Upcoming Events

First Annual Botanical Safety Consortium

May 29, 2020 - 9 a.m.-12:45 p.m. ET; Webinar

The Botanical Safety Consortium (BSC), a forum established by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and the Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI), will hold its first annual meeting on May 29, 2020.

74th Meeting of the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health

June 5, 2020, 10:15 a.m.-4 p.m. ET; via NIH Videocast Only

The open session of the Council meeting will be available via NIH Videocast. View the agenda.

Lighting Up Our Lives: How Light Influences Our Mental and Physical Health

June 30, 2020; 11 a.m.-12 p.m. ET; Videocast attendance only.

The speaker for the lecture is Dr. Helen Burgess, Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Co-Director, Sleep and Circadian Research Laboratory, The University of Michigan. Natural outdoor light and artificial indoor light can affect our mental and physical health. This is especially relevant in the current times when we are asked to stay home and spend less time outside. Dr. Burgess will examine how light reaches the brain and can alter brain centers that regulate circadian (body clock) timing, sleep, and mood.