Dr. Pelis has worked at the NIH for more than 15 years, primarily in the Office of the Director, where she was lead speech writer on the NIH Director's Presentations Team and an editor for the NIH Director's Blog. Kim joins the ONHM with experience in both academic and public history. She earned her Ph.D. in the history of medicine from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Prior to coming to the NIH, Kim was an assistant professor of medical history at the Uniformed Services University, across the street from the NIH, from 1998 to 2005.
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
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Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! At NIH, Hispanics and Latinos have been at the forefront of some of the most important moments in recent history, including COVID-19. Our Behind the Mask project, which collected COVID-19 stories from the NIH community, has received personal reflections from Hispanic and Latino employees during the pandemic. Included was this submission from Omar Echegoyen, a recruitment specialist at the Clinical Center who connects patients with clinical studies. Studies with more diverse participants tend to have more accurate results because they better reflect the actual makeup of the US population, so Echegoyen made flyers and posters like this one, in both English and Spanish, to recruit Hispanic and Latino participants. The pandemic was a difficult time, but Echegoyen said “Esto va abrir nuevas puertas de oportunidades a ser mas creatives y como trabajas en unidad en momentos de crisis.” ("This will open new doors of opportunity to be more creative and show how you work in unity in moments of crisis.”)
To learn more about the Behind the Mask project, look for the banner right above this post.
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Recruitment poster made by Omar Echegoyen during the COVID-19 pandemic, submitted to Behind the Mask.
