NIH Research Festival 2012 Program - Research Festival - National ...

Opening Plenary Session
Masur Auditorium, Building 10
The NIH at 125: Today’s Discoveries,
Tomorrow’s Cures
Co-chairs: Antonello Bonci, NIDA and
Constantine Stratakis, NICHD
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012
10:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Cholera, plague, smallpox and yellow fever. These were the four epidemic diseases
subject to quarantine that most concerned Joseph James Kinyoun, the founder and,
for several years, sole employee of the Laboratory of Hygiene in the U.S. Marine Hospital
Service. The NIH traces its roots to Kinyoun’s one-room laboratory established in August
1887. At the 2012 NIH Research Festival we celebrate our quasquicentennial by honoring
Kinyoun’s legacy, reflecting on NIH successes, and contemplating at the potential of the
NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP) in the years to come.
Where have we been, and where are we going? Smallpox has been eradicated, but much
difficult work lies before us. Our 2012 Festival artwork, in fact, depicts MRSA bacteria,
an emerging threat. This year’s plenary session opens with three “big vision” talks about
possible futures for the NIH. Then, if travel permits, we will hear a lecture from the late
Joseph Kinyoun himself, who surely will have much to say, having died 93 years ago.
Kinyoun’s talk is followed by a panel discussion with NIH luminaries offering a personal
and historical perspective of the IRP. The opening plenary can be viewed via videocast
at http://videocast.nih.gov.
Program
The Social Significance of Science: A Systems Approach to Health Inequities
NHLBI Director Gary Gibbons
Navigating the Cellular Landscape with New Optical Probes, Imaging Strategies
and Technical Innovations
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, NICHD
Fantastic Voyage Rebooted: A Visual Journey into the Dynamic Life of the Immune System
Ron Germain, NIAID
Uneasy Death: Three Things That Haunt Me 93 Years After My Passing
Joseph Kinyoun, Founder, Laboratory of Hygiene
Office of History, NIH Panel Discussion
NCI Director Harold Varmus, William Paul (NIAID), and Judy Rapoport (NIMH)