The Human Voice of Biomedical Research
This section contains a new collection of stories the NIH has produced in collaboration with StoryCorps, a national oral history project. The voices of patients, loved ones, researchers, doctors and nurses, and other members of the community give a human voice to biomedical research. Links to related NPRC research information are also provided.
Critical Role of Nonhuman Primates
Anthrax
- Voices of the Community
- NPRC Research in Anthrax
Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Voices of the Community
- NPRC Research in Autism
Bone Marrow Transplant
- Voices of the Community
- NPRC Research in Bone Marrow Transplant in Regenerative Medicine
Cancer
- Voices of the Community
- "I felt like a double agent"
- "I know there is strength in me"
- "How much longer do I have?"
- "Four months after I pinned on 4 stars, I [had] stage 4 metastatic disease"
- "Everybody wants to be optimistic"
- "The best place to have the worst things happen"
- NPRC Research in Cancer
Cardiovascular Disease
- Voices of the Community
- NPRC Research in Cardiovascular Disease
Ebola
- Voices of the Community
- NPRC Research in Ebola
Encephalitis
- Voices of the Community
- NPRC Research in Encephalitis
HIV
- Voices of the Community
- Voices of the NIH Community: "In the first twelve months, we lost over 300 people"
- Voices of the NIH Community: "NIH was the first place that I could actually say out loud ‘I’m HIV-positive"
- Voices of the NIH Community: "Our patients are heroes"
- NPRC Research in HIV
Multiple Sclerosis
- Voices of the Community
- NPRC Research in Multiple Sclerosis
Parkinson's Disease
- Voices of the Community
- NPRC Research in Parkinson's Disease