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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 amRegistration
  
8:30 am Welcome
Alan Guttmacher, Director, NICHD
Francis Collins, Director, NIH
  
8:50 amReflections: 50 Years of Scientific Accomplishments (PDF - 826 KB)
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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 amThe Mammalian Germline and the Program of Life (PDF - 1.83 MB)
Ralph Brinster, University of Pennsylvania
  
10:10 amGene Activity during Embryonic Development (PDF - 1.95 MB)
Eric Wieschaus, Princeton University & Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  
10:30 amBreak
  
10:50 amPreventing Chronic Disease by Improving Human Development
David Barker, Oregon Health and Science University and the University of Southampton, United Kingdom
  
11:10 amHealth Over the Life Course: The Integration of Research, Health Care, and Policy (PDF - 2 MB)
Neal Halfon, University of California, Los Angeles
  
11:30 amImproving Pregnancy Outcomes: The Challenge of Prematurity (PDF - 1.7 MB)
Geeta Swamy, Duke University
  
11:50 amEarly Childhood Development: Learning, Behavior, and Health (PDF - 2.2 MB)
James Heckman, University of Chicago
  
12:10 pmLunch Break
  
12:55 pmVideo 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 pmThe 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 pmPerspectives from 36 Years of NICHD-Funded Bedside to Bench
Activities (PDF - 2.7 MB)
William Crowley, Harvard Medical School
  
1:50 pmNew Frontiers in Contraceptive Discovery (PDF - 1.1 MB)
Carolyn Westhoff, Columbia University
  
2:10 pmNeural Repair and Rehabilitation (PDF - 2.56 MB)
Michael Selzer, Temple University
  
2:30 pmBreak
  

The Next 50 Years: Advancing Science, Improving Lives
Moderated by Catherine Spong, Director, Division of Extramural Research, NICHD

 

3:00 pmCultivating Leaders for the Next Generation of Biomedical Research
Teresa Woodruff, Northwestern University
  
3:20 pmTransforming 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 pmClosing remarks
Alan Guttmacher, NICHD
  
4:30 PMReception – Clinical Center Atrium
Remarks by:
John Gallin, NIH Clinical Center
Alan Guttmacher, NICHD
Rosemarie Truglio, Sesame Workshop
Francis Collins, NIH

 

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