Clinical Center News
Sawyers honored as 2017 Distinguished Clinical Research Scholar and Educator in Residence, presents Grand Rounds lecture
Dr. Charles L. Sawyers was recognized as the 2017 Distinguished Clinical Research Scholar and Educator in Research.
Maryland Terps attend Rare Disease Day at NIH
Football players from the University of Maryland visited patients Feb. 27, 2017, during Rare Disease Day at NIH to inspire those battling uncommon illnesses.
Management Intern Program unlocks new administrative-management career paths
While under the hiring freeze, the NIH Management Intern (MI) Program, a highly competitive, two-year career-development program for current NIH employees, is not currently recruiting.
NIH Continuing Medical Education activity provider upgrades record-keeping
Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities at the Clinical Center are moving online. This change affects those who attend or have recently attended NIH CME activity provided by Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Clinical trials at NIH Clinical Center in need of participants
Learn more about six clinical trials at NIH Clinical Center in need of participants.
Generous contributions come from the Clinical Center for the Combined Federal Campaign
Clinical Center employees contributed $138,202 to non-profit organizations locally and around the world that make a positive difference as part of the 2016 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC).
Outpatient Phlebotomy hours extended
To better serve patients, the Outpatient Phlebotomy Services' hours will be extended starting April 3, 2017.
Local students donate cards to Clinical Center pediatric patients
The fifth graders from Bethesda's Carderock Springs Elementary School delivered handmade cards and puzzles to NIH Clinical Center in December 2016.
The personal side of experimental gene therapy
Twenty-five years ago, experts at the NIH Clinical Center, along with colleagues from the National Cancer Institute and the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, performed the first gene therapy in the US. On Sept. 14, 1990, a team of researchers, nurses and other dedicated staff administered the novel technique that uses genes to treat or prevent disease.
Clinical trials at NIH Clinical Center in need of participants
NIDDK and NHLBI clinical trials at NIH Clinical Center are in need of participants.
Professor presents on "The Digital Doctor," patient safety
In January 2016, Dr. Robert Watcher visited the NIH and presented at a Contemporary Clinical Medicine: Great Teachers Lecture.
Rare Disease Day features patients' voices, international collaboration
On Feb. 29, Leap Day, the Clinical Center and the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) hosted the 2016 Rare Disease Day at NIH.
Department of Transfusion Medicine improves safety of platelet transfusions
On Jan. 14, 2016, the Clinical Center Department of Transfusion Medicine prepared the first pathogen reduced apheresis platelets at NIH and transfused them to a patient in the Intensive Care Unit.
NIH scientists discover genetic cause of rare allergy to vibration
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have identified a genetic mutation responsible for a rare form of inherited hives induced by vibration.
NCI welcomes Oncology Nursing Society to the Clinical Center
On Jan. 28, 2016, 15 members of the Oncology Nursing Society visited the NIH Clinical Center to learn more about the National Cancer Institute's Center for Cancer Research.