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Research for a Lifetime: A Scientific Colloquium to Commemorate the NICHD's 50th Anniversary

December 5, 2012 NICHD 50 Years

Agenda

8:00 am Registration
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8:30 am  Welcome
Alan Guttmacher, Director, NICHD
Francis Collins, Director, NIH
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8:50 am Reflections: 50 Years of Scientific Accomplishments (PDF - 826 KB)
Video presentation featuring Robert Cooke: A Conversation with Dr. Robert Cooke (Text alternative)
Duane Alexander, former NICHD Director
Timothy Shriver, Special Olympics
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9:30 am   Setting the Stage: The Role of Scientists in Society
Freeman Hrabowski, III, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Healthy Beginnings
Moderated by Yvonne Maddox, Deputy Director, NICHD


9:50 am The Mammalian Germline and the Program of Life (PDF - 1.83 MB)
Ralph Brinster, University of Pennsylvania
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10:10 am Gene Activity during Embryonic Development (PDF - 1.95 MB)
Eric Wieschaus, Princeton University & Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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10:30 am Break
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10:50 am Preventing Chronic Disease by Improving Human Development
David Barker, Oregon Health and Science University and the University of Southampton, United Kingdom
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11:10 am Health Over the Life Course: The Integration of Research, Health Care, and Policy (PDF - 2 MB)
Neal Halfon, University of California, Los Angeles
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11:30 am Improving Pregnancy Outcomes: The Challenge of Prematurity (PDF - 1.7 MB)
Geeta Swamy, Duke University
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11:50 am Early Childhood Development: Learning, Behavior, and Health (PDF - 2.2 MB)
James Heckman, University of Chicago
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12:10 pm Lunch Break
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12:55 pm Video Premiere: Research for a Lifetime
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Beyond Childhood: Promoting the Health of Women, Families, and Individuals with Disabilities
Moderated by Constantine Stratakis, Director, Division of Intramural Research, NICHD


1:10 pm The Beginning of Translational Research in NICHD's Intramural
Program: Effects on Women’s and Children’s Health (PDF - 1.4 MB)
Lynn Loriaux, Oregon Health and Science University
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1:30 pm Perspectives from 36 Years of NICHD-Funded Bedside to Bench
Activities (PDF - 2.7 MB)
William Crowley, Harvard Medical School
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1:50 pm New Frontiers in Contraceptive Discovery (PDF - 1.1 MB)
Carolyn Westhoff, Columbia University
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2:10 pm Neural Repair and Rehabilitation (PDF - 2.56 MB)
Michael Selzer, Temple University
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2:30 pm Break
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The Next 50 Years: Advancing Science, Improving Lives
Moderated by Catherine Spong, Director, Division of Extramural Research, NICHD


3:00 pm Cultivating Leaders for the Next Generation of Biomedical Research
Teresa Woodruff, Northwestern University
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3:20 pm Transforming the Culture of Science: Panel Discussion (PDF - 1.11 MB)
Chair: Linda Giudice, University of California, San Francisco
Wendy Baldwin, Population Reference Bureau
Joan Reede, Harvard Medical School
Arthur Levine, University of Pittsburgh
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4:20 pm Closing remarks
Alan Guttmacher, NICHD
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4:30 PM Reception – Clinical Center Atrium
Remarks by:
John Gallin, NIH Clinical Center
Alan Guttmacher, NICHD
Rosemarie Truglio, Sesame Workshop
Francis Collins, NIH

 

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