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Building Community-Based Infrastructure for Inclusive Research: Lessons from the Pandemic for Federal Action
COVID-19 has focused the public’s attention on the racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes
, unequal access to health care, and some communities’ lack of trust and participation in medical research.
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May 2 at 2:30 pm PDT | Artificial Intelligence: Improving Healthcare, Replacing Humans?
With wide applications in biomedicine and health care, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine le
arning have the potential to expand our understanding of the risks of specific diseases and their potential therapies at the cellular and systems (or "whol
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May 2 at 10:00 am PDT | Cures on the Horizon
Researchers, product developers, and even patient advocates are often hesitant to use the term "cu
re" for fear of setting unrealistic expectations or giving false hope.
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May 2 at 4:00 pm PDT | How Can We Ensure Access to Health Innovation for All?
This session will begin with pre-recorded remarks by Meena Seshamani, Deputy Administrator and Dir
ector, Center for Medicare, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, followed by a panel discussion on How Can We Ensure Access to Health Innovation for
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article
From Passengers to Co-Pilots: Patient Roles Expand
WASHINGTON – The elevated role of medical research on the U.S.
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Identifying Opportunities for Foundations to Support Translational Research
In a TRAIN workshop held on May 9, 2022, in coordination with the National Center f
or Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), FasterCures examined approaches to accel
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Foundations Driving Therapeutic Development | Rett Syndrome
In a TRAIN workshop held on May 9, 2022, in coordination with the National Center for Ad
vancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), FasterCures examined approaches to accelerate
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Foundations Driving Therapeutic Development | Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
In a TRAIN workshop held on May 9, 2022, in coordination with the National Center for Advanci
ng Translational Sciences (NCATS), FasterCures examined approaches to accelerate translational research, the exp
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The Scope and Importance of Translational Science
In a TRAIN workshop held on May 9, 2022, in coordination with the National Center for Advancing Tr
anslational Sciences (NCATS), FasterCures examined approaches to accelerate translational research, the expertis
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May 3 at 11:30 am PDT | Food Rx: Prescriptions for Your Plate
The COVID-19 pandemic has destabilized food access across the world and the nation. More than 38 m
illion Americans today face food insecurity. Access to nutritious food plays a pivotal role as a social determinant of health.
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May 3 at 11:30 am PDT | Investing Trends in Biotechnology
The pandemic has brought us all a renewed appreciation of biomedical innovation, so it was good to
see 2021 emerge as such a big year for biotech investment and IPOs.
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May 3 at 2:30 pm PDT | Advancing Social Policies for Public Health Equity and Wellbeing
Nearly 80 percent of health outcomes are due to social determinants—the environments where people
are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age.
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