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Fulfilling the Promise — Hill Briefings
The Recovery Act and NIH-funded Research
June 1, 2009
Featured Speakers:
Anthony Fauci, M.D.
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
How are the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the nation's medical schools and teaching hospitals working together to create and retain jobs and advance scientific research using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act?
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Stroke Prevention and Treatment: Advances in NIH-funded Research
Sept. 29, 2008
Find out how recent scientific advances have led to effective preventative medicine and improved emergency treatments for acute stroke patients, as well as provided a better understanding of how the brain recovers after injury.
Featured Speakers
Story C. Landis, Ph.D.
Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Karen Furie, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Stroke Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
View the "Stroke Prevention and Treatment" Webcast
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Autism: What Do We Know? What Do We Need?
May 19, 2008
This briefing explores how researchers are working to determine the underlying causes of autism and devise detection and treatment strategies to enable America's children to reach their full potential.
Featured Speakers
Thomas R. Insel, M.D.
Director, National Institute of Mental Health
National Institutes of Health
Joseph Piven, M.D.
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
View the "Autism" Webcast
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Innovative Approaches to Osteoarthritis
July 16, 2007
This briefing focuses on cutting-edge research projects underway to help combat the debilitating effects of osteoarthritis and similar bone and joint conditions.
Featured Speakers
Farshid Guilak, Ph.D.
Director, Orthopaedic Bioengineering Laboratory and Orthopaedic Research Laboratories
Duke University Medical Center
Stephen I. Katz, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
National Institutes of Health
View the "Innovative Approaches to Osteoarthritis" Webcast
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The Disease of Addiction: New Strategies for Prevention and Treatment
January 22, 2007
This briefing addresses the wide range of challenges posed by substance abuse and addiction problems in the United States.
Featured Speakers
Nora Volkow, M.D.
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Charles O'Brien, M.D.
Kenneth Appel Professor, Univ. of Pennsylvania/Veterans Affairs Medical Center
View the "Disease of Addiction" Webcast
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Advancing Women's Heart Health: NIH-Funded Research in Cardiovascular Disease
July 24, 2006
This briefing addresses research into women's cardiovascular health.
Featured Speakers
Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D.
Director, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Marcia L. Stefanick, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine (Research), Stanford University School of Medicine
Principal Investigator, Stanford's Women's Health Initiative Center
View the "Advancing Women's Heart Health" Webcast
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Managing Infectious Diseases— Prevention, Pandemics and Prognosis
March 10, 2006
This briefing addresses how the National Institutes of Health and America's medical schools and teaching hospitals are working together to stop the spread of infectious diseases through new knowledge, better treatments, and life-saving vaccines.
Featured Speakers
Anthony Fauci, M.D.
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
John Treanor, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Principal Investigator, NIH clinical trial of a prospective avian flu vaccine
View the "Managing Infectious Diseases" Webcast
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Combating Alzheimer's and Other Diseases Affecting the Elderly
October 21, 2005
This briefing addresses research into treatment for Alzheimer's disease and future prevention, along with an overview of other age-related health concerns Americans face. The discussion touches not only on the medical concerns of disease, but also social concerns.
Featured Speakers
Richard Hodes, M.D.
Director of the National Institute on Aging
Steven T. DeKosky, M.D.
Professor and chair, Department of Neurology and director, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, at the University of Pittsburgh
View the "Combating Alzheimer's" Webcast
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Using the Human Genome to Understand and Treat Cancer
July 29, 2005
The second FTP briefing focuses on how research into the human genome—supported by the NIH and conducted by physicians and scientists affiliated with the nation's medical schools and teaching hospitals—has led to major advances in the fight against cancer.
Featured Speakers
Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Director,
National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH)
Victor Velculescu, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Director,
Cancer Genetics Laboratory,
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
View the "Using the Human Genome" Webcast
Read the summary (PDF, 2 pages)
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Fulfilling the Promise: Celebrating the Academic Medicine and NIH Collaboration
June 20, 2005
The Fulfilling the Promise kickoff focuses on how academic medicine's teamwork with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) serves as the nation's driving force in the search for cures, new treatments, and better ways to improve health and save lives.
Featured Speakers
Jordan J. Cohen, M.D.
President, AAMC
Elias Zerhouni, M.D.
Director, National Institutes of Health
View the "Fulfilling the Promise" Webcast
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