and Compliance. Topics for discussion related to use of investigational devices in human subjects research include: • How the IRB makes device determinations: When is a device an investigational device? • Exempt vs. non-significant risk (NSR...
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 22, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

The Mary Frances Picciano Dietary Supplement Research Practicum - Day 3
The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is offering a three day educational opportunity to provide fundamental knowledge of dietary supplements to faculty, students, and practitioners with a serious interest in this subject. This intensive practicum will provide a thorough overview and grounding about issues, concepts, unknowns, and controversies about dietary supplements and supplement ingredients. It will also emphasize the importance of scientific investigations to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and value of these products for health promotion and disease prevention as well as ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 4, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

The Mary Frances Picciano Dietary Supplement Research Practicum - Day2
The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is offering a three day educational opportunity to provide fundamental knowledge of dietary supplements to faculty, students, and practitioners with a serious interest in this subject. This intensive practicum will provide a thorough overview and grounding about issues, concepts, unknowns, and controversies about dietary supplements and supplement ingredients. It will also emphasize the importance of scientific investigations to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and value of these products for health promotion and disease prevention as well as ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 4, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

The Mary Frances Picciano Dietary Supplement Research Practicum - Day 1
The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is offering a three day educational opportunity to provide fundamental knowledge of dietary supplements to faculty, students, and practitioners with a serious interest in this subject. This intensive practicum will provide a thorough overview and grounding about issues, concepts, unknowns, and controversies about dietary supplements and supplement ingredients. It will also emphasize the importance of scientific investigations to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and value of these products for health promotion and disease prevention as well as ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 4, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

OHSRP Education Series - 3-4 PM-OHSRP update: Status of IRB reviews, progress on new eIRB system, and AAHRPP reaccreditation results
At this session, OHSRP leadership and staff will address the following topics: • OHSRP: where we came from and where we are going • 2021 year in review, IRB processes and metrics • Progress regarding the new eIRB system • The road to excellence - AAHRPP accreditation and the results of the site visitAir date: 1/13/2022 3:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - December 22, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

Merleau-Ponty, Descartes, and the Meaning of Painting
Using materials from the historical collection of the National Library of Medicine, Dr. Adams will explore the French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty ’ s critique of Ren é Descartes ’ s theory of vision. Dr. Adams ’ talk is co-sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the NLM/NEH partnership to collaborate on research, education, and career initiatives.Air date: 6/23/2022 2:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - December 15, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

The Measure of Black (Un)Fitness: Legacies of Slavery in the Early Eugenics Movement
This presentation considers how people of African descent became targets of eugenic study during the early decades of the twentieth century. It delves into the methods and assumptions eugenicists used to cast people of African descent as inherently unfit. Eugenicists saw blackness as a heritable trait that signaled a lack of vitality, innate promiscuity, and low achievement. That said, views about Black people ’ s inherent unfitness circulated well before the advent of eugenics. As such, this paper highlights the ways in which studies on fitness, some of which were carried out by the United States government in the after...
Source: Videocast - All Events - December 10, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

Benefits in research: How should we think about and communicate them?
Our OHSRP Education session on 11/4/2021 from 3-4 PM will feature Dr. Christine Grady, Chief of the NIH Department of Bioethics, who will present “ Benefits in research: How should we think about and communicate them? ” Objectives for this session: 1. Describe regulatory guidance regarding benefits 2. Distinguish different types of benefits 3. Consider what goes into determining a prospect of benefit 4. Discuss communicating benefits to participantsAir date: 11/4/2021 3:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - October 28, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

Mindfulness as a Support for Healing Conversations and Actions Toward Social Justice and Equity
From personal to structural, racism may be understood as an endemic public health threat with crisis-level effects. Mindfulness practices, originating from numerous cultures and spiritual traditions, are an active area of scientific investigation for health and other benefits. Mindfulness is often studied for its internal effects in individuals. However, many important research questions remain underexplored. For example, how might mindfulness practices be applied to disrupt bias and minimize racism ’ s harms? How might the science of mindfulness be directed toward further exploring their external, interpersonal, and sys...
Source: Videocast - All Events - October 18, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video