NIH at the 2020 USA Science & Engineering Festival (USASEF)

• An Exhibit – NIH will host an anchor exhibit in the Health and Medicine Pavilion staffed with representatives from the NIH’s 27 institutes, centers, and offices. 
• Activities – Engage in a number of hands-on activities focusing on health, biomedical and behavioral science topics.
• NIH Nifty Fifty – The NIH has several employees that are part of the Nifty Fifty program. The Nifty Fifty are a group of inspiring Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) professionals who are available to speak about their work and careers at middle and high schools across the country during the 2019/2020 school year.
  • Alison Cernich, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist, Deputy Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • Robert Hufnagel, M.D., Ph.D., Ophthalmic Genetics Researcher, National Eye Institute
  • Griffin Rodgers, M.D., M.A.C.P., Physician-Scientist, Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
• Stage Show – NIH will host a special show, starring institute and center directors among others, on one of the main USASEF stages. 
• Step Into the Future of Health – Jump aboard the All of Us^sm Journey education vehicle to explore about the power of precision medicine. Learn how your genetics, lifestyle and environment make your health needs unique and why diverse respresentation in biomedical research matters.
  

• Bioengineering
• Data Science
• Diet, Disparities and Lifestyles
• Infectious Diseases and Microbes
• Molecules and Cells
• The Brain

The NIH Pavilion is usually on the lower level of the convention center. As you enter the exhibit hall, look up to the rafters for the large NIH Ring circling above the NIH Pavilion area.  Check back for updates on our location for this year's festival (ie. booth number, expo map, and the NIH Pavilion map).