NAM Annual Meeting Keynote Address from Bill Gates and The State of the COVID-19 Pandemic with Anthony Fauci
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The NAM’s Peggy Hamburg sat down to answer questions from Joseph Gordon-Levitt about #COVID19! Part of the #askascientist series from The Science and Entertainment Exchange. Watch their conversation to learn about the spread of the disease and how we should react:
Join us live now for the NAM Annual Meeting’s Presidents Forum I’m Realizing the Potential of Science and Technology in Health and Medicine: Navigating the Implications for Society #NAMmtg
Join us live now for the 2019 NAM Annual Meeting keynote address, delivered by Keith A. Wailoo, Henry Putnam University Professor of History and Public Affairs from Princeton University #NAMmtg
NAM-HKU Global Health Leadership Fellow Announcement
All
Chicago, Illinois
By: Amy Wilkinson, Sarah Prinz, and Daniel Rosenberg
“All is a dance film that features people living with Parkinson's disease performing alongside their caretakers, professional dancers, and students.”
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What does the world look like when everyone has an equal chance at health, happiness, and safety? Watch our video and share your vision with us! Call for art now open: https://bit.ly/2FB8Imn #PromoteHealthEquity
Medical Foods Highway
Elkridge, Maryland
By: Jennifer Payne
“This song gives voice to the human side of the equation in the decades-long trail of unfair denials on costly treatment that does not fit traditional drug development paradigms, and therefore is often not reimbursed.”
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Claim’s No Good
Elkridge, Maryland
By: Jennifer Payne
“This song amplifies the voice of the PKU adult woman who has been left out of transformative legislation such as ACA and 21st Century Cures Act because dietary treatment does not fit traditional drug development paradigms and is often not reimbursed.”
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A Bodega
Chicago, Illinois
By: Samuel Mendez
“A Bodega shows how small business owners in a food desert in Massachusetts are providing their community with fresh produce and frozen groceries.”
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President's Forum on Affordable Medicines
Miss yesterday's President's Forum on Affordable Medicines: Access, Innovation, and the Public Interest?
View the full recording below, including a special address from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azaar, II.
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Join us live now! President’s Forum on Affordable Medicines: Access, Innovation, and the Public Interest. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar, II will provide a special address. #NAMmtg
If You Wore My Shoes
San Antonio, Texas
By: Andrew Gonzalez
“In order to better address patient medication compliance and better health behaviors, we must recognize, empathize, and strategize how to effectively reach people in these circumstances.”
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From Vision To Victory
Los Angeles, California
By: Community Partners in Care
http://www.communitypartnersincare.org/
“This Los Angeles art project on health equity illustrates how academics and communities worked together using a participatory approach to identify a key unspoken issue—depression and having quality services in under-resourced communities—and developed a joint solution coalition across health care, social, and community sectors to develop community-wide solutions.”
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Communities Driving Health Equity - PUSH Buffalo
Push Buffalo is working to address one of the most critical issues affecting health in their community—aging homes that create toxic living conditions for their residents. Through collaboration with neighbors, community members, local organizations, and other partners, they provide West Buffalo’s residents with a sense of hope in changing their living situation, and a feeling of power when they make it happen. Watch their inspiring work: https://youtu.be/U5HJI1raEnU
Communities Driving Health Equity - KKV
Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services has coupled their work as a federally qualified health center with their belief that health cannot be achieved through medical treatment alone. KKV also provides elder care, transportation services, interpretation, counseling, and connections to legal services. They maintain a 100-acre community garden and cultural center that hosts cooking classes, spiritual retreats, and informal gatherings with neighbors and friends to support a cohesive community. Visit with KKV and see how they are providing their community with a holistic view of health: https://youtu.be/RHfl7q1BYOk
Communities Driving Health Equity - IndyCAN
IndyCAN (now Faith in Indiana) relies on and fosters a community of voices to support their work in realizing racial and economic equity in Indiana. This inspiring organization works on pervasive issues like criminal justice reform and support for the mentally ill, bolstered by their empowered neighbors, friends, and family members. Watch the power of an engaged community: https://youtu.be/Q6IuN-YaJXg #PromoteHealthEquity
President’s Forum: The U.S. Opioid Epidemic
Sir Robin Murray: 2016 Sarnat Prize Winner
Sir Robin Murray has played a significant role in improving the care of people with psychosis in the United Kingdom.
Over the course of three decades, Murray and his colleagues identified environmental factors that increase the risk of schizophrenia-like psychosis such as premature birth, migration, heavy cannabis use, and adverse life events. His work continues to transform treatment for schizophrenia, ensuring that people get access to the right therapies.
Know someone as influential in mental health as Sir Murray? Recognize their contributions and nominate them for our 2017 Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health. Nominations are now being accepted through May 23. http://bit.ly/2mi9edn
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2016 Sarnat Prize Winner: Dr. Steven Hyman
Dr. Steven Hyman has been a leader in the world of mental illness research and treatment for over three decades.
As a physician and scientist in the 1980s and 1990s, Hyman was at the forefront of the movement to understand the biological bases of mental disorders. Hyman led the National Institute of Mental Health from 1996 to 2001, when he made neuroscience and genetics central to the NIMH mission.
Know someone like Dr. Hyman? Recognize their contributions and nominate them for our 2017 Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health. Nominations are now being accepted until May 23. http://bit.ly/2mi9edn
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2017 Lienhard Award: Dr. David Cella
Dr. David Cella is a change-maker, visionary, and life-long learner.
Dr. Cella has has made transformational contributions toward understanding what aspects of life matter most to people struggling with health conditions and measuring those aspects so that the information can be used to guide care. Today, multiple health systems and facilities caring for millions of people use tools and measures developed by Cella and his close collaborators.
Know a change maker like Dr. Cella? Nominate them for our 2017 Lienhard Award for Advancement of Health Care. Nominations are open until May 23. http://ow.ly/alIP30aDq1f