Preparing the next generation: announcing the Butler-Williams Scholars Program

Posted by Linda Harootyan on July 24, 2013 at 1:40pm

NIA announces new program on NIA blog.

Marie A. Bernard, Deputy Director, National Institute on Aging

The NIA summer training program builds the pipeline for the future biomedical research workforce. Our Summer Institute, just renamed the Butler-Williams Scholars Program, provides early to mid-career scientists with a unique opportunity to interact with leaders in the field of aging and health disparities research. Scientists who attend learn how to design strong projects and put together competitive grant applications, as well as develop relationships and networks that often continue long after the week-end goodbyes…

Read the full blog post

http://www.nia.nih.gov/research/blog/2013/07/preparing-next-generation-announcing-butler-williams-scholars-program?utm_source=20130724&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=research_blog

The Silver Book®: Healthcare-Associated Infections CALL-IN EVENT

Time: July 22, 2013 from 2pm to 3pm
Location: online
Website or Map: http://www.agingresearch.org/…
Phone: 202-293-2856 to register (Diedre Paige)
Event Type: call, in, event
Organized By: Alliance for Aging Research

Every year, more than 1.7 million Americans are diagnosed with healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Around 99,000 people die from their infection and the cost to U.S. hospitals alone is estimated at $28.4 to $45 billion annually. These numbers are only going to grow as the rate of infection rises and more and more develop resistance to antibiotics.

On July 22nd, join the Alliance for Aging Research, in partnership with the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) as they are joined by experts discussing this urgent problem. The centerpiece of this discussion will be the latest fact sheet from the Alliance’s Silver Book, which shines the spotlight on the human and economic burden of health-care associated infections, and explores the value of innovation in reducing these burdens.

SPEAKERS INCLUDE

Daniel Perry
President
Alliance for Aging Research

Sue Peschin
Chief Executive Officer
Alliance for Aging Research

Thomas M. File, Jr. MD
President
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases

Victoria Fraser, MD
Prof of Medicine & Chairman, Dept. of Medicine
Washington Univ School of Medicine, St. Louis
Infectious Diseases Society of America

R. Douglas Scott, II, PhD
Economist
CDC

Robyn Grant
Director, Public Policy and Advocacy
National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care

To register for the call, or for questions, contact Deidre Paige at [email protected] or (202)293-2856.

The Silver Book: Healthcare-Associated Infections is supported by and unrestricted educational grant from Cubist Pharmaceuticals

Getting Old Before Our Time: Psychiatric Illness and Accelerated Cell Aging.

Time: July 11, 2013 from 12pm to 1pm
Location: NIH Campus
Street: Lipsett Amphitheater, Building 10, NIH
City/Town: Bethesda
Website or Map: http://sigs.nih.gov/geroscien…
Event Type: seminar/videocast
Organized By: NIH Geroscience Interest Group

The Trans-NIH GeroScience Interest Group (GSIG) cordially invites you to its summer seminar, featuring Dr. Owen Wolkowitz. Dr. Wolkowitz is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco and Director of the Psychopharmacology Assessment Clinic. His teaching, clinical work and research are in the areas of stress, depression, and anxiety disorders. His interests include the effects of stress and stress hormones on the brain and behavior, as well as the identification of mechanisms underlying depression, which may lead to the discovery of new treatments. Dr. Wolkowitz and colleagues have developed a detailed model of mechanistic pathways leading from stress to psychiatric illness, representing effects of steroid and neurosteroid hormones, oxidative stress, neurotrophic factors, inflammatory responses, changes in telomeres and telomerase and genetic polymorphisms. They are now conducting additional studies to test this model and to explore the cumulative neuronal damage in the hippocampus.

The GeroScience Interest Group (GSIG) was formed to enhance opportunities for discussion of the intersection between the biology of aging and the biology of disease and conditions that are of interest across ICs. It is focused on basic biology, but with a longer view towards translation. If you are interested in learning more, please visit the GSIG web site (http://sigs.nih.gov/geroscience/Pages/default.aspx).

The seminar will be videocast at http://videocast.nih.gov/ and archived in the GSIG web site.

Sign Language Interpreters will be provided. Individuals with disabilities who need reasonable accommodation to participate in this event should contact Dr. Jovier Evans at [email protected] or at 301/443-1369 or Dr. Ron Kohanski at [email protected] or at 301.496.6402.

Dr. Collins briefing on FY 2014 budget

Time: April 10, 2013 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Location: online
Website or Map: http://www.aaas.org/go/ostp
Event Type: webinar
Organized By: NIH

Dr. Collins will participate in the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP) FY2014 Federal R&D Budget Briefing along with leadership of other agencies that represent core science missions.

This briefing will occur Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. EDT and be streamed live on the web at http://www.aaas.org/go/ostp. Speakers will include:

John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and OSTP Director
Patricia Falcone, Assoc. Director, National Security & International Affairs, OSTP
Charlie Bolden, Administrator, NASA
Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health
Cora Marrett, Acting Director, National Science Foundation
Kathryn Sullivan, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce, Acting Administrator, NOAA

FY 2014 Briefing by Dr. Collins

Dr. Collins will participate in the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP) FY2014 Federal R&D Budget Briefing along with leadership of other agencies that represent core science missions.

Posted by Linda Harootyan on April 10, 2013 at 10:55am

This briefing will occur Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. EDT and be streamed live on the web at http://www.aaas.org/go/ostp. Speakers will include:

John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and OSTP Director
Patricia Falcone, Assoc. Director, National Security & International Affairs, OSTP
Charlie Bolden, Administrator, NASA
Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health
Cora Marrett, Acting Director, National Science Foundation
Kathryn Sullivan, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce, Acting Administrator, NOAA