Big Data and the Promise and Pitfalls When Applied to Disease Prevention and Promoting Better Health
Medicine: Mind the Gap Seminar
Big Data is an overused term, but it does speak to a break from the past in the amount and complexity of data being gathered and analyzed, as well as in the methods applied to that data. How disruptive will Big Data be in the long run to biomedical research and health care? Dr. Bourne will address this question in light of the Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) initiative and other trans-NIH data science programs.For more information go to https://prevention.nih.gov/programs-events/medicine-mind-the-gapAir date: 4/26/2016 1:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 21, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Communication Director's Meeting - March 2016
Special presentation by Kevin Lomangino, managing editor of Health News Review. The organization “evaluates journalism, advertising, marketing, public relations and other messages related to health care interventions. The HealthNewsReview.org team includes more than 40 contributors who are all trained in the evaluation of evidence – physicians, researchers, public relations professionals, journalists, and several patients. Air date: 3/24/2016 1:30:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 14, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Wertheimer Remembrance: The challenge of shared decision making between physicians and patients
In Remembrance of Alan Wertheimer, PhD, the CC Department of Bioethics Presents the First Annual Widening the Lens Lecture
Alan Wertheimer's contributions to bioethics were far reaching and invaluable. After a very successful career in Political Science at the University of Vermont, Alan embraced bioethics with intellectual curiosity and acumen, often challenging prevailing views and urging broader thinking. He practiced a fruitful method - Widening the Lens (reflected in the title of this lecture and the subtitle of his last book), challenging all of us to consider why the norms and principles that guide our thinking abo...
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 7, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
COPD Town Hall (Day 1)
To create a COPD National Action Plan, COPD stakeholders are convening for the COPD Town Hall at NIH. During the two-day event, the COPD community — including individuals with COPD and their families, advocates, health care professionals, researchers, community and professional organizations, policymakers, government agencies, industry, and the media —are coming together to help develop a National COPD Action Plan.For more information go to http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/copd/get-involved/town-hall.htmAir date: 2/29/2016 8:30:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 5, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
COPD Town Hall (Day 2)
To create a COPD National Action Plan, COPD stakeholders are convening for the COPD Town Hall at NIH. During the two-day event, the COPD community — including individuals with COPD and their families, advocates, health care professionals, researchers, community and professional organizations, policymakers, government agencies, industry, and the media —are coming together to help develop a National COPD Action Plan.For more information go to http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/copd/get-involved/town-hall.htmAir date: 3/1/2016 8:30:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 5, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Using Data to Save More Lives and Drive Progress Towards the Control of the HIV Epidemic
Ambassador-at-Large Dr. Deborah L. Birx, a renowned HIV/AIDS expert, will deliver the 2015 Joseph J. Kinyoun Memorial Lecture. She will discuss how data are being leveraged to save lives and drive progress toward sustained control of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Birx is the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy. She oversees implementation of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the largest commitment to combat a single disease by any nation in history.
PEPFAR collects and analyzes data to understand health care service cost, quality and ach...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 13, 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 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
Matilda White Riley Award and Lecture in Behavioral and Social Sciences 2015
In 2015, the 8th Annual Matilda White Riley Award and Lecture will be a central feature of the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research 20th Anniversary celebrations. It is fitting that this year’s award honors Dr. Kevin Volpp and Dr. Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, two eminent scholars who have made significant contributions to the field of behavioral and social sciences that have furthered the mission of the National Institutes of Health.
AWARDEES:
Kevin Volpp
Professor of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
Professor of Health Care Management at Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of...
Source: Videocast - All Events - June 22, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NHLBI Sickle Cell Disease Forum Engaging the Community: Developing Solutions (Day 2)
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute hosts a Sickle Cell Disease Forum on June 25-26, 2015 at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, MD. The Forum is designed to bring together sickle cell disease community stakeholders—including patients and their families, advocates, health care professionals, researchers, professional and community organizations, policymakers, government agencies, industry, and the media — to help chart the future of sickle cell disease research.
Panel sessions will address issues affecting those living with sickle cell disease, as well the potential role of variou...
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 18, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NHLBI Sickle Cell Disease Forum Engaging the Community: Developing Solutions (Day 1)
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute hosts a Sickle Cell Disease Forum on June 25-26, 2015 at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, MD. The Forum is designed to bring together sickle cell disease community stakeholders—including patients and their families, advocates, health care professionals, researchers, professional and community organizations, policymakers, government agencies, industry, and the media — to help chart the future of sickle cell disease research.
Panel sessions will address issues affecting those living with sickle cell disease, as well the potential role of variou...
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 18, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
The GTEx Symposium: All Things Considered - Biospecimens, Omics Data and Ethical Issues (Day 2)
Co-hosted by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and the NIH Common Fund, the symposium will highlight the scientific goals of the GTEx program and progress in collecting and analyzing biospecimens from over 25 organ sites from 900 post-mortem donors. This two-day event is designed to inform the research community of the resources and infrastructure that are available for their use.
About GTEx:
The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) program is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund study. The overal...
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 18, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
The GTEx Symposium: All Things Considered - Biospecimens, Omics Data and Ethical Issues (Day 1)
Co-hosted by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and the NIH Common Fund, the symposium will highlight the scientific goals of the GTEx program and progress in collecting and analyzing biospecimens from over 25 organ sites from 900 post-mortem donors. This two-day event is designed to inform the research community of the resources and infrastructure that are available for their use.
About GTEx:
The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) program is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund study. The overal...
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 18, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
