Science, Society, and the Legacy of Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D.- A National Library of Medicine Scientific Symposium
This symposium honors the legacy of Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D. It includes a keynote address by Isaac S. Kohane, M.D., Ph.D. (Harvard University), panels addressing Dr. Lindberg ’ s leadership in the advancement of science through research training, and in the evolution of the library as research partner, and remarks by leaders of the NIH, NLM, NLM Board of Regents, American Medical Informatics Association, Medical Library Association, and the Friends of the National Library of Medicine.Air date: 9/1/2022 9:00:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 20, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Pitcher plants as models for ecosystem change
Researchers studying the northern pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea) at the Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research site found that the water-filled pool within a pitcher plant is a tiny ecosystem whose inner workings are similar to those of a full-scale water body.
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - January 17, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video
Biomaterials for combination immunotherapy
Biomedical Engineering Scientific Interest Group(BMESIG) seminar series: Lecture by Dr.Natalie Artzi, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women ’ s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Principal Research Scientist, MIT; Associate Member, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. The power of leveraging the patient ’ s own immune system to fight diseases is increasingly being recognized. This talk will explore medical technologies being developed that harness lessons from biomaterial development for drug delivery systems to those that will reprogram the immune system to generate robust and long-lasting curative outcomes...
Source: Videocast - All Events - October 27, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
New Life for Old Drugs: Bisphosphonate Effects on Anti-Viral Immunity and COVID-19 in Mice and Men
NIH Director ’ s Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series
Ulrich H. von Andrian of Harvard will discuss his latest findings about the positive association between bisphosphonate use and COVID-19-related outcomes.For more information go tohttps://oir.nih.gov/walsAir date: 10/27/2021 3:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - October 21, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
The Role for Feasible and Sustainable Interventions in Reducing Health Disparities
Please join the NIH Health Disparities Interest Group and NIMHD Division of Intramural Research Joint Lecture by Margarita Alegr í a, PhD, the Chief of the Disparities Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Mongan Institute, the Harry G. Lehnert, Jr. and Lucille F. Cyr Lehnert Endowed Chair at the Mass General Research Institute and a Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She will discuss research to increase equity in behavioral health outcomes for disadvantaged and minority populations.Air date: 10/12/2021 10:30:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - October 7, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Health Disparities Interest Group & NIMHD Division of Intramural Research Joint Lecture: Dr. Margarita Alegria
Please join the NIH Health Disparities Interest Group and NIMHD Division of Intramural Research Joint Lecture by Margarita Alegr í a, PhD, the Chief of the Disparities Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Mongan Institute, the Harry G. Lehnert, Jr. and Lucille F. Cyr Lehnert Endowed Chair at the Mass General Research Institute and a Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She will discuss research to increase equity in behavioral health outcomes for disadvantaged and minority populations.Air date: 10/12/2021 10:30:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - October 5, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NLM ADA Lovelace Lecture: Tackling Diabetic Retinopathy in a Safety Net Healthcare Setting with Telehealth and Machine Learning
NLM ADA Lovelace Lecture
Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in working age adults in the United States. It is challenging to address in both rural and urban underserved settings, which suffer from shortages of eye specialists. This talk will describe the approach taken to address this condition in a medically underserved area (South Los Angeles) by researchers in the Center for Biomedical Informatics at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, using telehealth and machine learning on data from patient electronic health records.
Omolola Ogunyemi, PhD, FACMI is the Director of Charles R. Drew U...
Source: Videocast - All Events - September 30, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
OHSRP Education Session 10/7: Reframing Lessons from the Syphilis Study Done at Tuskegee (1932-1972) to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic: From Vaccine Hesitancy to Vaccine Confidence
The October session of the Office of Human Subjects Research Protections (OHSRP) Education Series will be held on Thursday, October 7, 2021, from 3-4 PM via live NIH videocast (https://videocast.nih.gov/ ) for NIH staff only. This presentation is titled “ Reframing Lessons from the Syphilis Study Done at Tuskegee (1932-1972) to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic: From Vaccine Hesitancy to Vaccine Confidence.
Our guest speaker for this session is Dr. Stephen B. Thomas, Professor of Health Policy& Management at the University of Maryland School of Public Health, and he is also the Director of Maryland Center for Health Equity....
Source: Videocast - All Events - September 23, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Acute Severe COVID-19 and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in U.S. Children and Adolescents
Speaker Adrienne G. Randolph is Senior Associate, Critical Care Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital and Professor of Anaesthesia and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School. The Randolph Lab studies the immunobiology of critical illness in children with a focus on life-threatening and fatal infections and acute lung injury. Her long-term goal is to identify new diagnostic tests and therapies that could restore health more rapidly and decrease morbidity and mortality. Her laboratory focuses on clinical-translational research in the areas of the immune response of pediatric patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome and...
Source: Videocast - All Events - September 23, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Tackling Diabetic Retinopathy in a Safety Net Healthcare Setting with Telehealth and Machine Learning
Presentation Description:
Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in working age adults in the United States. It is challenging to address in both rural and urban underserved settings, which suffer from shortages of eye specialists. This talk will describe the approach taken to address this condition in a medically underserved area (South Los Angeles) by researchers in the Center for Biomedical Informatics at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, using telehealth and machine learning on data from patient electronic health records.
Speaker Bio:
Omolola Ogunyemi, PhD, FACMI is the Director of ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - September 15, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Blood Stem Cell Clonality and the Niche
Speaker Leonard Zon, M.D., is HHMI Investigator; Grousbeck Professor of Pediatric Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director, Stem Cell Program at Boston Children's Hospital. The Zon laboratory aims to dissect how assaults to the hematopoietic system cause severe diseases such as leukemias, lymphomas, and anemias. They investigate hematopoietic development and disease using chemical screens, genetic screens, and analysis of novel transgenic lines in zebrafish.For more information go tohttps://oir.nih.gov/walsAir date: 11/17/2021 3:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - September 8, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Reimagining Mental Health Care in the US: Lessons from Low-resourced Contexts
Speaker Vikram Patel, Ph.D., is the Pershing Square Professor of Global Health, Harvard Medical School. His work has focused on the burden of mental health problems across the life course, their association with social disadvantage, and the use of community resources for their prevention and treatment.For more information go tohttps://oir.nih.gov/walsAir date: 10/27/2021 3:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - September 8, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NHLBI Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity Seminar: Diet, Chronic Respiratory Disease and Lung Function
In this one-hour webinar, NIH-funded investigator, Dr. Vanessa Garcia Larsen, Ph.D., will present on the topic “ Diet, Chronic Respiratory Disease and Lung Function. ” Dr. Garcia Larsen is an Assistant Professor in Human Nutrition at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Guest Faculty at Harvard Medical School, and Honorary Lecturer at Imperial College London, where she did her post-doctoral training. Her main research focus is the role of diet in the primary and secondary prevention of allergies, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Air date: 9/14/2021 11:00:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - August 9, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NHLBI Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity Seminar: Diet, Asthma, and Pulmonary Function
In this one-hour webinar, NIH-funded investigator, Dr. Vanessa Garcia Larsen, Ph.D., will present on the topic “ Diet, Asthma and Pulmonary Function. ” Dr. Garcia Larsen is an Assistant Professor in Human Nutrition at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Guest Faculty at Harvard Medical School, and Honorary Lecturer at Imperial College London, where she did her post-doctoral training. Her main research focus is the role of diet in the primary and secondary prevention of allergies, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Air date: 9/14/2021 11:00:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - July 27, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Diamond defects detect and measure magnetic fields
Researchers used atomic-size defects in diamonds to detect and measure magnetic fields generated by spin waves.
[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grant ECCS 1541959.]
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - July 16, 2021 Category: Science Source Type: video
