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NIH Supercourse ??. Developed by the Global Health Network Supercourse team in Pittsburgh. Supercourse Team www.pitt.edu/~super1/. NIH Health Reform Act, 2006 Sept. 26. The bill would also require the Director of the NIH to: …Establish an electronic data base to track research activity….
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NIH Supercourse ?? Developed by the Global Health Network Supercourse team in Pittsburgh Supercourse Team www.pitt.edu/~super1/
NIH Health Reform Act, 2006Sept. 26 The bill would also require the Director of the NIH to: …Establish an electronic data base to track research activity…
NIH Mission Statement …directs programs for the collection, dissemination, and exchange of information.
NIH Supercourse Goals • Bridge Between research and classroom • Improve NIH’s National and Global Transparency • e-Recruiting of students into Science and the NIH • Taxpayer Accountability
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela
Research Education Circle of Science Symbiotic Relationship of Research and Education
Question: How can we improve science and education worldwide? Answer: Get better lectures
But how do I get better lectures? Why don’t scientists share our most exciting PowerPoint lectures for free?
Helping Teachers Empowering, not Replacing the teacher
Global Health Network 38,000 Faculty 4000 from Developing Countries 7000 Universities 152 Countries
2752 Lectures
Authors of Lectures • 20 Nobel Prize Winners • 300 National Academy of Science • NIH Director • US Surgeon General • Ministers of Health • Former CDC Director • Head of AAAS
Just in Time Lectures 120 countries 400,000 students
University of Khartoum, Sudan Last Biomedical Journal 1990 Cuttington University, Liberia
Mirrored Server Lahore, Pakistan NIH Supercourse Pittsburgh
Supercourse Mirror Sites 42 Mirrored Sites, MOH Egypt, Sudan, China, Mongolia, Russia
Beginnings of NIH Supercourse 13 Institutes, 65 lectures http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/NIH/nih-legacy.htm
NIH Supercourse Goals • Bridge Between research and classroom • Improve NIH’s National and Global Transparency • e-Recruiting of students into Science and the NIH • Taxpayer Accountability
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it. Margaret Fuller
For more information, please contact Supercourse developers: • Ronald LaPorte, PhD ronlaporte@aol.com • Faina Linkov, PhD fyL1@pitt.edu • Eugene Shubnikov, MD eshubn@gmail.com • Mita Lovalekar, MD mital@pitt.edu