Clinical Center News
July / August 2024
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A Roadmap to Improve Communication in the ICU

This is the third installment of Marcy Mager’s observations about the processes and procedures used in the NIH Clinical Center to provide care to patients who are severely ill. Full Story

CCE Modular Terrace

Center for Cellular Engineering Unveils New Manufacturing Facility

The Center for Cellular Engineering (CCE) will soon unveil its new, roughly $20 million Modular Terrace Facility. Full Story

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Diane Dowling, Dr. Harvey Alter, Dr. James Gilman, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli and Dr. Lawrence Tabak

Clinical Center Honors Its Own Nobel Laureate

The Clinical Center recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the NIH History Center and Stetten Museum exhibit on Dr. Harvey Alter. Full Story

Dr. Monica Bertagnolli and Dr. Stephanie Goff

NIH Director Scrubs In at the Clinical Center

NIH Director, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli and NCI, Dr. Stephanie Goff operated on a woman with metastatic melanoma to remove a tumor from her thigh muscle, which is part of a clinical trial's protocol to test the effect of using combo immunotherapy drugs in a patient with metastatic melanoma. Full Story

Elyas Khandwalla

How the NIH Clinical Center Cured Elyas Khandwalla

Participating in a clinical trial, a seventh-grader received a life-saving bone marrow transplant, shedding light on a promising new preoperative conditioning treatment. Full Story

Staff in the Spotlight: Dr. Frances Gavelli receives Clinical Research Award
Dr. Frances T. Sheehan-Gavelli, a principal investigator and research engineer in the NIH Rehabilitation Medicine Department, is the co-recipient of the 2021 Orthopedic Research and Education...
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Dr. Gavelli
Clinical Center Increases Support for Personalized Medicine
While the patient census has been reduced during the pandemic, projects to improve the hospital have continued.
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New Center for Cellular Engineering facility at the NIH Clinical Center
Clinical Center Welcomes new Deputy Chief Information Officer
At the end of 2020, the Department of Clinical Research Informatics (DCRI) added a new Deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief of Clinical Informatics at the NIH Clinical Center.
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Jeffery Sano
Medical Research Program Thrives Through Pandemic
This year the NIH Clinical Center has overcome many obstacles to continue providing outstanding patient care and world-class research.
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Sheridan Reed
Had Covid? Your Blood Might be the Key to a Cure
Millions of Americans have been infected with COVID-19 and recovered after their illness.
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Patient Jennifer Azar participates in COVID-19 antibody study
Sickle cell clinical trial now recruiting, Survey opens for those experiencing eye symptoms due to COVID-19
For more information on trials listed below, or to learn about other available opportunities to participate in research studies...
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CC celebrates International Interpreters and Translators Day
On Sept. 30, International Interpreters and Translators Day, the Clinical Center honored the work of its excellent and dedicated Language Interpreters Program.
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Language Interpreters Program staff
NIH Clinical Center releases Strategic Plan
The NIH Clinical Center recently posted a Strategic Plan, The NIH Clinical Center at 65: People, Places, and Capabilities.
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Strategic Plan Front Cover Page
Former NIAMS Director Stephen I. Katz Remembered in Speech and Song
On May 3, friends, colleagues and co-workers gathered in the NIH Clinical Center Masur Auditorium to remember and reflect on the life and professional influence of former National Institute of...
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NIH musical group led by Dr. Collins performing on stage
Help improve the Clinical Center, participate in this year's Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey
On May 20, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management will launch the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) for eligible government employees to confidentially share their perceptions...
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Motivational speaker showcases importance of improvising, adapting and innovating at work
On Dec. 3, 2016, energetic and lively public speaker Avish Parashar gave a seminar, "Improvise, Adapt, and Innovate in an Ever-Changing World," to a captive NIH audience at the Clinical Center.
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Avish Parashar brought audience members on stage to showcase that planning is important, but the ability to improvise is essential during a seminar on Dec. 3.
Clinical Center Director's Annual Address and Awards honor staff
At the Clinical Center Director's Annual Address and Awards Ceremony on Dec. 18, Dr. John I. Gallin, director of the Clinical Center, summarized the events that occurred in 2015 and honored staff...
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About 300 awards were presented at the Clinical Center Director's Annual Address and Awards Ceremony on Dec. 18.

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