HHS Secretary says US plays key role in global health

Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, visited NIH to tour the Bethesda campus and participate in a town hall meeting with staff.
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HHS secretary Burwell walks in Clinical Center hallway with NIH Dir Collins NCI Dir Varmus and NIH Deputy Dir Tabak

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NIH Ebola vaccine trial underway in Liberia

A large clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of two experimental vaccines to prevent Ebola virus infection has begun.
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Related news: Medical Education Partnership Initiative aids Ebola response

Injuries cause 5 million deaths each year

Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass discusses how NIH can help strengthen the capacity of low- and middle-income country institutions to study trauma and injury prevention and response.
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Measuring health impact of indoor air pollution

Researchers hope to identify and establish a standard panel of indicators and biomarkers that can provide more precise evidence of the effectiveness of cleaner cookstoves.
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Nursing research and training spur global health gains

NIH's National Institute of Nursing Research supports critical investigations to advance disease prevention, patient self-management, end-of-life care, treatment innovations and nurse scientist training.
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Focus on nursing research:

Nurse in golves collects sample from patient in a lab setting

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Also in This Issue

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International Research Ethics Education
JAMA, February 3, 2015

Request for Information (RFI): The Impact of Environmental Lead Exposure on Cognition and Bone Function (NOT-TW-15-002)
Responses accepted through June 30, 2015

Annual Photoshare Photo Contest
Cash prize awards to amateur and professional photographers to share their global public health and development photos for charitable and educational use. Entry deadline: February 28, 2015

Former NIAID Director [and Fogarty senior scientific advisor] Dr Richard Krause Dies at 90
NIAID news, January 9, 2015

NIH-supported tailor-made vaccine set to banish Africa's meningitis epidemics
Reuters, January 9, 2015

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February 23 - 26, 2015
Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)
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February 27, 2015
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March 1 - 7, 2015
International Conference on Health Issues in Arab Communities
Muscat, Oman
March 26 - 28, 2015
Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Annual Meeting
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March 28 - 29, 2015
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New Haven, CT
May 6 - 8, 2015
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May 12, 2015
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