Clinical Center News
July / August 2024
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
Healing through Music
To celebrate Black History Month, the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Advisory Committee (DEIAAC) and the Office of Communications & Media Relations' Music in the Atrium series joined forces to present a special performance featuring the vibrant music of Howard University's Music Department. Full Story
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
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
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
Rebuilding trust and community engagement
Accountability and policing practices discussed by the NIH community at the Clinical Center.
Great Teachers lecture addresses perinatal depression research and treatment
On April 12, Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody was recognized as the 2023 Distinguished Clinical Research Scholar and Educator in Research (DCRSER).
Clinical Center Art Exhibit: "Science Related"
Artwork with a scientific focus or created by people with scientific and medical backgrounds will be featured through January 2024.
Building "facilities equal to our mission"
The hospital addition will help modernize hospital facilities and support high-quality patient care alongside cutting-edge biomedical research.
Collins looks to Clinical Center's past, present and future
Speaking to his first NIH-wide audience since December 2021, Dr. Francis S. Collins sounds a positive note on the NIH Clinical Center's past, and its future prospects.
Register now for Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion Symposium
The hospital's Department of Transfusion Medicine is co-hosting the 42nd Annual Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion Symposium on September 20, 2023.
The Year of the Nurse 2020
Since 1953 the NIH Clinical Center has been through a lot of change – building size, clinical trial designs, therapeutic approaches – but one aspect of clinical research that has remained constant...
NIH celebrates two local men for their 400th platelet donations to patients
They say lightning doesn't strike the same place twice. However, at the NIH Donor Center at Fishers Lane it did!
COVID-19 precautions prompt big changes to hospital operations
At the end of May, the NIH Clinical Center began to phase-in several hundred employees back to work physically within the hospital since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic swept...
Pharmacy Department renovations will modernize, increase capabilities
The NIH Inpatient and Outpatient Pharmacy will undergo major renovations beginning November 18, 2019.
Volunteer for a clinical trial and make a difference in the health of the nation
For more information on trials, or to learn about other available opportunities to participate in research studies...
Diet, supplements and AI: how can we prevent blindness?
In December 2019, Dr. Emily Chew, Deputy Clinical Director of the National Eye Institute took the stage at the Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series (WALS) Astute Clinician Lecture, delivering a talk...
Parker Quartet captivates audience
The Grammy-award winning Parker Quartet performed in the Clinical Center's Atrium as part of its "Music in the Atrium" concert series.
Bond detailed to support CC leaders on SRLM
A staggering degree of thought went into designing blueprints for the Surgery Radiology, and Lab Medicine (SRLM) tower that will soon begin to rise from the northwest side of the Clinical Center.
The future of work includes a return of managing, therapy and leading by walking around
This is the second in a series of articles about the Future of Work (FoW).
Honoring women who share our stories during Women's History Month
March marks the annual celebration of Women's History Month, a time to recognize and honor the achievements and contributions made by women throughout history.
Clinical Center welcomes back volunteers
After pausing the volunteer program during the pandemic, the hospital is welcoming volunteers back onsite.
Additions to the hospital mean short term adjustments to campus
Construction projects at the NIH campus may require short-term changes to commuting routines for staff, patients and visitors.
Staff honored for improving patient care and the workplace environment
In December, Dr. Jim Gilman, CEO of the Clinical Center, proudly presented awards to more than 400 NIH employees for their leadership in helping advance the Clinical Center's priorities...
Technology Transfer Office facilitates innovation
The NIH Clinical Center has been at the forefront of innovation since it opened its doors in 1953.
Nurses graduate year-long training program at the Clinical Center
Clinical Center Nursing Department leadership, family and friends joined in celebrating the accomplishments and hard work of the Clinical Research Nursing Residency Program Cohort 4 Nov. 15.
Former Astronaut talks patient safety – "It's not rocket science"
Former Astronaut Dr. James Bagian captured the imagination of an NIH audience Dec. 13 as a special guest speaker for the Contemporary Clinical Medicine: Great Teachers Lecture series.
Let's move with heart: NIH staff celebrate American Heart Month in February
NIH staff and volunteers filled the Clinical Center atrium Feb. 2 – known as Wear Red Day – to celebrate American Heart Month. Coordinated by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)...
Poolesville High School students develop device for Project SEARCH graduate to increase productivity
Thanks to the bright minds of three local high school students, NIH Clinical Center employee Ricky Day has been able to use a new device that has helped him more than double his productivity...
Clinical Center Increases Support for Personalized Medicine
While the patient census has been reduced during the pandemic, projects to improve the hospital have continued.
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.
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.
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...
NIH researchers in Building 10 search for knowledge, therapies for COVID-19
Researchers at the NIH have joined those across the nation and the world in the search for a better understanding of COVID-19 and the therapies that may be used to care for those diagnosed...
Hospital at NIH opens new clinical trials: COVID-19 treatment, improvements for people with mild to moderate psoriasis, a better understanding of the germline RUNX1 mutations
For more information on trials, or to learn about other available opportunities to participate in research studies...
