NIH Intramural Research Poster Day 2020

NIH Intramural Research Poster Day 2020

NIH Intramural Research Trainees Present Virtually for 2020 Poster Day

Each year, the NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE) hosts a poster day for recent college graduates across the different NIH Institutes to present their research. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, OITE held the event virtually over 3 days, rather than hosting the event in person on the NIH campus. A total of 875 researchers-in-training shared a variety of studies conducted under the supervision of NIH faculty.

Eleven of the trainees were mentored by lead investigators in NIMHD’s Intramural Research Program (IRP), including one who was co-mentored by the NIMHD Director and a researcher at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Research topics included health disparities related to cancer, diabetes and metabolic disease, tobacco and e-cigarette use, and patient–clinician communication.

The NIH Postbac Intramural Research Training Award Program is a 1- to 2-year research program for recent graduates (“postbacs”) with bachelor’s or master’s degrees. The goal of the postbac program is to teach individuals taking their first steps toward a career in science how to conduct biomedical research, with the hope that they will eventually lead their own projects.