Your Role in Winning Hearts and Minds for Research

General description

During this virtual fireside chat, Mary Woolley, President and CEO of Research!America, and the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Joshua A. Gordon, MD, Ph.D ., will talk about the importance of advocacy to ensure we have a strong and thriving health and medical research system. They will discuss Ms. Woolley’s history and experience as a research advocate, view a recent survey of Americans’ views on brain health, explore the history of bipartisan consensus on medical research, and discuss the importance and strategies for public participation. by scientists.

About Mrs. Woolley

Mary Woolley is the President and CEO of Research!America, an alliance that advocates for science, discovery and innovation to achieve better health for all. Woolley is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and served two terms on its Governing Council. She is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She has served on the Board of Higher Education and the Workforce of the National Academy of Sciences and on the Board of Life Sciences. She is a founding member of the Board of Associates of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and has served as a member of the Biological Sciences Division of the University of Chicago Medical Center and the Pritzker School of Medicine Council. She is co-chair of the Science and Technology Action Committee.

Woolley has honorary doctorates from Wayne State University and Northeast Ohio Medical University. Woolley has also served as president of the Association of Independent Research Institutes, as a reviewer for the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, and as a consultant to various research organizations. She has a 35-year publishing history on science advocacy and research-related topics and is a sought-after speaker, often interviewed by science, news, and political journalists.

About the Director’s Innovation Speaker Series

NIMH established the Director’s Innovation Speaker Series to encourage broad, interdisciplinary thinking in the development of science initiatives and programs and to push for theoretical advances in science on the continuation of incremental thinking. Innovation speakers are encouraged to describe their work from the perspective of breaking existing boundaries and developing successful new ideas, as well as working outside their primary area of ​​expertise in ways that have advanced their fields. We encourage discussions about the meaning of innovation, creativity, breakthroughs, and paradigm shift.

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Extramural Activities Division

Record

This event is free, but you must register to attend.

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