Cartoon: Bridging the gap between advances in biology and their application to major human diseases

Demystifying Medicine

The Demystifying Medicine Series, jointly sponsored by FAES and NIH, includes presentations on pathology, diagnosis, and therapy in the context of major disease problems and current research. Primarily directed toward PhD students, clinicians and program managers, this series is designed to help bridge the gap between advances in biology and their application to major human diseases. Each session includes clinical and basic science components presented by NIH staff and invitees. All students, trainees, fellows, and staff are welcome to participate.

All Demystifying Medicine lectures dating back to 2003 are archived at https://videocast.nih.gov/PastEvents?c=45.


2024 Schedule

Location: NIH Bethesda campus and online via http://videocast.nih.gov
Dates: Tuesdays from January 9 through May 7
Time: 4:00 – 5:30/6:00 p.m. ET
Coordinators: Dr. Win Arias and Dr. Dan Kastner
CME Credit Information

 

Date Location Title Speakers
January
9
Building 50 / First Floor
Primary Immunodeficiency: Mechanism and Management
Luigi Notarangelo (NIAID)
Jennifer Puck (UCSF)
January
16
Building 50 / First Floor
Emerging Infectious Diseases and Other Public Health Threats
Anthony Fauci (Georgetown University)
Atul Gawande (USAID)
January
23
Building 50 / First Floor
Progeria: A Genetic and Therapeutic Adventure
Francis Collins (NHGRI)
Leslie Gordon (Brown University/ Progeria Research Foundation)
January
30
Building 50 / First Floor
The Prospect of Precision Medicine for All of Us
Joshua Denny (All of Us Research Program)
Leslie Biesecker (NHGRI)
February
6
Building 50 / First Floor
Drug Resistance: Mechanisms and Progress in Infection and Cancer
Michael Gottesman (NCI)
John Dekker (NIAID)
February
13
Building 10 / Lipsett Hepatitis D and E: New challenges and Progress
Theo Heller (NIDDK)
Marc Ghany (NIDDK)
February
20
Building 50 / First Floor
Sickle Cell Anemia: A Global Perspective
Ambroise Wonkam (Johns Hopkins University)
Courtney Fitzhugh (NHLBI)
February
27
Building 50 / First Floor
Global Warming and Human Adaptation
Gabriel Vecchi (Princeton University)
Michael Sawka (Georgia Institute of Technology)
March
5
Building 50 / First Floor
Deafness in the Modern Genomic Technologic Era
Ronna Hertzano (NIDCD)
Matthew Kelley (NIDCD)
Shawn Burgess (NHGRI)
March
12
Building 50 / First Floor Cognitive Loss, Dementia, and Neurodegenerative Disorders: Vascular and Genetic Factors
Rebecca Gottesman (NINDS)
Sonja Scholz (NINDS)
March
19
Building 10 / Lipsett Parkinson's Disease: From Genetic Breakthroughs to Therapeutic Targets
Ellen Sidransky (NHGRI)
Andrew Singleton (NIA)
March
26
Building 10 / Masur Behavioral Genetics: Man Meets Dog
Elaine Ostrander (NHGRI)
Philip Shaw (NHGRI)
April
2
VideoCast only Appetite, Obesity and Beyond: The Role of the CNS and New Drugs
Jeffrey Friedman (Rockefeller University)
Lorenzo Leggio (NIDA & NIAAA)
April
9
VideoCast only Mental Health: Mechanisms and Crisis
Thomas Insel (Former NIMH Director)
George Koob (NIAAA Director)
April
16
VideoCast only Multiple Myeloma
Kenneth Anderson (Dana Farber/Harvard)
Ryan Young (NCI)
April
23
Building 10 / Lipsett
Fentanyl and other Drug Addictions: Progress and Challenges
Nora Volkow (NIDA)
April
30
Building 10 / Lipsett Sleep and Perchance to Dream: Mechanisms and Management
Susan Harbison (NHLBI)
Dante Picchioni (NINDS)
May
7
Building 10 / Lipsett Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Publishing
Holden Thorp (Science Family of Journals)
Vardit Ravitsky (Hastings Center)

 


EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS: To receive email messages about upcoming sessions, register for the Demystifying Medicine distribution list through one of two options:

~ Option-1:
Send an email message to this address: Listserv@List.nih.gov, with the following text in the email body: Subscribe DeMystifyingMed Jan Doe
Be certain to substitute your forename and surname for Jan Doe.

~ Option-2
Sign up for Demystifying Medicine through the ListServ website, and enter your name and email address.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Sign language interpreting services are available upon request. Individuals who need interpreting services or other reasonable accommodation to participate in this event should contact the WALS Office, WALSoffice@od.nih.gov, 301-594-6747.

Previous presentations may be found by searching "Demystifying Medicine" in the NIH Videocast website: Past Presentations.

Contact the Demystifying Medicine team with additional questions or concerns: demystifyingMed@nih.gov.

Office of Intramural Research  >  Office of the Director  >  
National Institutes of Health > U.S. Department of Health and Human Services > HHS Vulnerability Disclosure

This web page was last modified on 2 January 2024 (or maybe later; you know how it is).