Understanding the Biological Mechanisms Underlying the Health Consequences of Racism, Marginalization, and Discrimination
The marginalization of groups based on socially constructed categories of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, and other identities produces biological consequences that contribute to health disparities in a variety of diseases and conditions, including many under the purview of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). For example, substantial racial and ethnic disparities exist in obesity, diabetes, and end-stage kidney disease. Racism, marginalization, and discrimination (RMD) is embedded into the structure of American society, which increases exposure to adverse social determ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 21, 2024 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
HIV AIDS STIGMA Pre-Application Webinar
Air date: 4/10/2024 3:00:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 21, 2024 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Biomaterials to Promote T Cell Immunity
CCR Grand Rounds “ Biomaterials to Promote T Cell Immunity ” David J. Mooney, Ph.D.Founding Core Faculty& Lead, Immuno-MaterialsWyss Institute at Harvard UniversityRobert P. Pinkas Family Professor of BioengineeringHarvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied SciencesFriday, March 22, 202412:00 – 1:00 p.m.Lipsett AmphitheaterAlso available to view via NIH Videocast.Dr. David Mooney is the Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering in the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and a Core Faculty Member of the Wyss Institute. His laboratory designs biomaterials to promote regeneration and im...
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 21, 2024 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Scientific Workforce Diversity Seminar Series: How Does Diversity Impact Innovation in Team Science?
Marie A. Bernard, M.D., NIH ’ s Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity and Karen N. Salt, Ph.D., UK Research and Innovation's Deputy Director for Research Culture and Environment, will moderate the 90-minute discussion, which will offer perspectives on diversity in team science-related data findings from the United States and United Kingdom.More information can be found here: https://diversity.nih.gov/disseminate/swd-seminar-series/how-does-diversity-impact-innovation-team-scienceFor more information go tohttps://diversity.nih.gov/disseminate/swd-seminar-series/how-does-diversity-impact-innovation-team-scienceA...
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 21, 2024 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NICHD Advisory Council
Open SessionAir date: 6/3/2024 10:00:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 21, 2024 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Advancing Health Equity in Pain Management: Community Engagement, Multi-Level Interventions, and Research Collaborations.
This 1.5-day workshop will bring together experts in the lived experience of pain, pain disparities, and health equity to discuss ways that research can advance health equity in pain management. The format will include three discussion panels focused on three gap areas: [1] community engagement to build trusting, sustainable research partnership with communities experiencing pain disparities, [2] frameworks and practical approaches to develop multi-level interventions to address pain disparities, and [3] building a sustainable workforce and research collaborations in the area of health equity in pain management.Air date: 3...
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 21, 2024 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
2024 FEVS Mentimeter Event
2024 FEVS Annual Meeting with NLM LeadershipAir date: 3/6/2024 12:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 21, 2024 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
2024 NIDDK Employee Appreciation Awards Ceremony
NIDDK Annual Employee Appreciation Awards Ceremony would like to broadcast to the wider NIDDK community on campus, off campus, including our remote employees and Phoenix employees. The event will include an introduction from our EO, speech from our Director, and presentation of awards from our Deputy Director.Air date: 10/7/2024 2:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 16, 2024 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Microbiome, metabolites and mucosal immunity
Dr. Kathy McCoy is a Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, member of the Snyder Institute, Scientific Director of the International Microbiome Center, and holds the Killam Memorial Chair at the University of Calgary, Canada. Her research group uses germ-free and gnotobiotic models to investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which the microbiome regulates host immunity and physiology. She is particularly interested in the dynamic interplay between the gut microbiota and the innate and adaptive immune systems. Her research aims to understand how exposure to intest...
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 16, 2024 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NIMHD DIR Seminar Series for March 2024
NIMHD DIR Seminar seriesAir date: 3/5/2024 10:30:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 16, 2024 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
HDIG Seminar Series by Dr. Liz Chen
HDIG Seminar series by Dr. Liz Chen on May 14, 2024Air date: 5/14/2024 10:30:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 16, 2024 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Hidden in Plain Sight: Kaposi Sarcoma and other KSHV-Associated Disorders
“ Hidden in Plain Sight: Kaposi Sarcoma and other KSHV-Associated Disorders ”Ramya Ramaswami, M.B.B.S., M.P.H.Lasker Clinical Research ScholarHIV and AIDS Malignancies BranchCenter for Cancer Research, NCIDr. Ramaswami received her medical degree from Imperial College London and a Masters in Public Health from Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health. She completed her medical and oncology training within the National Health Services of the United Kingdom. During her oncology fellowship, she worked with the National Centre for HIV Malignancy at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London, which is Europe's l...
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 15, 2024 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Celebrating the Impact of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Technology and its Emerging Advances
The NEI OCT Symposium directly supports the NIH mission by facilitating a scientific exchange of the OCT technology and its more recent advances. This meeting will bring together ~300 participants with the expertise needed to address the specific goals below: • Participants will talk about development of OCT technology and its most recent advances. • Biological and clinical applications of OCT and its modifications.Air date: 3/19/2024 8:30:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 13, 2024 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NLM Board of Scientific Counselors
Air date: 4/18/2024 11:00:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
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
