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Research in Action

Lists of accomplishments and honors fail to provide insights into the process of discovery and the day-to-day interactions that made them possible. In these brief pieces, you will learn about the individuals that make up the Intramural Research Program (IRP). In addition to learning about their goals and achievements, you will learn about their inspirational moments, their individual roads to discovery, and most of all, why they are passionate about the research that they do in the IRP.

Algorithms for Life

Teresa Przytycka answers complex biological questions using computational tools.

No Assembly Required

Ken Yamada investigates the molecular basis of cell motility and adhesion.

To See or Not To See...

Owen Schwartz finds ways for scientists to visualize the previously unknown.

A Rare Glimpse Into the Ordinary

Joan Han studies rare diseases for insight into a common ailment: obesity.

Building Bodily Cancer Defenses

James Gulley provides new tools in the immune system's fight against cancer.

Addicted to Science

Markus Heilig investigates pharmacogenetic approaches to treating alcoholism.

From the Mountains to the Clinic

Sonja M. Best hunts for viruses that evade the immune system.

Taking the Long View

Mark Schiffman uses molecular epidemiology to predict and prevent cervical cancer.

Ambitions of a Tool-Maker

Hari Shroff builds microscopes that shine light on the boundaries of neuroscience.

Teaming Up for Change

Elizabeth Rasch and her multidisciplinary team develop better ways to measure disability.

High-Fidelity Stereocilia

Bechara Kachar uses high-tech imaging to understand the cell biology of hearing.

Research into the Realm of Risk

Caroline Fox investigates risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease.

The Broken Leg Mystery

Michael Collins and his Clinical Center colleagues cure a teenager of a debilitating bone disorder.

Plastic Brains

Jerrel Yakel studies the neural circuits that underlie learning and memory.

Molecular Interventions

Christina Annunziata brings her unique expertise to bear on the problem of ovarian cancer.

Contacts Far and Wide

Gary Felsenfeld celebrates 50 years at the NIH with an indefatigable research agenda.

Found in Translation

Bibiana Bielekova moves from the bench to the bedside and back again in pursuit of a cure for multiple sclerosis.

Finding the Perfect Target

Tongqing Zhou brings the tools of structural biology to the search for an HIV vaccine.

Seeing Is Believing

Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz peers into the life and death of cells.

A Two-year Clinical Research Odyssey

William Gahl searches for answers to some of the most confounding undiagnosed diseases.

Immune Coincidences

Juan Rivera’s research on inflammation led him to unexpected insights into systemic lupus erythematosus.

An Eye to a Cure

Anand Swaroop aims to treat retinal diseases with cell-based therapies.

Energized by Fatigue

Leorey Saligan works as a nurse and scientist to improve both quality of life and therapeutic outcomes for patients suffering from fatigue.

Healthy Body, Sound Mind?

Bronwen Martin investigates the link between metabolism and brain health in aging.