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NIH Fellows Handbook The NIH Black Scientists Association (BSA) is an organization whose membership includes NIH intramural scientists as well as extramural administrative scientists. The BSA focuses its activities in areas viewed as critical to the advancement of underrepresented minority scientists and the advancement of minority health. One of the primary goals of the organization is to promote the recruitment, development, and retention of minority scientists at the NIH. The BSA also seeks to highlight the accomplishments of minority scientists to serve as role models to young minority scientists and to promote health education within the minority communities. In keeping with these objectives, the BSA Speakers Bureau has established a lecture series, Science Working For Us, that features presentations by African-American and other minority scientists; and serves as a forum for the discussion of health-related issues critical to the minority communities. The series began in February, 1995, with a mini-symposium on "sickle cell anemia" featuring Dr. Clarice Reid, NHLBI, and Dr. Griffin Rogers, NIDDK. The Science Working for Us Series presented the first annual John W. Diggs Lecture on July 21, 1995 to honor the memory of the late Dr. John Diggs. The Diggs Lecture is held annually during the summer, and focuses on scientific or health-related topics that are relevant to students participating in the NIH summer programs. BSA plans to co-sponsor three lectures per year in collaboration with various NIH Institutes.
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