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Teaching a Discerning Dog New Tricks
It was my pleasure to offer an opening hello remotely from my home to start the 13th annual NIH Career Symposium—An Online Event. Little did I know that among those tuning in live was an inquisitive...
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White House Coronavirus Task Force Briefing at NIH
On June 9, 2020, I joined my fellow members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force at NIH’s Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center (VRC), part of the National Institute of Allergy and...
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Out for a Ride
I had a great time meeting up on my Harley with more than a dozen motorcycle riders as part of a recent charity event that raised more than $5,000 for the Federal Employees Education and Assistance...
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Congratulations Class of 2020
Congratulations to the 200 members of the Staunton (VA) High School Class of 2020. As a proud Staunton High alumnus, class of 1966, it was my honor to offer a video commencement statement for this...
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A Conversation on COVID-19
I had an excellent conversation about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with my NIH colleague Tony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a true expert on...
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Live on Meet the Press
On Sunday morning, I joined Chuck Todd, host of NBC’s long-running news/interview program “Meet the Press,” for a conversation about COVID-19. I spoke to him remotely from an NIH studio in Bethesda,...
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Another Milestone in COVID-19 Vaccine Research
Glad to join Anthony Fauci (left), head of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Matt Hepburn (center), Department of Defense, at NIH on July 27, 2020, to launch the first...
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HeLa100 CeLLebration
August 1, 2020 would have been the 100th birthday of Henrietta Lacks, the Black woman whose cervical cancer cells gave rise to the immortal HeLa cell line. HeLa cells have played an extraordinary role...
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Rainbow PUSH Coalition/Peachtree Street Project Town Hall Meeting
I enjoyed taking part in the virtual Town Hall Meeting titled “Help Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus COVID-19.” The hour-long session, held on August 24, 2020, was convened by the Rainbow PUSH...
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Senate Hearing on Vaccines
As always, it was an honor to testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pension. The title of the hearing was “Vaccines: Saving Lives, Ensuring Confidence, and...
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Discussing Cancer Health Disparities
It was my pleasure to offer virtual remarks for the opening plenary session of the 13th Annual Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved Virtual...
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Congratulations to an NIH Nobelist
Yesterday was a fantastic day for NIH and Harvey Alter, a co-recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his contributions to the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. Harvey, a...
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Congratulations on 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Congratulations to Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier on sharing the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of a method for genome editing.” Doudna, a biochemist with the...
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Welcome to New NIDCR Director
Rena D’Souza (right) has joined the NIH family as director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). Because of the pandemic, her swearing-in ceremony was held virtually...
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A New Director for NINR
Shannon Zenk (right) has also joined the NIH family as director of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR). Out of an abundance of caution during the pandemic, her swearing-in ceremony was...
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Music in the Atrium
On November 10, I took a break at lunchtime to pull out my guitar and play some bluegrass with the We RNA String Band. The hour-long performance was part of the NIH Clinical Center’s “Music in the...
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Discussing COVID-19 at the Washington National Cathedral
On November 12, I took my 3D model of SARS-CoV-2 along with me to the annual Ignatius Forum at the Washington National Cathedral. Following a presentation on the COVID-19 pandemic by NIH’s Anthony...
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New Director for NEI
At a virtual ceremony on Nov. 16, 2020, Michael F. Chiang was sworn in as the new director of the National Eye Institute (NEI). We are excited to welcome Michael to our NIH leadership.
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Ceremonial Nobel Presentation
It’s been such a strange year this 2020. For the first time since World War II, the 2020 Nobel Laureates didn’t receive their Nobel prizes at special presentations in Stockholm and Oslo on December...
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Accepting the COVID-19 Vaccine
I was thrilled to roll up my sleeve and get the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine today at the NIH Clinical Center. As NIH Director, I’ve followed closely the development of these first vaccines, and I know...
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