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April 18, 2008 Featured Speaker: NIH Council of Public Representatives Bethesda, Maryland "NIH Policy for Data Sharing of NIH Supported Genome Wide Association Studies" At the meeting of the NIH Council of Public Representatives, Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, described the goals and implementation of the new NIH Policy for Data Sharing for studies of human genetic variation that will help advance our understanding of human health.
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NIH Policy for Data Sharing of NIH Supported Genome Wide Association Studies
February 11, 2008 NHLBI Celebrates American Heart Month with The Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection 2008 Fashion Show in New York and a Special Event at the White House
NHLBI Director Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D. welcomed First Lady Laura Bush, the Heart Truth’s national ambassador, at the campaign’s 2008 Red Dress Collection Fashion Show held on National Wear Red Day, February 1, at Fashion Week in New York’s Bryant Park. Mrs. Bush opened the show with remarks about the power of the red dress in drawing women’s attention to heart disease and Hollywood leading ladies walked the red carpet runway in fabulous red dresses created by America’s top designers. Photographs of the show can be seen at: Also on February 1, Mrs. Bush spoke to the nation on a topic "close to my heart—America’s heart health" during the weekly Presidential radio address. She noted that although heart disease deaths among women have decreased every year from 2000 to 2005, more people need to know The Heart Truth, as too many women, especially African Americans, still die of heart disease. Mrs. Bush’s Heart Truth radio address is available at: On February 11, 2008, First Lady Laura Bush held an event at the White House to honor The Heart Truth and fifth anniversary of the introduction of the Red Dress as the campaign’s national symbol and the support of the many campaign partners. President George W. Bush thanked the fashion industry for "stepping up" to fight heart disease and Mrs. Bush for her service and commitment to The Heart Truth. Mrs. Bush talked about the success that is being achieved in raising awareness of women’s heart disease and the power of the Red Dress Symbol. Dr. Elizabeth Nabel gave a brief history of The Heart Truth campaign, recognizing results achieved and the challenges that still remain. More information about this event, including a video, is available on the White House’s Web pages at:
November 29, 2007 Surgeon General and Zerhouni Announce Expanded Efforts to Address Childhood Overweight Epidemic NHLBI Director Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., participated in a national We Can! event to announce three new We Can! Cities - Boston, Pittsburgh, and Las Vegas - and a partnership with the Association of Children’s Museums. We Can! is a national education program developed by the NIH to help prevent obesity in overweight youth ages 8 - 13. Acting U.S. Surgeon General Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, M.D., M.P.H. and NIH Director Elias Zerhouni, M.D., addressed the nation on the topic of childhood overweight and recognized We Can! for its contribution to the prevention of childhood overweight. Across the country, other We Can! Community Sites held simultaneous events to announce or demonstrate their efforts to prevent childhood obesity. Events were held in Boston, MA; New York, NY; Las Vegas, NV; Pittsburgh, PA; Memphis and Oak Ridge, TN; Rockford, IL; and Carson City, NV. For more information on the We Can! event, please see: http://public.nhlbi.nih.gov/newsroom/home/GetPressRelease.aspx?id=2494
November 29, 2007 Nabel Joins HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt and NIH Director Elias Zerhouni to Honor Participants in the Framingham Heart Study NHLBI Director Elizabeth Nabel joined the nation's top health officials at an event in Framingham, Mass., to pay tribute to the more than 9,000 current participants in the long-running Framingham Heart Study, spanning three generations and funded by the NHLBI. The Framingham Heart Study has made countless contributions to the nation's health, and is known for identifying the major risk factors for heart disease. For more information on the Framingham Heart Study event, see: http://public.nhlbi.nih.gov/newsroom/home/GetPressRelease.aspx?id=2492
Nabel Briefs COPD Congressional Caucus NHLBI Director Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., was honored to provide an update on COPD research and awareness- building activities to the Congressional COPD Caucus at a Capitol Hill briefing sponsored by the U.S. COPD Coalition. Dr. Nabel shared the dais with Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), two members of the COPD Caucus, as well as Grace Anne Dorney Koppel, patient advocate and spokesperson for the NHLBI's COPD Learn More Breathe Better campaign. For more information on the NHLBI campaign, see: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/lung/copd/index.htm
October 1, 2007
Featured Speaker at NHLBI Symposium on Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine
Bethesda, MD Stem cell therapies to repair or regenerate tissue or blood vessels could provide a revolutionary approach to helping patients with cardiovascular disease. To accelerate the advancement of stem cell biology from bench to bedside for treatment of cardiovascular disease, NHLBI and the Foundation for NIH hosted the scientific symposium Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine. The goal of the symposium was to stimulate discussion about tissue specification in stem cell biology and cardiovascular development, and identify areas of opportunity for applying regenerative therapies to cardiovascular disease.
Read the Science.com article on the symposium at:
Read more about the Symposium on Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine or view the symposium agenda
September 25, 2007 First Lady Laura Bush acknowledges The Heart Truth campaign at Global Health and Literacy Luncheon NHLBI Director Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., was honored to attend the September 24th Global Health and Literacy Luncheon hosted by First Lady Laura Bush in New York. Invited guests were spouses of world leaders attending the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. Mrs. Bush acknowledged the importance of NHLBI's Heart Truth campaign to raise women's awareness about heart disease. "Through the 'Heart Truth' campaign, the U.S. government, media organizations, and the fashion industry have joined to raise public awareness of this disease . . . Nothing draws attention like a red dress, so this is the Heart Truth's symbol. Over the last five years, women have come to recognize that little red dress. They're reminded to pay attention to the symptoms of heart disease." Mrs. Bush, who serves as ambassador for the Heart Truth campaign, called upon the world’s first ladies and other dignified guests to pick up a red dress pin after the luncheon and "join the campaign to tell the 'Heart Truth.'"
Read Mrs. Bush's luncheon remarks at: Learn more about the Heart Truth at: http://www.hearttruth.gov
July 25, 2007
Featured Story: NIH Heart Center at Suburban
WUSA 9 News Now "Using cameras that are mounted on surgeons’ heads and taking that video and sharing it on multiple monitors, everyone in the operating room can see what’s going on. Video of EKG’s and of angiograms along with other medical information can also be fed to the monitors. Dr. Keith Horvath, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Suburban Hospital allowed us in to watch a mitral valve repair...."
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April 30, 2007
Featured Speaker: University of Minnesota,
Center for Lung Science and Health,
Minneapolis, MN The Center of Lung Science and Health held a special event for those interested in lung science and health on Monday April 30, 2007. The Lung Center works to facilitate interdisciplinary research, education and outreach activities in order to promote lung health and improve care of patients with lung disease. Research topics included: translational control of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer, proteomic methods to find novel markers for lung transplant rejection, tobacco cessation and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease research.
View or download Dr. Nabel’s presentation on the
NHLBI Strategic Plan: Future Opportunities for Lung Research
April 17, 2007
Featured Article: The New York Times, Health Section Dr. Elizabeth G. Nabel, a practicing cardiologist and researcher studying the genesis of plaque in coronary arteries, answers questions about ways to prevent and control heart disease.
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April 8, 2007 Feature: Quotation of the Day, The New York Times Dr. Elizabeth G. Nabel shares a comment using the "rule of halves" to describe the level of treatment relating to people in need.
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April 7, 2007
Special Article Series: The New York Times, Health Section Dr. Elizabeth G. Nabel highlights 5 distinct factors relating to heart disease, and what signs to look for in the prevention and control of this deadly killer.
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March 27, 2007
Keystone Speaker: Keystone Symposia Conference,
Nuclear Receptor Pathways to Metabolic Regulation,
Steamboat Springs, CO The most exciting current research on nuclear receptors and metabolism takes a systems approach, utilizing functional genomics, molecular biology, and bioinformatics to understand the role of nuclear receptors in physiology and in the pathophysiology of metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. Dr. Elizabeth G. Nabel, presents to investigators "Obesity, Risk Factors and CV Disease: NHLBI Perspectives" contributing to the meetings goal to present the latest and most exciting paradigmatic and technical breakthroughs.
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Obesity, Risk Factors and CV Disease: NHLBI Perspectives
October 30, 2006
Distinguished Lecturer: The Robert G. Petersdorf Lecture at
the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Association of American
Medical Colleges,
Seattle, WA The AAMC seeks to improve the nation's health by enhancing the effectiveness of academic medicine. Dr. Elizabeth G. Nabel lectures at the Monday, October 30 AAMC Plenary Session.
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Frontiers in Personalized Medicine
October 13, 2006
Keynote Speaker: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Medical College 25th Anniversary Reunion,
New York, NY Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D. ’81, Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health Member of the Medical College 25th Anniversary Reunion Classes of 1980-1981.
View or download Dr. Nabel’s presentation on
Personalized Medicine: Are We Ready?
July 24, 2006
Featured Speaker: Association of American of Medical Colleges,
The Fifth Fulfilling the Promise: Celebrating the Academic
Medicine and NIH Collaboration, Advancing Women's Heart
Health — NIH-Funded Research in Cardiovascular Disease,
Washington, DC At the AAMC's fifth Fulfilling the Promise briefing, speakers Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, and Marcia L. Stefanick, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine, addressed research into women's cardiovascular health. For more information, please visit:
June 16, 2006
Special Article, "Washingtonian Magazine" - the title "Most Powerful Woman in Washington, Dr. Elizabeth G. Nabel Honored" Four institute directors were among a list of 100 women named "most powerful in Washington" by Washingtonian magazine in its June issue: Dr. Patricia Grady of NINR; Dr. Story Landis of NINDS; Dr. Elizabeth G. Nabel of NHLBI; and Dr. Nora Volkow of NIDA. They joined a list that includes First Lady Laura Bush, Second Lady Lynne Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and former Secretary of State Madeline Albright. For more information, please visit: http://www.nih.gov/nihrecord/06_16_2006/story05.htm
March 11, 2006
Distinguished Lecturer: The Simon Dack Lecture
American College of Cardiology, 55th Annual Scientific Session
Atlanta, GA "Virtually all diseases, except maybe trauma, have a genetic component," Dr. Nabel said." "The discovery of hereditary factors in cardiovascular diseases will allow a future in which medicine is predictive, preemptive and personalized." For more information please view: Please click
The Simon Dack Lecture 
March 2, 2006 Distinguished Lecturer: The Duke University Distinguished Lecturer Series: Duke Institute for Genome Science and Policy, Durham, NC "Genomic Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease" The Duke University Distinguished Lecturer Series was instituted to bring inspiring, accomplished, distinguished lecturers to campus to illuminate progress and future areas of excitement in genetic and genomics. Dr. Nabel shares her insight with students.
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Genomic Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease
March 1, 2006 Conclusions from 15 year $735 million Womens Health Initiative sponsored by the National Institute of Health challenge conventional thinking on how older women can reduce risks for heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis. We'll discuss results of the study and implications for women's health. For more information please view: |
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