Today's Events
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Targeting DNA Repair Pathways in Cancer Therapy (NIH-Only)
NCI’s Center for Cancer Research (CCR) Grand Rounds is a weekly lecture series addressing current research in clinical and molecular oncology. Speakers are leading national and international researchers and clinicians proposed by members of the CCR Grand Rounds Planning Committee and others within the CCR community and approved by the CCR Office of the Director. Lectures occur every Tuesday from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. in Lipsett Amphitheater in the Clinical Center building on the NIH campus September through July with exceptions around holidays and major cancer meetings. The lecture schedule is posted on various calendars of events, including at the following link:
http://www.bethesdatrials.cancer.gov/health-care-professionals/grand-rounds.aspx
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 8:00:00 AM EDT (-0400)
Alan D'Andrea, M.D.
Runtime 60 minutes
This event will be available for on-demand viewing in our Past Events archive as soon as possible, usually within a few days.
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Creating Collaborations: Partnering with Community Health Representatives for Health Research and Education
Trans-NIH AI/AN Work Group Spring Workshop
This workshop will focus on the vital role community health representatives (CHRs) play in health education and outreach efforts, as well as their importance for building collaborative relationships between American Indian/Alaska Native communities and researchers. CHRs are tribal lay health educators and patient liaisons who live and work in Native communities. Approximately 1,700 CHRs currently serve throughout the nation, working under the aegis of the Indian Health Service’s CHR Program, which was launched in 1968.
Offering their insight into partnering with CHRs will be two guest speakers from tribal communities – Dr. Melany Cueva of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) and Jean Pino, CHR Coordinator for the Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos. The workshop will begin with an opening blessing offered by Anselm Davis Jr., Ed.D. (Navajo/Choctaw), Former Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities. This will be followed by welcoming remarks from Stephen I. Katz, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). In addition, John Burklow, Director of the NIH’s Office of Communications and Public Liaison, will present an overview of NIH’s bi-directional outreach and communications efforts with tribal communities.
Workshop Objectives
- To gain an understanding of the health issues that American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) face and the Indian Health Service system from which they obtain their care.
- To understand the vital role community health representatives (CHRs) play in developing, implementing, and evaluating methods of adapting and communicating health information, as well as their importance for building collaborative relationships between tribal communities and researchers.
- To gain the perspective of CHRs on developing culturally attuned materials and effectively disseminating evidence-based health education information to AI/AN communities.
- To learn about successful research-based outreach and education programs that partner with CHRs.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 9:00:00 AM EDT (-0400)
Trans-NIH American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Health Communications and Information Work Group
Runtime 120 minutes
This event will be available for on-demand viewing in our Past Events archive as soon as possible, usually within a few days.
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History of DNA Repair and the DNA Repair Videoconferences
The DNA Repair Interest Group is concerned with all forms of DNA damage and repair. As a major defense against environmental damage to cells DNA repair is present in all organisms examined including bacteria, yeast, drosophila, fish, amphibians, rodents and humans. The members of the DNA Repair Interest Group perform research in areas including DNA repair enzymology and fine structure, mutagenesis, gene and cell cycle regulation, protein structure, and human disease.
For more information, visit the
DNA Repair Interest Group
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 12:30:00 PM EDT (-0400)
Kenneth H.Kraemer, M.D. and Vilhelm Bohr, M.D., Ph.D.
Runtime 75 minutes
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Modeling and Treating Neurological Diseases with Stem Cells
The Stem Cell Interest Group was established to enhance communication and to foster collaboration among scientists from varying disciplines interested in stem cells. Topics of interest include fundamental stem cell biology, ontogeny, gerontology, and the therapeutic potential of stem cells. The SCIG serves as an open forum for discussion and dissemination of knowledge about all aspects of stem cell biology
For more information, visit
http://tango01.cit.nih.gov/sig/home.taf?_function=main&SIGInfo_SIGID=115
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 2:00:00 PM EDT (-0400)
Clive Svendsen, Ph.D.
Runtime 75 minutes
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Demystifying Medicine - Finale: Career opportunities in biomedical science for PhDs
The course includes presentation of patients, pathology, diagnosis and therapy in the context of major disease problems and current research. Primarily directed toward Ph.D. students, fellows, and staff, it is also of interest to medical students and clinicians. The course is designed to help bridge the gap between advances in biology and their application to major human diseases. Each session includes clinical and basic science components which are presented by NIH staff and outside invitees.
For more information, visit
http://www1.od.nih.gov/oir/DemystifyingMed
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 4:00:00 PM EDT (-0400)
TBA
Runtime 120 minutes
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