CBRC Briefing

Dr. Kim Lewis from Northeastern University discusses how we are experiencing a human health crisis due to the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. There are strains of tuberculosis and certain bacteria,

The Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus on How We Protect U.S. Citizens from Contagious Diseases in the Age of Globalization. Our distinguished speaker is Dr. Peter Hotez from Baylor College of

By Dr. Harold Varmus, Nobel Laureate and Director of the National Cancer Institute. On January 30, President Obama rolled out details on his Precision Medicine Initiative, a new effort that

With Dr. Carol Barnes, University of Arizona. As a person ages, changes occur in all areas of the body – including the brain. Typically we identify memory loss as a

Dr. Feng Zhang, from the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology, discusses how instead of taking prescription pills when you are sick, soon you may

Lawrence Goldstein, University of California, San Diego

Marc Tessier-Lavigne, PhD, president of The Rockefeller University, discusses the relationship between publicly funded research and the pharmaceutical industry. The event is part of the Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus’s 2014

Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will discuss the present and future environment for battling HIV/AIDS. The event was held in the Rayburn

Michael Rosbash, director of the Brandeis National Center for Behavioral Genomics, has spent more than three decades studying circadian rhythms, the built-in biological clock that governs functions such as sleep

In the last decade alone, scientists have made a number of landmark discoveries that now create the opportunity to unlock the mysteries of the brain, including the sequencing of the