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2007 Dr. Nabel's Messages
December
Recruiting for Director, Division of Blood Diseases
Office of the Director - December 10, 2007
The Institute is seeking a dynamic physician-scientist to provide strategic leadership for its Division of Blood Diseases and Resources (DBDR). The Director will assume responsibility for creating and nurturing internationally-renowned programs which will participate actively in international research in hematologic diseases and disorders of thrombosis and hemostasis across the spectrum of basic science and clinical research including translational research and the conduct of a wide variety of clinical trials.
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November
Recruiting for Director, Office of Communications
Office of the Director - November 29, 2007
The Institute is seeking an exceptional candidate to serve as Director of the new Office of Communications. The Director of the Office of Communications will provide executive leadership to a dynamic and complex communications program for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The individual selected for this leadership position is a person with vision who works in partnership with the scientists and leadership of NHLBI to provide comprehensive, integrated and technology supported communications.
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Nabel Joins HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt and NIH Director Elias Zerhouni to Honor Participants in the Framingham Heart Study
Office of the Director - November 29, 2007
NHLBI Director Elizabeth Nabel joined the nation's top health officials at an event in Framingham, Mass., to pay tribute to the more than 9,000 current participants in the long-running Framingham Heart Study, spanning three generations and funded by the NHLBI.
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Surgeon General and Zerhouni Announce Expanded Efforts to Address Childhood Overweight Epidemic
Office of the Director - November 27, 2007
NHLBI Director Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., participated in a national We Can! event to announce three new We Can! Cities - Boston, Pittsburgh, and Las Vegas - and a partnership with the Association of Children’s Museums. We Can! is a national education program developed by the NIH to help prevent obesity in overweight youth ages 8 - 13.
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NIH Director's Pioneer and New Innovator Award Programs Launch 2008 Application Cycles
Office of the Director - November 13, 2007
NIH is calling for applications for 2008 NIH Director's Pioneer Awards and New Innovator Awards. Both programs are part of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research and support exceptionally creative scientists who take highly innovative approaches to major challenges in biomedical or behavioral research.
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Nabel Briefs COPD Congressional Caucus
Office of the Director - November 8, 2007
NHLBI Director Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., was honored to provide an update on COPD research and awareness- building activities to the Congressional COPD Caucus at a Capitol Hill briefing sponsored by the U.S. COPD Coalition. Dr. Nabel shared the dais with Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), two members of the COPD Caucus, as well as Grace Anne Dorney Koppel, patient advocate and spokesperson for the NHLBI's COPD Learn More Breathe Better campaign.
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October
NIH Launches Extensive Open-Access Dataset of Genetic and Clinical Data
Office of the Director - October 1, 2007
The NIH is launching one of the most extensive collections of genetic and clinical data ever made freely available to researchers worldwide. Called SHARe (SNP Health Association Resource), the Web-based dataset will include data from the Framingham Heart Study on more than 9,300 participants spanning three generations.
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Featured Speaker at NHLBI Symposium on Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine Bethesda, MD
Office of the Director - October 1, 2007
Stem cell therapies to repair or regenerate tissue or blood vessels could provide a revolutionary approach to helping patients with cardiovascular disease. To accelerate the advancement of stem cell biology from bench to bedside for treatment of cardiovascular disease, NHLBI and the Foundation for NIH hosted the scientific symposium Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine. The goal of the symposium was to stimulate discussion about tissue specification in stem cell biology and cardiovascular development, and identify areas of opportunity for applying regenerative therapies to cardiovascular disease.
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September
Then First Lady Laura Bush acknowledges The Heart Truth campaign at Global Health and Literacy Luncheon
Office of the Director - September 25, 2007
NHLBI Director Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., was honored to attend the September 24th Global Health and Literacy Luncheon hosted by then First Lady Laura Bush in New York. Invited guests were spouses of world leaders attending the 62nd United Nations General Assembly.
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August
Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D. Featured Speaker and Moderator: Revised Asthma Guidelines Press Briefing
Office of the Director - August 29, 2007
The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program issued the first comprehensive update in a decade of clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. The guidelines emphasize the importance of asthma control and introduce new approaches for monitoring asthma.
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NHLBI Recruiting for Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics
Dr. Nabel - August 10, 2007
The Institute is seeking a strategic-minded scientist with expertise in research informatics and information technology who will bring significant experience in a research environment to operate in an intellectually challenging Federal biomedical research institution engaged in a national research program to understand, treat, and prevent heart, lung, and blood diseases and sleep disorders throughout the world.
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July
Featured Story: NIH Heart Center at Suburban WUSA 9 News Now
Office of the Director - July 25, 2007
Using cameras that are mounted on surgeons’ heads and taking that video and sharing it on multiple monitors, everyone in the operating room can see what’s going on. Video of EKG’s and of angiograms along with other medical information can also be fed to the monitors. Dr. Keith Horvath, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Suburban Hospital allowed us in to watch a mitral valve repair....
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April
Featured Speaker: University of Minnesota, Center for Lung Science and Health, Minneapolis, MN
Office of the Director - April 30, 2007
The Center of Lung Science and Health held a special event for those interested in lung science and health on Monday April 30, 2007. The Lung Center works to facilitate interdisciplinary research, education and outreach activities in order to promote lung health and improve care of patients with lung disease. Research topics included: translational control of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer, proteomic methods to find novel markers for lung transplant rejection, tobacco cessation and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease research.
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Featured Article: The New York Times, Health Section
Office of the Director - April 17, 2007
Dr. Elizabeth G. Nabel, a practicing cardiologist and researcher studying the genesis of plaque in coronary arteries, answers questions about ways to prevent and control heart disease.
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Feature: Quotation of the Day, The New York Times
Office of the Director - April 8, 2007
Dr. Elizabeth G. Nabel shares a comment using the "rule of halves" to describe the level of treatment relating to people in need.
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Special Article Series: The New York Times, Health Section
Office of the Director - April 7, 2007
Dr. Elizabeth G. Nabel highlights five distinct factors relating to heart disease, and what signs to look for in the prevention and control of this deadly killer.
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Release of NHLBI Strategic Plan
Dr. Nabel - April 6, 2007
Message from Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., Director, NHLBI:I am very pleased to share with you the Institute's new Strategic Plan, Shaping the Future of Research, which will guide the NHBLI's scientific directions over the next five to ten years. This plan is the result of an inclusive, bottom-up approach involving the efforts of over 600 individuals and feedback from our many intermediary groups.
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NHLBI Recruiting for Director, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
Dr. Nabel - April 2, 2007
Message from Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., Director, NHLBI:The Institute is seeking a dynamic physician-scientist to provide strategic leadership for its newly organized Division of Cardiovascular Diseases (DCVD). Applications should be received by May 12, 2007.
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March
Keystone Speaker: Keystone Symposia Conference, Nuclear Receptor Pathways to Metabolic Regulation, Steamboat Springs, CO
Office of the Director - March 27, 2007
The most exciting current research on nuclear receptors and metabolism takes a systems approach, utilizing functional genomics, molecular biology, and bioinformatics to understand the role of nuclear receptors in physiology and in the pathophysiology of metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome.
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February
Michael S. Lauer, M.D., to Join NHLBI as Director, Division of Prevention and Population Sciences
Dr. Nabel - February 27, 2007
Dear Colleagues: I am delighted to announce that Dr. Michael S. Lauer has been tentatively selected for the position of Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's (NHLBI) extramural Division of Prevention and Population Sciences to provide leadership for the Institute's national program for population- and clinic-based research on the causes, prevention, and clinical care of cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases. We anticipate that Dr. Lauer will be joining us on July 1 pending the appropriate approvals.
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