Symposium: "NIMH and NINDB Intramural Research in the 1950s" (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland: 11 April 2003)
Forwarded to HISTNEUR-L (The History of Neuroscience Internet Forum) and CHEIRON (The International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences) from H-SCI-MED-TECH. Note that the symposium will be webcast. Russell Johnson HISTNEUR-L administrator --- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 22:49:19 -0500 From: "Phillip Thurtle, H-SCI-MED-TECH" [smtedit@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU] Subject: April 11th - NIH symposium on biomedical research history (1950s) Sender: "H-NET List on the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology" [H-SCI-MED-TECH@H-NET.MSU.EDU] From: "Farreras, Ingrid (NIH/OD)" [FarreraI@OD.NIH.GOV] On Friday, April 11th, 2003, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) History Office, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), and the NIH's Biomedical Research History Interest Group (BRHIG) will sponsor an all-day symposium entitled, "NIMH and NINDB Intramural Research in the 1950s." The symposium will highlight the historic work of the NIMH and NINDB (today NINDS) Intramural Programs during their first decade of research at the NIH. It will be held from 8:30am-5:30pm in the National Institutes of Health Stokes Laboratories (Building 50) in Bethesda, Maryland. The symposium will consist of four panels (representing the Basic and Clinical Investigations programs of each Institute), each comprising three speakers/talks, followed by 45 minute open discussions (moderated by historian Dr. Gerald Grob) with former and current NIMH and NINDB/S scientists. Speakers and discussants will provide personal recollections about broad scientific ideas and debates of the time, organizational structures at NIH that supported or hindered research, and what caused lines of research to shift from one direction to another. We hope the event will generate a substantial body of documentation (e.g., historic photos, documents, laboratory notebooks, artifacts, instruments, correspondence, memos) for the work at NIMH and NINDB during this period. All talks and public discussions will be webcast (http://videocast.nih.gov) and recorded, and a proceedings volume will be produced. Please contact Dr. Ingrid Farreras at 301-496-3118 or farrerai@od.nih.gov to register. Registration is free of charge but required due to space limitations. Contact Dr. Farreras if you would also like to receive a copy of the full program. For more information about the Office of NIH History please visit the Office's web site at http://www.nih.gov/od/museum. For more information about the BRHIG and upcoming BRHIG talks, please visit the BRHIG web site at http://www.nih.gov/sigs/brhig. Note: Non-NIH employees may enter the NIH campus at only two entrances: from Rockville Pike at South Drive and from Old Georgetown Road at Center Drive. Your car will be stopped for inspection. You must present a picture ID for admission to all NIH buildings and receive a Visitor's Pass. Please leave enough time for these procedures. Access to NIH by Metro's red line (at Medical Center) remains convenient and is recommended. For detailed directions, shuttle information, and maps of the NIH campus, see the visitor's web site at http://www.nih.gov/about/#visitor. For special accommodations, contact Ms. Marilyn Berman at 301-496-6610 or at bermanm@od.nih.gov (fax: 301-402-1434). To register contact Dr. Ingrid Farreras at 301-496-3118 or at farrerai@od.nih.gov (fax: 301-402-1434). ************************************************************************** Ingrid Farreras, Ph.D. DeWitt Stetten, Jr., Memorial Fellow in the History of Biomedical Sciences and Technology Office of NIH History Building 31, Room 5B38, MSC 2092 National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892-2092 301-496-3118 (voice) 301-402-1434 (fax) e-mail: farrerai@od.nih.gov website: http://www.nih.gov/od/museum "Nothing benefits learning more than being associated with the right people." (Hsuen-tzu) --- End Forwarded Message ---