Erik Fatemi, principal at Cornerstone Government Affairs, joined us for an “appropriations 101”. As Congress’s deadline to pass and the President to sign a Fiscal Year 2024 funding bill looms, Fatemi reviews key terms, critical
More: Alliance Discussion with Erik Fatemi: Demystifying the Complex Appropriations LandscapeLorsch, PhD, director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) at NIH provided an update on the Institute’s role in bringing about more sustainable and inclusive career paths for early career researchers across
More: Alliance Discussion with Jon Lorsch: NIGMS’s Strategic Investment in Early Career Researchers that is Driving Biomedical ProgressDr. Gary Gibbons, Director of the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, discusses sickle cell disease (SCD), efforts that prompted SCD progress in the U.S. and globally, and the latest advances in therapeutics, potential
More: Alliance Discussion with Gary Gibbons, MD: Hope in The Fight Against Sickle Cell DiseaseElena Suglia, PhD candidate at the University of California-Davis shares her experience writing for an NIH RFI and gives advice for others interested in getting involved in federal policy.
More: Graduate Students Advocate for Better Science Policy through RFI CommentGrace Steward, biomedical engineering PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins University, discusses responding to an NIH RFI and offers advice for others interested in getting involved in federal policy.
More: How Graduate Students Advocated for Improvements in Post-Doc Training: A First-Person AccountIn a recent Alliance Discussion, Lauren Bloch, Director of Health Policy & Regulatory Affairs at Faegre Drinker, provided an update on legislation and action on the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, the federal government’s
More: Alliance Discussion: Lauren Bloch – An Update on ARPA-H LegislationEach July, the vision community joins to recognize Dry Eye Awareness Month. Dry eye disease (DED), along with ocular pain and ocular inflammation, are among conditions experienced in Ocular Surface […]
More: Vision Community Recognizes Dry Eye Awareness Month 2021As we celebrate Pride Month, it is important to recognize lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) individuals who are making a difference for science and society. The courage to be visible is vital; it
More: Opening Doors: LGBTQ+ Representation in STEM and HealthThis is the first in a series of blog posts exploring COVID-19 from a women’s health perspective. On October 20, 2020, the Office for Women’s Health Research (ORWH) at the […]
More: Not Just a Woman’s Health ProblemThis is the second in a series of blog posts exploring COVID-19 from a women’s health perspective. On October 20, 2020, the Office for Women’s Health Research (ORWH) at the […]
More: System Disruptions to Childbirth Care During COVID-19To achieve health equity, it is important to understand the health of underserved women. This understanding will lead to well-defined social determinants of health to aid in the development of interventions and increase equal access
More: Addressing Impact of COVID-19 on Women from Underserved CommunitiesThe challenges of life during the COVID-19 pandemic are greatly magnified for those with chronic illnesses, who may have less access to needed care and support.
More: Research Is Needed to Address the Intersections of Substance Use and COVID-19On February 27, a few weeks before the country was gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Tanya Petrossian gave birth to a healthy baby boy. During her grueling labor, what […]
More: Endometriosis Research to Develop Non-Invasive Treatment and Diagnosis“Sixteen years ago we had in front of us, for the first time ever, the order of the three billion letters that make up the human genome,” began Dr. Eric […]
More: Human Genome Project to Precision Medicine
