Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Community & Ally Leader Award Program

Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Community & Ally Leader Award Program

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June 3, 2019
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  • Event Date: 
    Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
  • Event Location: 
    Natcher Conference Center, Balcony C
  • Event Speaker(s): 
    • Sharon Milgram, PhD, Director of the Office of Intramural Training & Education
  • Event Host(s): 
    The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)

Join EDI’s Guest speaker Sharon Milgram, PhD, Director of the Office of Intramural Training & Education for PRIDE in the Diversity of NIH as well as the first Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Community & Ally Leader Award Program.

During this first awards program EDI will honor these NIH employees and fellows nominated for their exemplary work as researchers advancing the frontiers of SGM research, inspiration as members of the SGM community, encouraging others by their example, and leadership as allies demonstrating fairness, compassion, and understanding toward the LGBTI+ community.

Collage of the NIH employees and fellows nomintees.

Awardees: Dr. Vivian Ota Wang, National Cancer Institute; Dr. Christopher Wheldon, National Cancer Institute; Adam Cornish, National Institute on Aging; Dr. Karen Parker, Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office, Tricia Coffey, Clinical Center; Dr. Victoria Cargill, Office of Research on Women's Health ; and Gabriela Zabala-Aleman, Office of Intramural Training and Education

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