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Celebrating Excellence: The Inaugural HEAL Director's Awards
February 28, 2023
This month's Director's Message introduces the winners of the 2023 HEAL Director's Awards. The awards recognize those researchers who are advancing HEAL's mission in research excellence, interdisciplinary science, mentoring, and community partnerships as well as scientists in the early to middle stages of their careers who are breaking ground and expanding research in new directions.
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Helping the Body Heal Itself: Injected Stem Cells for Back Pain
HEAL researchers are creating new tools in the toolbox in the quest to help patients with back pain. Learn about "microgels."
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The Power of Connections: An #NIHHEAL Conversation with Dr. Francis Collins & Dr. Vivek Murthy
NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy discuss how chronic stress and isolation have profound implications for health, productivity and happiness, and how love, compassion, and kindness show us the way forward.Research Spotlights
Read in-depth stories about research projects supported by the initiative.