Past Events

Multimodal Therapies for Nervous System Disorders

June 14, 2016 @ 12:00 am - June 15, 2016 @ 12:00 am

Where: Keck Center Multimodal therapy approaches (i.e., combinations of interventions aimed at different aspects of a disease) are emerging as a potential approach to enhance clinical outcomes for patients with […]

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The Intersections Among Health Disparities, Disabilities, Health Equity, and Health Literacy

June 14, 2016 @ 12:00 am

Where: NAS Building (Room 120) On June 14, 2016 The Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, […]

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Workshop on Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transportation

June 6, 2016 @ 8:00 am - June 7, 2016 @ 12:30 pm

Where: NAS Building (Room 125) The Health and Medicine Division and the Transportation Research Board, program divisions of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, will jointly conduct a two-day workshop […]

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Public Report Release by the Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults

June 2, 2016 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Where: Keck Center (Room 100) The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will host a public release for the report by the Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health […]

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Assessing Progress in End-of-Life and Serious Illness Care

May 23, 2016 @ 8:30 am - 5:30 pm

On May 23, 2016, representatives from 93 stakeholder organizations met to assess progress since the release of the Dying in America report in September 2014, identify remaining barriers, and agree […]

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Meeting of the Care Culture & Decision-Making Innovation Collaborative

May 18, 2016 @ 8:00 am - 3:30 pm

Meeting focus: Strategic priorities in advancing the evidence base for patient- and family-engaged care  Core questions: What is the current evidence of impact for various dimensions of patient- and family-engaged […]

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Vaccines: Ebola, SARS, MERS, Nipah, Zika virus, and beyond

May 15, 2016 @ 12:00 am - May 16, 2016 @ 12:00 am

*This event is invite-only and is closed to the general public* This international forum is being held under the Chatham House Rule. The purpose is to build on the momentum […]

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Identifying the Role of Violence Prevention in the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals

May 12, 2016 @ 12:00 am - May 13, 2016 @ 12:00 am

Where: Keck Center (Room 100) Adopted by global leaders in September 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) build upon the success of the eight anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals adopted and […]

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Public Report Release: Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice

May 10, 2016 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Where: NAS Building (Room 120) The Board on Children, Youth, and Families and the Committee on Law and Justice's will hold a public release of the report: Preventing Bullying Through […]

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Workshop on Big Data and Analytics for Infectious Disease Research, Operations, and Policy

May 10, 2016 @ 8:00 am - May 11, 2016 @ 5:00 pm

Where: Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC With the amount of data in our world exploding, big data could generate significant value in the field of infectious disease. The increased use […]

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Health Impact Assessments: Their Role in Transportation Planning Webinar

May 4, 2016 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

The Transportation Research Board of the National Academies s cosponsoring a webinar on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET that will feature how Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) […]

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Advancing the Power of Economic Evidence to Inform Investments in Children, Youth, and Families

May 2, 2016 @ 9:00 am - 11:30 am

Where: Keck Center (Room 100) On Monday, May 2, 2016, members from the Committee on the Use of Economic Evidence to Inform Investments in Children, Youth, and Families will hold […]

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Human Gene Editing Committee Meeting in Europe

April 29, 2016 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Subscribe for Updates Where: Paris, France The meeting will start at 9 AM CET (GMT +1) (3AM EST)  The National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine's Committee on Human […]

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Community Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States

April 27, 2016 @ 8:30 am - 5:30 pm

Where: Beckman Center, Irvin, CA Register >>  Agenda >> On April 27, 2016, the Committee on Community Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States will hold a […]

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Strengthening Disaster Resilience of Academic Biomedical Research Communities

April 25, 2016 @ 12:00 am

Where: NAS Building (Lecture Room) Register >>  Agenda >>  Workshop Objectives: To explore perspectives and gather information on: A vision for academic research community preparedness; The process of priority setting […]

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