On September 5, NCATS Director Dr. Joni Rutter, Dr. Matthew Hall & NIH staff hosted a bipartisan, bicameral congressional staff delegation tour. Staffers — including Dana Richter (Sen. Capito), Brittany Brignac, JD, MHA (Sen. Rounds), Kathleen Bochow (Sen. Boozman), & David Steury (Rep. DeGette) — learned about the Clinical & Translational Science Awards program (
#CTSAProgram), the National Clinical Cohort Collaborative (
#N3C),
#GeneTherapy &
#RareDiseases research.
This included a tour of our
#3DBioprinting lab — which develops human-based predictive models of disease — & labs using advanced
#AI robotics systems to perform high-throughput screening of compounds for potential
#DrugDevelopment &
#DrugRepurposing.
ALT Congressional staff use pipettes in the lab with NCATS staff.