WALS J. Edward Rall Cultural Lecture: The Promises and Perils of AI in Biomedical Research and Health Care Delivery
Vinton G. Cerf has served as vice president and chief Internet evangelist for Google since October 2005. In this role, he contributes to global policy development and continued standardization and spread of the Internet. He is also an active public face for Google in the Internet world.From 1994 to 2005, Cerf served as the senior vice president of Technology Strategy for MCI. In this role, Cerf was responsible for helping to guide corporate strategy development from the technical perspective. Previously, Cerf served as MCI ’ s senior vice president of Architecture and Technology, leading a team of architects and engineer...
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
President Obama Comes to Maine : Health Reform in the Pine Tree State
Barack Obama made a stop in Portland, Maine to discuss his plans for healthcare reform. New Media Manager Chip Means was on the scene to get the opinions of those who lined up for a glimpse of the president. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - June 16, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Public Policy Source Type: video
President Obama Speaks on the Affordable Care Act
President Obama acknowledges the technical issues with HealthCare.gov, pledging his Administration will resolve them soon and asserting that the distressed ACA web portal is not the only way to shop for affordable health insurance. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - June 16, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Public Policy Source Type: video
Asian American Cancer Health Disparities: Updates and Innovations
The objectives of Dr. Nguyen ’ s presentation will include:
Know about the incidence and mortality rates of cancer among Asian AmericansKnow about cancer prevention and early detection behaviors and practices among Asian AmericansLearn about recent innovative interventions to address cancer prevention and early detection among Asian Americans
Dr. Nguyen is the Director of the Asian American Research Center on Health (ARCH) which has over 40 individual and organizational members dedicated to improving the health of Asian Americans. He is also the Co-Director of the UCSF Multi-Ethnic Health Equity Center (MERC), UCSF Dean ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - April 17, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Tools to Maximizing Your Success
Carla Harris Vice Chairman, Wealth Management, Managing Director and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley will provide practical instruction and guidance on how to maximize your success in the workplace.
She is responsible for increasing client connectivity and penetration to enhance revenue generation across the firm. She formerly headed the Emerging Manager Platform, the equity capital markets effort for the consumer and retail industries and was responsible for Equity Private Placements. Ms. Harris has extensive industry experiences in the technology, media, retail, telecommunications, transportation, industrial, and...
Source: Videocast - All Events - July 27, 2017 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
President Barack Obama with Kids Science Advisors
President Barack Obama poses with Kids Science Advisors in the Oval Office, Oct. 21, 2016. Also pictured are retired NASA astronauts Scott Kelly (Captain, USN, Ret.) and his twin brother Mark Kelly (Captain, USN, Ret.); NASA Administrator Charles Bolden; Dr. John Holdren, Director of ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - December 1, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: video
Hijacking the Hematopoietic System and Other Dirty Tricks that Breast Cancers Play
NCI’s Center for Cancer Research (CCR) Grand Rounds
Dr. McAllister is an Associate Scientist in the Hematology Division at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston. She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and completed her Ph.D. studies in molecular and cellular biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She joined Robert Weinberg’s laboratory at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research as a postdoctoral fellow where she established new pre-clinical models to study breast cancer pa...
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 9, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
PMI Stakeholders Briefing - September 2015
In January 2015, President Obama announced the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) – an exciting new effort to accelerate our understanding of individual differences in people’s genes, environment, and lifestyle and their effect on disease onset, progression, prevention, and treatment. A major component of the PMI is the PMI Cohort Program (PMI-CP) – a new research cohort of a million or more volunteer participants. Dr. Francis Collins, NIH Director, and Dr. Kathy Hudson, NIH Deputy Director for Science, Outreach, and Policy, will host a briefing for stakeholders on the PMI Report and the design of the PMI-CP. Air...
Source: Videocast - All Events - September 18, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Conversation with Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President
Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Obama, speaks with NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins, as part of NIH’s National Minority Health Month commemoration. Their conversation will cover a wide range of topics, including minority health, health disparities, precision medicine, and the President’s priorities.Air date: 4/14/2015 2:30:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - April 13, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NIH Pi Day 2015
The National Institutes of Health will celebrate Pi Day 2015 with a series of events on Pi Day Eve (March 13, 2015) to promote data science, which combines statistics, computer science, and the biological sciences.
The inaugural NIH Data Science Lecture at this year's Pi Day will feature Dr. Eric Lander, director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, speaking about the quantitative sciences in biomedicine. Dr. Lander is the founding director and serves as a core member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. One of the principal architects of the Human Genome Project, he and his colleagues have a long-standing int...
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 12, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
President Obama Delivers Remarks at the National Institutes of Health
Presented by: President Barack ObamaCategory: SpecialAired date: 12/02/2014 (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - December 4, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Past Events Source Type: video
Disability Employment Awareness Series - Veterans Hiring Flexabilites
Honoring our sacred trust with America's veterans' means doing all we can to help them find work when they come home so they never feel as if the American Dream they fought to defend is out of reach for them and their families. - President Barack Obama, November 9, 2009.
Our nation’s veterans bring an extraordinary array of skills and training to any position. Join us for a panel discussion on the various veterans hiring authorities, and several Veteran employment programs that NIH currently supports. Effectively understanding how to hire this talent and bank on these highly qualified candidates is a vital step toward...
Source: Videocast - All Events - June 13, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
LGBT Pride Month 2014: Build Our Bright Future
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month Celebration Event
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is committed to honoring the diversity of its workforce and ensuring employees are treated with respect, dignity, and inclusiveness. June 1, 2014 marks this year’s beginning of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month celebration. This celebration is authorized by proclamation from President Barack Obama who calls “upon the people of the United States to eliminate prejudice everywhere it exists, and to celebrate the great diversity of the American people.”
The...
Source: Videocast - All Events - June 10, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
2013 HHS Green Champion Award Ceremony
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Green Champion Awards were established by the Department in response to Executive Order 13514 issued by President Obama in October 2009 challenging federal agencies to dramatically reduce greehouse gas (GHG) emmissions, energy & water consumption and pollution. These awards recognize and promote excellence and creativity for DHHS employees for FIscal Year (FY) 2013 sustainability efforts. For more information go to http://www.nems.nih.gov/greening/Pages/GreenChampionsAwardsCeremony2013.aspxAir date: 6/3/2014 9:00:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 27, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health
President Barack Obama will discuss the 50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health.For more information go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/liveAir date: 1/17/2014 9:30:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - January 16, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
