" Peril in the Air: Pollution Activism on Film "
Moving images prove a powerful medium for conveying the impact of polluted air on humans and other living things. This often-invisible menace can have catastrophic effects. In 1948, the Donora Smog in Pennsylvania killed 20 and sickened half of the town ’ s population, while in the UK the Great Smog of 1952 led to 12,000 deaths — and a Clean Air Act just four years later. Add to these events Rachel Carson ’ s 1962 book Silent Spring, and the modern environmental movement took root. Legislative and societal changes followed on both sides of the Atlantic. In this presentation of select US and British films on air pollu...
Source: Videocast - All Events - December 8, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
OHRP Exploratory Workshop on single IRB review - September 2020
Was planned as a full-day live video cast with 16 panelists participating in person at the Rockledge 6700B venue. Now, the event remains a full-day live webcast, but only about 6 panelists will participate in-person at the Rockledge venue, and the other 9+ joining in by WebEx. One panelist will be joining from London, United Kingdom.Air date: 9/17/2020 8:00:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - July 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Healthcare UK promoting the best of British healthcare globally
UK organizations must look beyond their borders to collaborate more effectively with other systems, says Hassan Chaudhury, digital health lead at Healthcare UK. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - January 6, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Connected Health Government & amp; Policy Source Type: video
Bar-headed goose wearing respirometry mask and backpack
A bar-headed goose wears a respirometry mask and backpack as part of a study at the University of British Columbia on why these birds frequently fly in severely low oxygen at extreme altitudes.
[Research supported by a National Science Foundation International Research Fellowship Program award ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - December 9, 2019 Category: Science Source Type: video
NLM Special Lecture: Gender, Race and Power in Science
The National Library of Medicine will be hosting a special lecture by British science journalist Angela Saini in the Lister Hill Auditorium. Saini explores how prejudice can affect scientific research on race and gender and describes her efforts to uncover manipulation of evidence, abuse and wrongdoing by those in power, as well as the inadvertent and inappropriate use of race by mainstream scientific researchers in health and genetics. Drawing from themes in her two most recent books, “ Superior: The Return of Race Science ” and “ Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong ” , she will show why researchers need to be c...
Source: Videocast - All Events - September 16, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture: Global Health in a Changing World
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) and the Fogarty International Center present the 2019 David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture: “ Global Health in a Changing World, ” presented by Wellcome Trust Director Dr. Jeremy Farrar.
A world-renowned clinical scientist and leading figure in the field of infectious disease, Dr. Jeremy Farrar has been Director of the Wellcome Trust since 2013. Wellcome is an independent foundation with a $33 billion investment portfolio that offers grants across biomedical science, population health, medical innovation, humanities and social science, and public engag...
Source: Videocast - All Events - June 4, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NHS chief says analytics has become far more actionable for healthcare
Richard Corbridge, chief digital and information officer for Leeds Teaching, and Daniel Ray, director of data science for NHS Digital, discuss the tangible ways healthcare data is advancing population health for the United Kingdom. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - June 6, 2018 Category: Information Technology Tags: Analytics Government & amp; Policy Population Health Source Type: video
HDP IV keynote: Jeremy Hunt, UK Secretary of State for Health
UK Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt kicked off his keynote address at Health Datapalooza IV by saluting the United States' decision to provide universal health coverage to its citizens.
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Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - August 29, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Erin McCann,Eric Bailey Tags: Jeremy Hunt United Kingdom United States Source Type: video
