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Building Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines
It was my pleasure to be a panelist during a recent virtual forum titled “Building Vaccine Confidence: Best Practices to Combat Misinformation and Vaccine Hesitancy in COVID-19 Vaccines.” The forum...
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Arts and Health as Prescriptions for the Future
Great to join world-renowned soprano Renée Fleming for a session at the virtual 2021 Lake Nona Impact Forum. This session, held on April 22, was titled the “Arts and Health as Prescriptions for the...
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UN Dialogue on Antimicrobial Resistance
It was an honor to take part in the United Nations General Assembly’s High-level Interactive Dialogue on Antimicrobial Resistance. The dialogue, held on April 29, was organized by the Office of the...
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Take Your Child to (Tele)Work Day
In April, I took part in NIH’s Take Your Child to (Tele)Work Day, a virtual version of the popular annual workplace event. This year’s event allowed students, grades 1 through 12, to spend the day...
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Senators Visit NIH
Thanks to the group of U.S. senators that came out to visit NIH. It was a pleasure hosting the group, photographed here while touring the Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center (VIC) and...
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Giving Thanks to Everyone at NIH’s COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic
Sending out a big thanks to the NIH staff who have made the COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic such a success. They’ve now administered more than 30,000 vaccine doses, and, as shown here, I joined them on May 19...
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Testifying Before House Subcommittee
I testified virtually on May 25 for the U.S. House of Representatives Labor-Health and Human Services (HHS) Subcommittee hearing on the FY 22 NIH Budget. The hearing provided an opportunity to discuss...
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Testifying Before Senate Subcommittee
On May 26, I testified in person before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Service (HHS), Education, and Related Agencies. The hearing was titled: National...
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Welcoming Future Research Leaders to NIH
It was my pleasure to join Marie Bernard, NIH chief officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity (SWD), in welcoming everyone to the virtual 2021 NIH Future Research Leaders Conference on June 29. The...
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Zooming in on Global Health Research
In past years, Roger Glass (top left), director of NIH’s Fogarty International Center (FIC), and I have taken an in-person group photo with the FIC fellows and scholars. This year, due to the...
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A Thumbs Up for New NIH Research Center
I enjoyed touring the future home of the Center for Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias (CARD), now under construction on the NIH campus. The tour was led by Mitch Taragin, the CARD Project Officer, and...
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Expressing My Gratitude for a Job Well Done
On July 21, I also had the opportunity to express my gratitude to the outstanding team at NIH’s Central Utility Plant (CUP). The CUP provides steam, chilled water, compressed air, and approximately 30...
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A Gala Event for Down Syndrome
What a nice evening it was attending this year’s virtual AcceptAbility Gala, hosted by the Global Down Syndrome Foundation (GLOBAL) I was part of a panel that answered questions posed by...
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Thanking NIH’s Call Center and Contact Investigation Teams
Introduced by the leader of NIH’s Occupational Medical Service, Dr. Heike Bailin, and with my wife Diane Baker at my side, I recently met with the NIH Call Center and Contact Investigation teams to...
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My Gratitude to the NIH Police
On September 10, I expressed my gratitude to the men and women of the NIH Police for their service during the pandemic and their heightened efforts over these many months to keep everyone safe on...
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In Missouri for Grand Opening of Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health Building
What an honor it was to join other national, state, and local dignitaries for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building at the University of Missouri,...
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NIH Efforts Recognized at 2021 Sammies
It was a banner year for NIH at the 2021 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals celebration, also known as “the Sammies,” which honors “feds” who make significant contributions to the health and...
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NIH Welcomes HHS Leaders to Campus
On November 4, NIH was visited by U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and HHS Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm. It was my pleasure to join in welcoming them to our Bethesda, MD...
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Time for My Booster Shot
I got my booster shot last week. The process was extremely quick and easy, and I felt great afterwards. I received my first dose of the Moderna vaccine in December 2020 and the second dose in January...
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A Special Thanksgiving Day Concert
What an inspiring afternoon I spent at the NIH Clinical Center. Caesar Sant, a 13-year-old violinist and child prodigy whose family now lives in the Memphis area, gave a special Thanksgiving Day...
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Welcoming President Biden
On December 2, President Joe Biden visited NIH for a briefing on the importance of vaccines and booster shots. They remain vital this holiday season to slowing the spread of the SARS-CoV-2...
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Discussing Maternal Health with Vice President Harris
It was an honor to represent NIH on April 13 at the White House’s landmark Maternal Health Cabinet Meeting, chaired by Vice President Kamala Harris (head of the table). The meeting, held in the...
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President Biden Signs Bill Strengthening Research Diversity
On March 18, President Biden signed the John Lewis National Institute of Minority Health Disparities (NIMHD) Research Endowment Revitalization Act of 2021. It was my honor to be present in the Oval...
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Discussing Nation’s Opioid Crisis at Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit
I enjoyed taking part in a fireside chat with Nora Volkow (middle), director of NIH’s National Institute on Drug Abuse, and Rebecca Baker (right), director of NIH’s Helping to End Addiction Long-term®...
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Testifying Before House Subcommittee
On May 11, I was pleased to appear before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies to discuss NIH’s budget request for Fiscal...
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Testifying in the Senate for Next Year’s NIH Budget
It was an honor to testify on the President’s FY 2023 NIH budget before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Committee. Also...
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Cutting Ribbon for NIH Clinical Center Pharmacy
It was great to take part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony and officially open the NIH Clinical Center Pharmacy. The fully renovated, 10,000-square-foot facility, located on the first floor of the...
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NIH Welcomes Assistant Secretary for Health
On June 22, NIH was visited by Admiral Rachel L. Levine, the Assistant Secretary for Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and head of the U.S. Public Health Service...
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Special Thanks for A Job Well Done
I took part in the July 15 meeting of the NIH Clinical Center’s Research Hospital Board (CCRHRB). The board helps to ensure that the Clinical Center meets or exceeds its standards of excellence. The...
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Welcoming Three Members of Congress to NCI Frederick
It was a pleasure to welcome Congressional dignitaries from Maryland to NIH’s National Cancer Institute (NCI) at Frederick, MD. They took part in a roundtable discussion highlighting research at NCI...
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Celebrating NIH and Life-Saving Science During Rally for Medical Research
It was my pleasure to take part in a recent reception held on Capitol Hill to celebrate the lifesaving science that NIH supports. The well-attended evening reception was part of the Rally for Medical...
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Dedicating Roy Blunt Center for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
On September 19, I welcomed everyone to the dedication of the brand-new Roy Blunt Center for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias, which is located on the main NIH campus, Bethesda, MD. Seated...
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Time to Get Boosted
I got my COVID-19 bivalent vaccine booster last weekend. The Moderna and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 bivalent vaccine boosters should be now widely available in communities around the country. If...
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Making a Point
I enjoyed taking part recently in a one-hour panel discussion titled Defining Moments in Health: Leading Through Turbulent Times. The event brought together five leaders from the health-care sector to...
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Thank You, Dr. Fauci
It was an honor to take part last week in a special NIH program to bid Dr. Anthony Fauci farewell and wish him the very best as he prepares to step down this month as director of the National...
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Discussing Trust in Science
It was my pleasure to take part in Research! America’s 2023 Advocacy Awards event at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. on March 15. Each year, Research! America honors individuals...
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Welcome to Response Team Members
It was my pleasure to interact with several members of the White House COVID-19 Response Team during their recent visit to NIH. While on our Bethesda campus, team members met with select researchers...
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Updating an Rx for Progress
I was happy to be back in Atlanta this week to take part in the 12th annual Rx and Illicit Drug Summit. The three-day summit, the nation’s largest annual gathering to address the opioid epidemic,...
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Testifying During House Appropriations Hearing
It’s always an honor to represent NIH before members of Congress. On April 19, I did so before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Labor, Health and Human Services, Education subcommittee. I was...
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Meeting with White House Fellows
What a pleasure it was to hold a roundtable discussion with the 2022-2023 class of White House Fellows during their recent visit to NIH. They asked some very good questions. Afterwards, we gathered...
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Testifying Before Senate
On May 4, I testified on Capitol Hill regarding the President’s FY 2024 Funding Request and Budget Justification for NIH. My testimony was delivered before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Labor,...
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Groundbreaking at NIH Clinical Center
So glad to take part in the May 16 groundbreaking for the Surgery, Radiology and Laboratory Medicine (SRLM) wing of the NIH Clinical Center. The expansive new wing will house: the Department of...
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Plans for New Cancer Center in Kansas
It was a pleasure to be in Kansas City and join U. S. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas to celebrate progress toward the construction of a new building for the University of Kansas Cancer Center. The...
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NIH Welcomes Visitors from OSTP
It was my pleasure to welcome Arati Prabhakar (2nd from right) during her visit to NIH on August 3. Dr. Prabhakar is director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and...
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NIH Welcomes Tribal Leaders for Annual Tribal Advisory Committee Meeting
Dr. Karina Walters, Ph.D., director of NIH’s Tribal Health Research Office and I were pleased to welcome Tribal leaders and representatives to the NIH campus on Aug. 16 and 17. These Tribal officials...
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Research!America’s National Health Research Forum
On Sept. 20, 2023, I attended Research!America’s National Health Research Forum held at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Here I am pictured with Mary Woolley (right), President and CEO...
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First Lady Dr. Jill Biden Visits NIH
It was an honor to welcome the First Lady of the United States Dr. Jill Biden and Ms. Jodie Haydon of Australia to NIH last week. We shared NIH’s progress in pediatric cancer research during a visit...
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Senator Ben Cardin Visits NIH
I was pleased to welcome Senator Ben Cardin to NIH last week for a lab tour and an update on NIH’s progress in minority health research. To my left is Dr. Tara Schwetz, NIH Acting Principal Deputy...
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Visiting West Virginia University and Sharing Vision for Enhancing the...
NIH Director Monica Bertagnolli with Senator Shelley Moore Capito (left), and Dr. Ming Lei, Vice Dean of Research at the WVU School of Medicine (right), during a visit to West Virginia University...
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