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Innovation At NIH: Visible Human Data Drives New Pursuits

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This is the third in a series of articles examining how NIH, among other government agencies, is infusing innovation into the federal workplace.

By some measures, the data captured in Visible Human Project (VHP) is from another era – it dates back some 18 years to 1994. Yet this 20th century data – now available as an iPhone and iPad app – is still innovative enough to be the cornerstone of iAnatomy, one of five winners of the 2011 National Library of Medicine (NLM) “Show Off Your Apps Challenge”. Keep reading →

 /  Published June 4, 2012 at 10:01 AM

Feds@Work: NIH’s Neal Young,World Expert On Bone Marrow Failure

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This is the first in a series of profiles on the 2012 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal finalists. The awards, presented by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, recognize outstanding federal employees whose important, behind-the-scenes work is advancing the health, safety and well-being of Americans and are among the most prestigious honors given to civil servants. This profile features a finalist for the Science and Environment Medal, Dr. Neal Young, Chief of the Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Neal Young is the world’s leading expert in the field of bone marrow failure, engaging in groundbreaking research that has led to life-saving treatments for a rare and deadly blood disorder known as aplastic anemia. Keep reading →

 /  Published June 1, 2012 at 10:57 AM

Strides In Virtual Worlds Point To Real World Benefits For Agencies

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The future of virtual worlds–and how they are providing military, health, and government agencies new and more effective ways to train employees–attracted a crowd of more than 1,700 at the National Defense University’s iCollege last week. And nearly 1,500 of them showed up virtually. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 21, 2012 at 11:45 AM

Innovation At NIH: Donald Lindberg, Senior Statesman For Medicine And Computers

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NIH’s Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg, pictured in front of a display of the National Library of Medicine’s Visible Human Project.

This is the second in a series of articles examining how NIH, among other government agencies, is infusing innovation into the federal workplace. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 16, 2012 at 8:54 AM

Innovation At NIH: It’s In Their DNA

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NIH Campus in Bethesda, MD.

This is the first in a series of articles examining how NIH, among other government agencies, is infusing innovation into the federal workplace. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 7, 2012 at 8:31 AM

Feds@Work: Public Servant Devotes Career To Americans’ Health

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During almost 30 years of public service, Dr. Lawrence Deyton has worked for three major government organizations, and at each stop along the way has made a huge difference in improving public health and the lives of Americans.

A first-rate researcher, clinician and administrative leader, Deyton has played an influential role at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in fighting AIDS, at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) tackling life-threatening infections such as HIV and hepatitis C, and at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking to reduce smoking and limit its damaging health effects. Keep reading →

 /  Published October 31, 2011 at 9:30 AM

Feds@Work: Giving A Voice To The Mentally Ill

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When Neal Brown began his federal career as an intern with the National Institute of Mental Health nearly 40 years ago, life was very different for Americans with mental illness. Beyond carrying a significant social stigma, they often were removed from their communities and placed in institutions, with no say in their treatment and sometimes living under abusive conditions.

In those intervening years, Brown has become a leading federal advocate for shifting care and government resources from the large psychiatric institutions toward a less expensive community-based rehabilitative model. In the process, he has helped bring mental health consumers into policy development, program design and services implementation at the federal, state and local government levels. Keep reading →

 /  Published October 26, 2011 at 9:00 AM

Message At Amazon Cloud Summit: Provisioning Instead of Procurement

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I had the opportunity to attend the Amazon Web Services Gov Cloud Summit II on Oct. 18 in Washington, DC, which featured the new Amazon Federal and Gov Cloud (US) offering for architects, solution developers, and executives. The summit also featured senior federal agency IT executives talking about their use of those services. Keep reading →

 /  Published October 20, 2011 at 10:01 AM

Dr. William Gahl: Medical Sleuth

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This is the last of a series of profiles on the nine standout public servants who received Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals (Sammies) honoring their high-impact contributions to the health, safety and well-being of Americans at a Washington, D.C. gala September 15. The awards, presented by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, are among the most prestigious honors given to America’s civil servants. This profile features the winner of the national science and environmental medal, Dr. William Gahl.

As the founding director of the Undiagnosed Diseases Program at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. William Gahl has brought together a unique combination of elite medical specialists, researchers and federal resources to solve baffling illnesses and provide desperate patients with information and possible solutions for their often life-threatening ailments. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 29, 2011 at 11:00 AM
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