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Fought for Freedom, Respect
Black History Event Honors African Americans’ Civil War Contributions |
| By Valerie Lambros |
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Historian Royce Kinniebrew gives keynote address at Black History Month observance.
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This year’s Black History Month observance
focused on the role of African
Americans in the Civil War. The country marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the conflict this year.
The event, sponsored by the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management
and the NIH Black Employment
Program committee, provided “an opportunity to hear more about the contributions
of African Americans to this nation,” said Dr. Lawrence Tabak, principal
deputy director of NIH, in welcoming
remarks.
He recalled several prominent black scientists who have guided NIH, including the late Dr. Geraldine Pittman Woods, who played a pivotal role in the development of several NIH minority programs; the late Dr. John Diggs, who served as NIH deputy director for extramural research; and, more recently, newly appointed Dr. William G. Coleman, Jr., of the National Institute
on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the first African-American scientific director of an NIH institute.
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Scientists Shed Light on Future of Genomics |
| By Jeannine Mjoseth |
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Dr. Sean Eddy of HHMI Janelia Farm explains how researchers read the code of the human genome. |
Prominent investigators in genomic research shared their visions of the field’s future with a crowd at Natcher Conference Center on Feb. 11. The meeting, hosted by the National Human Genome Research Institute, marked the release of its new strategic vision for genomics, which was published Feb. 10 in Nature.
Joining NHGRI director Dr. Eric Green for the day-long symposium “A Decade With the Human Genome Sequence: Charting a Course for Genomic Medicine,” were NIH director Dr. Francis Collins; Dr. James Watson, Nobel laureate, founding director of what became NHGRI and co-discoverer of the molecular structure of DNA; Dr. Eric Lander, director of the Broad Institute; and Dr. Maynard Olson, professor emeritus of genome sciences and medicine at the University of Washington.
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