ACTS presents a webinar designed to guide attendees on establishing a five-year career plan on Thursday, December 3rd. They will discuss what trainees need to be a successful scientist, how to prioritize tasks, and how to view themselves as a leader. The workshop includes completing a self-analysis, setting SMART goals, planning their career with a […]

Deepmala Nandanwar, MD, a movement disorder fellow at UNMC, will present “Approach to the Diagnosis of Tremor” on Thursday, December 3rd from 11:50am to 12:50pm via Zoom. Attendees will learn about tremor identification by classification and the challenges in the diagnosis of tremor. Access the presentation using THIS LINK at the start time of the […]

The 2020 National Institute on Aging (NIA) Director’s Regional Meeting will be held virtually on Monday, December 7th from 9am to 12:30 pm (CT). The purpose of this meeting is to provide information on existing opportunities for research and training, technical assistance in grant writing, advice on the design of new research proposals, and to […]

Hosted by the NIH, “Nine Months Yet No Delivery in Sight: Doing Ethics on the Frontline of COVID 19” is presented virtually by Thomas Cunningham, Phd, MA, MS, on Monday, December 7th from 2 to 3:30pm (CT). In this talk, Dr. Cunningham will describe his experiences as a clinical ethicist responding to the first wave […]

Dr. Shannon Zenk, Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), NIH, will deliver the 2020 Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture in the Science of Complementary Therapies on Wednesday, December 9th from 11am to noon (CT). In “All Health Is Not Created Equal: Where You Live Matters” she will explore the science behind social […]

The American Brain Coalition (ABC), Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, in cooperation with the Congressional Neuroscience Caucus, invite you to a virtual Congressional Neuroscience Caucus Briefing, “Neurodegenerative Diseases: The Challenges and the Opportunities” on Thursday, December 10th from 10 to 11am (CT). Neurodegenerative diseases, from Alzheimer’s to Parkinson’s […]

The NIH will host Eimear Kenny, PhD, Associate Professor & Director, Institute for Genomic Health at Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai on Thursday, December 10th from 2 to 3pm (CT) to present “ Population Genetics in an Era of Genomic Health.” Dr. Kenny is a statistical and population geneticist whose research is focused […]

Join the Rural Drug Addiction Research (RDAR) Center’s Lunch & Learn Series on “Learning About Substance Use in Nebraska: Outcomes from Wave 1 of the RHC Study,” presented by Patrick Habecker on Friday, December 11th from 12:00-1:00pm, via Zoom. For this event, they will look at the measures from the first wave of the Rural […]

The Center for Patient, Family, and Community Engagement in Chronic Care Management (CENTRIC) will host Patrik Johansson, MD, MPH, and Paula Schulz, PhD, RN, on Friday, December 11th from noon to 1pm. “Cardiovascular Disease Self-Management in Rural Adults: A Pilot Intervention Study Using Technology and RN/Community Health Worker Teams” will outline the implementation of a […]

The Institute on Methods and Protocols for Advancement of Clinical Trials in ADRD (IMPACT-AD) is a novel multidisciplinary Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias clinical trial training program. After the successful completion of the inaugural IMPACT-AD course, they are excited to announce that the second annual course will take place in fall of 2021. A stated […]

Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH, from the Boston University School of Public Health will present “The Contagion Next Time: Underlying Socioeconomic and Racial Divides and Our Risk from COVID and Future Pandemics” on Wednesday, December 16th from 1 to 2pm. Dr. Galea, a physician, epidemiologist, and author, is dean and Robert A. Knox Professor at […]

The NIH hosts Jim Collins, PhD, Termeer Professor of Bioengineering at MIT, on Thursday, December 17th from 11am to noon. Dr. Collins will present "Harnessing Synthetic Biology and Deep Learning to Address the COVID 19 Pandemic." Dr. Collins is developing innovative ways to reprogram organisms, particularly bacteria, to perform desired tasks, such as detecting and […]

Mohamed Taha, MD, presents “The Concept of Uncertainty in Medicine: A Case of Leukoencephalopathy” on Thursday, December 17th from 11:50am to 12:50pm. Dr. Taha will describe the concept of uncertainty in medicine and neurology, review a case of Leukoencephalopathy and related uncertainty, review the characteristics of uncertainty in daily clinic practice, and explain ways to […]