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Recent Photos from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
2011 Photos
Hundreds of researchers, health care providers and patients from across the U.S. came to the NIH for the NIAMS 25th Anniversary Scientific Symposium held in Lipsett Amphitheater on June 13, 2011.
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NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins and Research!America Chairman John Edward Porter joined NIAMS Director Dr. Stephen Katz in delivering introductory talks. Dr. Collins praised the NIAMS for tackling the nation's "common, chronic, crippling and costly" diseases by anticipating where scientific opportunities lay, exploiting them and shepherding research toward meaningful results.
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NIAMS Director Dr. Stephen Katz discusses the Institute's many partners at the NIAMS 25th Anniversary Scientific Symposium: Improving Lives Through Discovery.
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Two attendees discuss one of the studies featured in a scientific poster presented at the NIAMS 25th Anniversary Scientific Symposium.
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NIAMS Director Dr. Stephen Katz (c) joins orthopaedic researcher Dr. Tom Clemens (l) and 2011 NIAMS Coalition Lifetime Achievement Award honoree John Edward Porter at a Congressional briefing commemorating the Institute’s 25th anniversary.
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Msgr. John Enzler, President and C.E.O. of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, (at podium) spoke at the 10th anniversary celebration of the NIAMS Community Health Center (CHC) on September 28, 2011. NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins (right) and NIAMS Director Dr. Stephen Katz (left) also spoke at the event. The NIAMS CHC is a health information and medical center located in Silver Spring, MD, providing health care services to people affected by arthritis, lupus, and other rheumatic diseases.
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More than 50 individuals representing 40 organizations attended the NIAMS Coalition 2011 Outreach and Education Meeting: Creating Connections for Science. The event was held on October 11, 2011. The Coalition is a group of more than 70 professional and voluntary organizations concerned with NIAMS programs.
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NIAMS, NHLBI and NIDDK recently co-sponsored The Jak-STAT Pathway: 20 Years from Discovery to Drugs. The event celebrated the 20th year of Jak-STAT research, highlighting recent basic developments in the field, relevance to diseases and new therapeutics. The pathway has become a paradigm in signal transduction, but has also shed light on a number of diseases ranging from immunodeficiencies to hematological malignancies. The 3-day meeting convened an international team of industry, academic and government scientists who focused on the translational advances that have arisen from the basic discoveries of the Jak-STAT pathway. Organizers included (from l) Dr. James Darnell, Rockefeller University; Dr. Richard Jove, City of Hope; Dr. Lothar Hennighausen, NIDDK; Dr. John O’Shea, NIAMS; Dr. David Levy, NYU; and Dr. Warren Leonard, NHLBI.
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Panelists at Reaching Out to Urban Indians: Best Practices in Communications and Partnerships included (from l) Dr. Kristen Nadeau, University of Colorado-Denver; John Burklow, NIH Associate Director for Communications and Public Liaison; Wilbur Woodis, HHS Office of Minority Health; D’Shane Barnett, National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH); Dr. Jami Bartgis, also of NCUIH.
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2010 Photos
The trans-NIH American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Health Communications and Information Work Group hosted a half-day workshop on December 8, 2010 for NIH communications staff on “Creating Connections: Building Partnerships between the Indian Health Service (IHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).” Speakers and moderators at the 2010 NIH AI/AN Workshop. From left: Wilbur Woodis, OASH; Leo Nolan, IHS; Susan Anderson, IHS; Thomas Sweeney, IHS; Mimi Lising, NIAMS; Ben Smith, IHS; and Marin Allen, OD/OCPL.
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In September 2010, NIAMS, NCI, NIAID and the Office of Research on Women’s Health cosponsored “Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: From Mouse Models to Human Disease and Treatment.” Organizers included (from l) Dr. Howard Young, NCI; Dr. Silvia Bolland, NIAID; and Dr. Juan Rivera, NIAMS.
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The 2-day meeting at Lister Hill Center brought together basic research scientists working on models of autoimmune disease relevant to systemic lupus erythematosus and clinicians treating lupus patients. The conference generated ideas regarding future steps needed to further lupus research and the use of mouse models.
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2009 Photos
NIAMS
researchers Raphaela T. Goldbach-Mansky, M.D., M.H.S. (left) and
Nicole Plass, R.N., M.P.A., U.S. Public Health Service, with a
DIRA patient. NIAMS’ research has led to the identification
and successful treatment of DIRA (deficiency of the interleukin-1
receptor antagonist), a genetic autoinflammatory disorder in children.
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Osteoarthritis
Initiative (OAI) researchers at Ohio State University look through
the opening of an MRI machine, used to image the knees of patients.
The OAI, a public-private partnership, led by NIAMS and the National
Institute on Aging with additional support from five other Institutes
and Centers, funds research and information sharing resources to
aid in the identification of biological markers for osteoarthritis.
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NIAMS
Director Stephen I. Katz, M.D., Ph.D., (center left) with former
Congressman the Hon. John Porter and the co-chairs of the NIAMS
Coalition. Mr. Porter gave the keynote address at the Coalition’s
Education and Outreach Day, November 3, 2009. The meeting gave
NIAMS Coalition members an opportunity to network and share best
practices on the importance of connecting science to the public,
while learning more about the inner workings of the NIH and NIAMS.
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2007 Photos
In
September 2007, NIH Director Dr. Elias Zerhouni and NASA Administrator
Dr. Michael D. Griffin signed an agreement making U.S. resources
on the International Space Station available for NIH-funded research.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (l), Sen. Barbara Mikulski, and NIAMS
Director Dr. Steve Katz witnessed the occasion.
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