On Dec. 23, the day before his birthday, emergency crew members surprised Dr. Anthony Fauci as he was leaving the NIH Clinical Center to wish him a happy 80th birthday.
Congratulations and welcome to Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli, the 16th director of the
@theNCI
. She is the first woman to hold the position of NCI director.
Welcome 🚀
@NASA_Astronauts
of Crew-3 to the
@NIH
campus and
@NIHClinicalCntr
, America’s research hospital! We are excited to share the expertise of our staff with you.
If you are on the NIH campus, take a moment to enjoy the beauty of the cherry blossoms such as the trees in bloom at the north entrance of the NIH Clinical Center.
@brianvastag
Screeners are instructed to ask employees, patients & visitors to change their masks for ours. If they do not wish to change their mask, they are permitted to wear our hospital-issued mask over their mask. We will reiterate this with our screeners. Our goal is everyone's safety.
TODAY is
#RareDiseaseDay
at NIH. Join us in the Main Auditorium of Natcher Conference Center, Bldg 45, on the
@NIH
campus from 8:30 am to 4 pm ET. Help us raise awareness about rare diseases and their impact on patients’ lives!
#RDDNIH
ICYMI: Dr. Ramos-Benítez has studied the viruses that cause Ebola and
#COVID19
. He also founded
@cetmpr
, which presents scientific information in Spanish and supports aspiring scientists. Learn more about his research
@NIHClinicalCntr
and career path.
Congratulations to Dr. Christine Grady, chief of
@NIHBioethics
at the
@NIHClinicalCntr
to be honored by
@UMBaltimore
w/ Honorary Doctor of Public Service degree at Commencement. Her husband, Dr. Anthony Fauci, will also receive the same degree.
#2022UMB
Would you like to experience the NIH Clinical Center for a 4-week inpatient study?
@NIDDKgov
is looking at the effects of processed and unprocessed foods. To learn more, contact us at 866-444-1134 Refer to study 22-DK-0002
Thank you to our maintenance staff for making it a little easier to get inside the
@NIHClinicalCntr
on this snowy day, and thank you to all of our staff on the hospital caring for our patients!
#SnowDay
Congrats to
@JMHernandez_MD
, surgical oncologist w/
#NCI
, recipient of the 2021 Distinguished Clinical Teacher Award, highest honor bestowed on an NIH investigator, staff clinician or tenure-track investigator by the
@NIH
Fellows Committee.
@NCIResearchCtr
Welcome to the
@NIHClinicalCntr
– the largest research hospital in America. This video is designed to give you an idea of what to expect as you enter the NIH campus.
We are thankful for the visionaries who conceived the
@NIHClinicalCntr
more than 70 years ago. 2023 will mark 70 years of the hospital opening it’s doors to bring together patients & researchers in search for medical innovation & cures.
#Thankful2022
Congratulations to the National Institutes of Health! 80 years ago today, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s dedicated the campus of the NIH in Bethesda, MD.
Currently, there are about 1,600 clinical research studies in progress at
@NIHClinicalCntr
. About half are studies of the natural history of disease, especially
#RareDiseases
, which often are not studied anywhere else.
Rare Disease Day at
@NIH
2018 is streaming live today via webcast! Tune in: .
#RareDisease
Day raises awareness about rare diseases and their impact on patients’ lives.
#RDDNIH
A4: THANK YOU to our brave patients & their families. More than 500,000 of you have been our partners at the
@NIHClinicalCntr
in advancing knowledge and medical discovery for
#RareDiseases
! We could not advance
#medicaldiscovery
without you!
#NIHchat
#COVID19
is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation. Learn about the basics like symptoms & what to do if you are sick; and see the latest info from
@CDCgov
on
#NIH
’s page:
#coronavirus
Throwback Thursday: More than 30 years ago the idea of harnessing a patient’s immune system to fight
#cancer
was heretical.
@theNCI
scientists pursued this idea through research at
@NIHClinicalCntr
and chartered the development of
#immunotherapy
.
Congratulations to Dr. Jeanne M. Marrazzo on her selection as the new Director of
#NIAID
and welcome to the
#NIH
family. Dr. Marrazzo is expected to begin her role as NIAID Director in the fall.
Currently, there are about 1,600 clinical research studies in progress at the
@NIHClinicalCntr
. About half are studies of the natural history of disease, especially
#rarediseases
, which often are not studied anywhere else.
We are very proud of the
@NIHClinicalCntr
's Dr. Harvey Alter, a co-winner of the 2020
#NobelPrize
in Physiology or Medicine with Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus.
A historic moment! This year, laureates from 2020 and 2021 finally joined us on stage in Stockholm to celebrate their
#NobelPrize
achievements.
We are thrilled to honour them all!
#ThrowbackThursday
: 1st successful replacement of mitral heart valve was done
@NIHClinicalCntr
by Dr. Nina Braunwald in 1960, using valve she designed. This photo shows Braunwald, far left, & Dr. Andrew Morrow, far right, performing heart valve surgery in early 1960s.
#OurHearts
Sometimes called the silent “sixth” sense, proprioception is the body’s mysterious ability to locate our limbs, even in darkness. This article on
@voxdotcom
features research at the
@NIHClinicalCntr
with individuals lacking proprioception.
For the first time since the pandemic started in 2020, the NIH's annual Take Your Child to Work Day featured in-person events today, along with virtual and prerecorded activities for the children of NIH staff.
#tyctwd
This morning at Rare Disease Day at NIH,
@NIHClinicalCntr
CEO Dr. Gilman discussed the hospital’s role as a leader in rare disease research, pointing out that about half of the 1,600 clinical studies conducted here are for
#RareDiseases
.
#RDDnih
You may have recently seen Jennelle featured on CBS 60 Minutes. She no longer experiences complications from
#SickleCell
disease after treatment at the NIH Clinical Center.
#ClinicalTrials
Want access to the latest
#NIH
#COVID19
research information? Our new COVID-19 website is your best resource for
#research
news, funding opportunities, and open
#ClinicalTrials
.
Join
@NIH
experts for a
#PuppyCam
Thursday 11/29 at
@NIHClinicalCntr
starting at 11 am ET w/
@HeroDogsInc
, National Capital Therapy Dogs, &
@TheChildrensInn
! With dogs & puppies-in-training, plus tips on mindfulness and stress reduction, it’s guaranteed to be pawsome.
"Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve...You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 'The Drum Major Instinct' delivered Atlanta Feb. 4, 1968, at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta.
Before stepping down, Dr. Francis Collins joined 13-year-old Caesar Sant in classical performance. Just weeks earlier, Caesar had a successful bone marrow transplant at
@NIHClinicalCntr
to treat
#sicklecell
anemia
@NIHRecord
Congratulations to the NIH Clinical Center’s Dr. Richard Chang who was selected as the Staff Clinician of the Year in the NIH Clinical Center’s 2023 Clinical Recognition Awards.
.
@NIH_NINR
seeks cancer survivors or those w/
#Myalgic
Encephalomyelitis or
#ChronicFatigue
Syndrome or
#Sjogrens
or
#Lupus
. For more info about participating, contact the Office of Patient Recruitment at 1-800-411-1222 Email: prpl
@cc
.nih.gov Online:
#NIH
Fun Fact: We share the Bethesda campus with over 40 species of furry & feathered wildlife including bluebirds. The bluebird population decreased in the past, but 6 fledglings were born in 2018. Bluebirds eat mosquitos, which can help
@NIH
to reduce the use of pesticides.
This Thanksgiving, we at the
@NIHClinicalCntr
are very thankful for and grateful to the 500,000 plus patients who have been our active partners in medical discovery here! Medical discovery could not happen without you!
Calling all dedicated early-stage clinician-scientists who have not yet achieved tenure at a research institution! The 2020-21 Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program is accepting applications until Aug. 28.
@NIH
@LaskerFDN
@NIHClinicalCntr
@CCMedEd