NIDDK Administrative Speaker Series: Identifying the Genetic Basis of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Southwest American Indians
2019 NIDDK Administrative Speaker Series
The series is an opportunity for NIDDK staff to learn about the important science NIDDK conducts and supports. It is also an excellent way to inspire our administrative staff, as it allows them a chance to hear and see how their roles contribute to and/or impact the work of the scientists.Air date: 10/9/2019 1:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - September 16, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
National Native American Heritage Month 2019
The event celebrates the 2019 National Native American Heritage Month through a seminar on research promoting the health and wellbeing of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. The lecture will delivered by a renowned Alaska Native principal investigator who has a 20 plus years track record of expertise developing research programs focusing on the promotion of Indigenous strengths, wellbeing and resilience in Alaska, the Arctic and the Pacific Northwest.Air date: 11/18/2019 10:00:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - August 30, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Indian Health Service Director ’ s Awards Ceremony 2019
The Director of the Indian Health Service (IHS) recognizes individuals or groups of employees whose special efforts and contributions, beyond regular duty requirements, have resulted in significant benefits to IHS programs, priorities, or customers and fulfillment of the IHS mission.For more information go tohttps://www.ihs.gov/ndaAir date: 6/21/2019 1:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - June 19, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Midwest Photonics Education Center
Curriculum at the Midwest Photonics Education Center (MPEC), located at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa, teaches students how to combine three colors of light to produce white light. The center is an Advanced Technological Education (ATE) center.
Learn more about MPEC and all the ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
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Journey into the Black Hole of the Epigenome
NCI ’ s Center for Cancer Research (CCR) Grand Rounds
Dr. Yamini Dalal became interested in chromosome structure and epigenetic gene regulation during her Baccalaureate years at St. Xavier's College, Bombay, India, where she graduated with a double major in Biochemistry and Life Sciences in 1995. She moved to the United States for her post-graduate work. In Arnold Stein's laboratory at Purdue University, she used classical chromatin biochemistry tools to understand how DNA sequence motifs and linker histones can shape the chromatin structure in silico, in vitro, and in vivo. During this time, she discovered that the regi...
Source: Videocast - All Events - December 11, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NIAAA Mark Keller Honorary Lecture: Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Characteristics and Correlates
NIAAA Mark Keller Honorary Lecture
Phil A. May, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized expert in fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), with a distinguished career spanning nearly 50 years. By studying the adverse effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol, his work has advanced greatly our understanding of the prevalence, characteristics, etiology, diagnosis, and prevention of FAS and FASD. Dr. May is Professor in the Department of Nutrition of the Gillings School of Global Public Health and the Nutrition Research Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Professor Emer...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 26, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
National Native American Heritage Month - November 2018
NIH Tribal Health Research Office
Dr. Joseph Gone is a clinical-community psychologist and Professor of Anthropology and of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard University.
In his interdisciplinary scholarship, Gone examines cultural influences on mental health status, as well as the intersection of evidence-based practice and cultural competence in mental health services. A citizen of the Gros Ventre tribal nation of Montana, he has investigated these issues through collaborative research partnerships in both reservation and urban American Indian communities. As this celebration ’ s special guest, Dr. Gone wi...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 1, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Keynote presentation: Rise of the knowledge network
India Hook-Barnard, director of research strategy at the University of California San Francisco, gives a high-level look at how knowledge networks work and how healthcare can leverage them for better analytics and for advancing precision medicine. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - July 17, 2018 Category: Information Technology Tags: Analytics Precision Medicine Source Type: video
Building a'knowledge network' to advance precision medicine
India Hook-Barnard, associate director of precision medicine strategy at University of California San Francisco, says it ' s all about the data and how integrating and analyzing data will open the door to precision medicine. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - July 6, 2018 Category: Information Technology Tags: Analytics Precision Medicine Source Type: video
NIH Tribal Advisory Committee Meeting - March 2018 (Day 2)
The TAC is advisory to the NIH, and provides a forum for meetings between elected Tribal officials (or their designated representatives) and NIH officials to exchange views, share information, and seek advice concerning intergovernmental responsibilities related to the implementation and administration of NIH programs. (See our charter for more information.) It was established to help ensure that Tribes and AI/AN people have meaningful and timely input in the development of NIH policies, programs, and priorities. The NIH TAC seeks to ensure that NIH policies or activities that affect AI/AN communities are brought to the at...
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 20, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NIH Tribal Advisory Committee Meeting - March 2018 (Day 1)
The TAC is advisory to the NIH, and provides a forum for meetings between elected Tribal officials (or their designated representatives) and NIH officials to exchange views, share information, and seek advice concerning intergovernmental responsibilities related to the implementation and administration of NIH programs. (See our charter for more information.) It was established to help ensure that Tribes and AI/AN people have meaningful and timely input in the development of NIH policies, programs, and priorities. The NIH TAC seeks to ensure that NIH policies or activities that affect AI/AN communities are brought to the at...
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 20, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Project allows users to explore 3-D vertebrate specimens from inside out (Image 7)
A computed tomography scan showing the skull of a grooved razor fish (Centriscus scutatus) from India. The scan was taken as part of a project to scan vertebrate specimens, then make the data available on an open access website. [Image 7 of 11 related images. See (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
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Red crab migration (Image 3)
Red crabs on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. [Image 3 of 3 related images. Back to Image 1.]
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Red crab migration (Image 2)
Red crabs on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. [Image 2 of 3 related images. See Image 3.]
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Tens of millions of red crabs inhabit Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. All the crabs live in the middle of the ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
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Red crab migration (Image 1)
Red crabs on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. [Image 1 of 3 related images. See Image 2.]
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Tens of millions of red crabs inhabit Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. All the crabs live in the middle of the ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
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