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

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

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

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

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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