Quarterly Wellness Newsletter
View upcoming NIH wellness events and articles in our monthly newsletter.
July 2024 - Movement & Mindfulness Classes
August 2024 - Movement & Mindfulness Classes
Wellness Workshop: Nutrition & Meal Planning for the Whole Family
Save the Date! Join a discussion panel with speakers from NIDDK and ORS on the topic of eating for your microbiome, recipes that support gut health and meal planning to benefit the whole family as we kick off the school year.
- Wednesday, August 28, 2024
- 12:00 to 12:55 pm ET
Wellness Workshop: Work-Life Balance and Setting Boundaries
Connect with Wellness at NIH about the importance of balancing personal and professional life. Learn tips and tricks for communicating, setting boundaries and ways to maximize your work-life balance. Event has passed. Recording available soon.
Recorded Webinars - Spring/Summer 2024
NIH 2024 Safety, Health and Wellness Day
Keynote from NIH Director, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, and five successive Mini-Session recordings now availablet.
Unlocking the Door to Men's Health - WebinarPanelists from NIMH and Wellness at NIH discussed the importance of taking care of ourselves so we can take care of others. We addressed societal norms, despair, stress, coping skills, and the importance of preventative health among other topics. Event has passsed -
view recording.
Stress Reduction Techniques: Relax, Get Centered and Improve Your Mindset
Explore how we prevent stress from negatively impacting our communication, when to seek help & Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction techniques to calm the mind and re-center the body. View the slides.
For more recordings, visit the Wellness at NIH website by topic area:
Ongoing Fitness Services
NIH Fitness Centers - Bldg. 31, Bldg. 53 and Rockledge 2 are open!
R&W Daily "Fit for YOU" Classes
Additional Fitness Resources
R&W Fitness Center Memberships and Personal Training Services
Additional NIH Resources
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
U.S. Surgeon General Promotes Walking and Walkable Communities.
The “Take the Stairs” campaign is the NIH response to the U.S. Surgeon General’s 2015 “Call to Action to Promote Walking and Walkable Communities,” with worksites as a key sector for
implementation. In support of the project, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams came to visit NIH.
In support of the "Take the Stairs" campaign at NIH. Fogarty International Center Director Dr.Roger Glass and Deputy Director Dr.Peter Kilmarx posted signs encouraging NIH employees.
