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<td><a href="https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2024/04/10/visiting-west-virginia-university-and-sharing-vision-for-enhancing-the-nations-health/" style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing:-1px;margin:0;padding:0 0 2px;font-weight: bold;font-size: 19px;line-height: 20px;color:#222;">Visiting West Virginia University and Sharing Vision for Enhancing the Nation’s Health</a>
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<figure class="wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1024" height="576" data-id="25761" src="https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-1-1024x576.jpg" alt='NIH Director Monica Bertagnolli with Senator Shelley Moore Capito, and Dr. Ming Lei, Vice Dean of Research at the WVU School of Medicine standing in front of posters that read "Improving health through knowledge".' class="wp-image-25761" srcset="https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-1-180x100.jpg?crop=1 180w, https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-1.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure></figure><p><em>NIH Director Monica Bertagnolli with Senator Shelley Moore Capito (left), and Dr. Ming Lei, Vice Dean of Research at the WVU School of Medicine (right), during a visit to West Virginia University Health Sciences Campus on March 27, 2024. Credit: (all photos) The Office of U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.).</em></p>
<p>In March, I had the pleasure of joining Senator Shelley Moore Capito in my first ever visit to West Virginia University Health Sciences Campus in Morgantown, where I got to witness NIH-supported research in action. On our tour, we visited a number of labs and scientific centers, learning about work being done in important areas of research including stroke, cancer, sleep trials, vaccine development, diabetes, cardiovascular heath, and more. I also gave a presentation in which I shared my vision, discussing my guiding principles and priorities as NIH Director, and I spoke about some of the biggest challenges in American health care and what NIH might do to address them. We were joined by Senator Joe Manchin and many distinguished WVU leaders and researchers, and I’m so grateful for the time and warm welcome they provided. To see such wide-ranging and vital research being done was inspiring, and I look forward to similar visits in the future. </p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="576" src="https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-2-1024x576.jpg" alt="Several people stand around a medical scanning unit" class="wp-image-25762" srcset="https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-2-150x84.jpg 150w, https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-2-180x100.jpg?crop=1 180w, https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-2.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p><em>The tour included a visit to WVU Cancer Institute’s mobile lung cancer screening unit, LUCAS, which travels the state, bringing lung cancer screening to people in rural areas.</em></p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="576" src="https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-3-1024x576.jpg" alt="A man and two women walking away down a hall lined with lockers" class="wp-image-25763" srcset="https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-3-150x84.jpg 150w, https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-3-180x100.jpg?crop=1 180w, https://directorsblog.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WVU-3.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure>
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<p><strong>Forwarded by:<br />
Michael Reeder LCPC<br />
Baltimore, MD</strong></p>
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