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Arati Prabhakar

NIH Welcomes Visitors from OSTP

Posted on by Lawrence Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Several people talk in a crowded lab
It was my pleasure to welcome Arati Prabhakar (2nd from right) during her visit to NIH on August 3. Dr. Prabhakar is director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and assistant to the President for Science and Technology. Joining her on the visit was Travis Hyams, senior policy advisor for Health Outcomes Division, OSTP (to my left). While on campus, Dr. Prabhakar met with me and NIH Institute and Center directors and toured two labs in the NIH Clinical Center. In this photo, John Tisdale, senior investigator at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (far right) talks to Dr. Prabhakar about sickle cell research. Also pictured is Courtney Fitzhugh (far left), who leads NHLBI’s Laboratory of Early Sickle Mortality Prevention. Credit: Chiachi Chang, NIH

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Welcoming the BRAIN Initiative

Posted on by Dr. Francis Collins

Introducing the President at the BRAIN Initiative event in the East Room of the White House (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

Introducing the President at the BRAIN Initiative event in the East Room of the White House
(Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

What an exciting day for science and innovation in the United States! I was thrilled to be present at the White House this morning, as President Barack Obama announced a pioneering project to explore the complex workings of the human brain: the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. And I’m proud to report that NIH-supported scientists will be among those at the forefront of this ambitious endeavor.

I’d like to take this opportunity to encourage each of you—whether you’re a researcher, health professional, patient, or young person interested in science—to embrace the BRAIN Initiative. Not only will this landmark effort continue our nation’s strong tradition of scientific innovation, it will advance NIH’s mission of turning scientific discoveries into better health for all.

For more details on the BRAIN Initiative, check out what DARPA chief Arati Prabhakar and I have to say on WhiteHouse.gov blog.

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