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November / December 2013
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Global health philanthropist Bill Gates will visit NIH on Monday, Dec. 2 to present the 2013 David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture. The lecture will be webcast live.
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Ambassador Eric Goosby, M.D., who stepped down from his position as U.S. AIDS Coordinator, reflects on his tenure and the future of HIV/AIDS research and treatment.
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Through H3Africa, MEPI and other programs, NIH is increasing its investment in Africa, adding funds for genomics studies and related training, and building biorepositories and other scientific infrastructure.
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According to WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan, no health system in the world is adequately prepared to cope with the looming surge in noncommunicable diseases.
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Fogarty's Framework Innovations program is funding multidisciplinary teams to identify thorny global health problems and take a solutions-based approach to resolve them.
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Tobacco use is rising fastest in low- and middle-income countries, which are least equipped to tackle associated health burdens from cancer, cardiovascular conditions, and other disease and disability.
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December 2, 2013 at 11 am with live webcast
David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture
Presented by Bill Gates
NIH Campus
Bethesda, MD December 7 - 8, 2013
NIH mHealth Training Institute, a satellite meeting for the mHealth Summit
Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center
National Harbor, MD December 9 - 11, 2013
mHealth Summit
Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center
National Harbor, MD February 11 - 13, 2014
10th Anniversary Brain Disorders in the Developing World Symposium
Natcher Auditorium, NIH campus
Bethesda, MD March 3 - 6, 2014
Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)
Boston, MA May 10 - 12, 2014
Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Annual Meeting
Washington, DC
> Scientific, project and program abstracts due December 15, 2013 June 13 - 16, 2014
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) International Forum
San Juan, Puerto Rico
> Abstracts and applications for travel awards due December 15, 2013 Fogarty Calendar of Events
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