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March 9, 1999
Nutrition Month Observed at NIH
NIH Observes Brain Awareness Week
Health Communicators Hold Forum
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
'Every Part of the Engine' Panel Opens Dialogue on Ethnic Diversity in Medical Research By Carla Garnett Photos: Bill Branson
Stop your Y2K preparations for a moment. Think farther into the
future and consider human resources: Is NIH ready for 2050?
Seems like a long way away, but in just a couple of generations
from now, demographers forecast that the United States will cease
to have a majority population. Will the NIH workforce reflect the
diversity of the nation's population and be able to meet the health
needs of such a people? Are those even relevant or reachable goals?
Those were the main questions posed by a Feb. 11 panel discussion,
"Ethnic Diversity in the Biomedical Research Community: Why is it
important? How can it be achieved?"
'Many Dreams...One America' By Carla Garnett Photos: Ernie Branson
Personal testimony, impassioned speeches, spirited music and
interpretive sign language. NIH's recent 1999 Celebration of the
Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had it all, perhaps as it should
be to honor a man who saw and promoted the strength in diversity
and fairness for all.
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HEO President Larry Salas
EEOC Vice Chair Paul Igasaki delivers the keynote address at NIH's 1999 King
celebration.