December 5, 2012 
Agenda
| 8:00 am | Registration |
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| 8:30 am | Welcome Alan Guttmacher, Director, NICHD Francis Collins, Director, NIH |
| 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 |
| 9:30 am | Setting the Stage: The Role of Scientists in Society Freeman Hrabowski, III, University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
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 |
| 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:50 am | Preventing Chronic Disease by Improving Human Development David Barker, Oregon Health and Science University and the University of Southampton, United Kingdom |
| 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 |
| 11:30 am | Improving Pregnancy Outcomes: The Challenge of Prematurity (PDF - 1.7 MB) Geeta Swamy, Duke University |
| 11:50 am | Early Childhood Development: Learning, Behavior, and Health (PDF - 2.2 MB) James Heckman, University of Chicago |
| 12:10 pm | Lunch Break |
| 12:55 pm | Video Premiere: Research for a Lifetime |
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 |
| 1:50 pm | New Frontiers in Contraceptive Discovery (PDF - 1.1 MB) Carolyn Westhoff, Columbia University |
| 2:10 pm | Neural Repair and Rehabilitation (PDF - 2.56 MB) Michael Selzer, Temple University |
| 2:30 pm | Break |
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 |
| 4:20 pm | Closing remarks Alan Guttmacher, NICHD |
| 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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