On the rooftop of our building, I see the lights of  a national gem two blocks away — the National Institutes of Health (NIH), our country’s largest research hospital.   From this distance, it’s hard to fathom the breadth of activity going on each day in experimental trials. As you walk through hallways with patients’ rooms and […]

I have been involved with the Friends of Patients at the NIH for several years, as a member of the Board of Directors and as a volunteer. This year, the role of this organization has become more important than ever before, with so much uncertainty about the future of funding for the clinical research at […]