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In a virtual lecture, “Inclusive Excellence in Biomedical Research Applying Genomics to Unravel Health Disparities in Organ Transplantation,” Dr. Hannah Valantine used evidence from some of her NHLBI clinical studies on organ rejection to make the case for diversity in the scientific workforce.
By Carla Garnett
Paticipating in a 7th town hall meeting about coronavirus are (clockwise, from top l) NIH director Dr. Francis Collins, principal deputy director Dr. Lawrence Tabak, sign language interpreter Ester Fass, NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci, Clinical Center CEO Dr. James Gilman and ORS Director Colleen McGowan.
On Jan. 15, NIH director Dr. Francis Collins hosted the 7th virtual town hall on NIH’s coronavirus response. He was joined by NIH principal deputy director Dr. Lawrence Tabak, Office of Research Services Director Colleen McGowan and Clinical Center CEO Dr. James Gilman, to announce further details of the plan to vaccinate NIH staff.
By Carla Garnett
Dr. Francis Collins convenes the second consecutive ACD meeting virtually via Zoom.
For the first day of the December meeting of the advisory committee to the NIH director (ACD), the ACD might well have stood for All-Covid Deliberations. The majority of the agenda was devoted to the novel coronavirus that has wreaked havoc worldwide, isolating people physically if not emotionally from family and friends, and forcing most industries and institutions to operate remotely as much as possible.
Indeed, for the second consecutive meeting (the first was last June), the ACD was held virtually via Zoom.
Opening the 121st gathering of the group, and speaking from his dining room by way of computer, NIH director Dr. Francis Collins used a slide presentation to describe “just what a desperate situation we now find ourselves in and how much we need science to come to the rescue as quickly as possible,” he said. “[This is] visual evidence of why some of us are so deep