National Institutes of Health Twitter Chat: The Importance of Clinical Trials and The Clinical Research Process

Discovery’s three-part documentary, First in Human, which follows the experiences of patients, their families, doctors, researchers, staff, and caregivers at the NIH Clinical Center, will air on three sequential Thursday evenings: August 10, 17, and 24, at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. First in Human is narrated and executive produced by Emmy®, Golden Globe®, and Critics Choice® winning actor Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory, Hidden Figures), in collaboration with John Hoffman (Weight of the Nation, Sleepless in America).

To further educate the public about clinical research and the NIH, we are planning social media events around the three episodes. We invite you to join us in any of these events using #FirstinHuman:

Twitter chat

August 9, 2017 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET

The twitter chat will focus on the importance of clinical trials, and the clinical research process. John Hoffman, NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins, NIH Clinical Center CEO Dr. James Gilman, and several researchers featured in First in Human will be responding to questions about the film and the importance of clinical research. @Discovery will host.

Use #FirstinHuman to join and help promote. We are attaching our twitter chat promo image which you should feel free to use on your social media channels.

Live Tweeting

August 10, 17 & 24 from 9:00 – 11:00 pm ET

@NIH will be live tweeting all three episodes. Follow along and join the conversation using #FirstinHuman.

These are both exciting and challenging times for NIH and for the NIH Clinical Center. The strides made in treating and curing diseases during our first 60 years have saved, lengthened and improved countless lives, and brought us to the threshold of even more exciting future discoveries.

We are committed to continuing our work as the research hospital for the nation; leading the nation and the world in making groundbreaking scientific discoveries that improve the lives of patients and their families; training our next generation of physician-scientists; and working together and sharing what we have learned with colleagues across the country and around the world.

We invite you to join us in celebrating our past accomplishments and in looking forward to the fruition of our current efforts, as well as yet-undreamed-of ways of turning discovery into health. We hope you will join us in celebrating our 60th anniversary.

John I. Gallin, M.D., director of the NIH Clinical Center from 1994-2017

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First in Human Documentary
Aug. 10, 17 and 24
First in Human is a 3-part documentary airing on Discovery that captures the real-life experiences of doctors, researchers, staff, patients and their caregivers, at the NIH Clinical Center.

Lecture Series

Grand Rounds Lectures
Wednesdays, Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Lipsett Amphitheater

Clinical Center Grand Rounds are weekly presentations on state-of-the-art discoveries geared toward physicians, allied health professionals and non-clinical scientists. Lectures occur from August through June from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. in Lipsett Amphitheater in Building 10 on the NIH Bethesda campus. All lectures provide Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits offered by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series
Wednesdays, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Masur Auditorium

The NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series, commonly referred to as WALS, features leading researchers from around the globe. Lectures occur on most Wednesdays from September through June from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. in Masur Auditorium in Building 10 on the NIH Bethesda campus.
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