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Hill Briefings
Innovative Approaches to Osteoarthritis
The July 16, 2007, FTP briefing focused 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
The January 22, 2007, FTP briefing addressed 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
The July 24, 2006, FTP briefing addressed 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
The March 10, 2006, FTP briefing addressed 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
The October 21, 2005, FTP briefing addressed research into treatment for Alzheimer's disease and future prevention, along with an overview of other age-related health concerns Americans face. The event touched 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
The second FTP briefing, held July 29, 2005, focused 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
The Fulfilling the Promise kickoff on June 20, 2005, focused 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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