The Office of History, National Institutes of Health, is pleased to announce a symposium "History in the NIH", to be held 15 June 2010, 8:30 am - 5:30 pm. Building 45 (Natcher) Conference Room D, National Institutes of Health
Further information:
http://history.nih.gov/about/conferences.html
The Office of History, National Institutes of Health (NIH) exists to advance historical understanding of the NIH and of biomedical research supported by the NIH. One of the ways in which it achieves this goal is through the DeWitt Stetten Fellowship in the History of the Biomedical Sciences and Technology or Medicine. This fellowship program aims to bring post-doctoral scholars from leading universities across the globe to the NIH campus to research the history of research sponsored by NIH since 1945. The results of this research will be published in scholarly journals and books.
This Symposium is a 'progress report' by the seven Stetten fellows in the Office of History. Their presentations explore the NCI’s cancer virus program in the 1970s, public responses to Leptin and obesity, nanotechnology and cancer, the NIH consensus development program, complementary and alternative medicine at the NIH, the history of psychosurgery, and the role of the NIH in the development of research ethics.
The meeting is open to all.
PROGRAM
8:00-8:30 Coffee.
Introduction.
8.30 -8:45 Robert Martensen.
Director, Office of History,
National Institutes of Health.
Session 1
8:45-9:45.
Speaker, Chin Jou.
Hope and Caution: Media Coverage of the Leptin Discovery, 1994-2010.
Commentator: Van S. Hubbard.
Rear Admiral, US Public Health Service.
Assistant Surgeon General.
Director, NIH Division of Nutrition Research Coordination.
National Institutes of Health.
9:45-10:45.
Speaker, Todd Olszewski.
Bridging Evidence and Practice: The Office of Medical Applications of Research and the Consensus Development Program at the NIH, 1977-2010.
Commentator: John H. Ferguson.
Medical Consultant, Office of Rare Diseases Research,
National Institutes of Health.
10:45-11:00 Coffee
Session 2
11:00-12:00.
Speaker, Doogab Yi.
A Medical Vietnam? Reappraising Institutional and Scientific Legacies of the
Special Virus Cancer Program, 1968-1980.
Commentator, Daniel S. Greenberg.
Freelance Washington journalist and novelist.
12:00-1:00
Speaker, Sharon Ku.
Who is the Nanobio Scientist? A Social History of the Nanotechnology
Characterization Laboratory.
Commentator, Anil K. Patri.
Deputy Director, Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory,
SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute (NCI) at Frederick.
1.00–2.00 Lunch.
Session 3.
2:00-3.00
Speaker, Brian Casey.
“Murder of the Mind”? The Furor Over Psychosurgery in the 1970s and the Mission of the National Institute of Mental Health.
Commentator, Judith L.Rapoport.
Chief, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health.
3:00-4:00
Speaker, Eric Boyle.
CAM at the NIH: From the Study of Unconventional Medical Practices to
Integrative Care.
Commentator, Jack Killen.
Deputy Director, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM).
4:00-4:15 Coffee
Session 4
4:15-5:15
Speaker, Laura Stark.
The "Healthy Patient" Paradox: The Legacy of NIH Normal Control Subjects in
American Ethics.
Commentator, Christine Grady.
Acting Chief, Department of Bioethics.
Head, Section on Human Subjects Research.
Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health.
5.30 End
Sign Language Interpreters will be provided. Individuals with disabilities who
need reasonable accommodation to participate in this symposium should contact
Sharon Mathis, Office of History, NIH, 301-496-6610, Federal Relay
1-800-877-8339.
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