WEB 101 - FAES Educational Webinar Series

Course Description

Please join us for this free webinar series where FAES faculty expand on topics they teach in their FAES courses. please note you will receive the Teams link to join the webinar at 11:15am the day of the event. You will have to register with Teams to join.

FAES Educational Webinar Series: Handling Risks Amid Evolving Uses for Genomic Data

October 6, 2026 from 12 - 12:30PM ET

Location: Line Online (Teams)

Speaker: Sandra Toner (TECH 520)

As genomic data use expands across research and healthcare, challenges around privacy, security, governance, and data sharing continue to evolve. This presentation examines gaps in current frameworks, explores genomic data workflows, and highlights emerging technologies and techniques for protecting genomic data while supporting responsible use.

Sandra Toner is a cybersecurity and risk management professional with expertise in information security, technical training, and data protection. Her work focuses on translating complex security requirements into practical approaches for managing risk, protecting sensitive data, and addressing evolving privacy and security challenges.

Click here to view an archive of our past webinars, many with full recordings.

Join FAES for the Following Upcoming Events:

FAES Science Insight Series: From Gene Discovery to Mechanistic Treatments: Decoding the Complexities of Skeletal Dysplasias

October 15, 2026 from 11:45 – 1:00 pm ET (must arrive by 12PM)

Location: FAES Learning Labs Classrooms

Speaker: Carlos R. Ferreira, MD, Clinical Tenure-Track Investigator, Unit on Skeletal Genomics, Division of Translational Medicine, NICHD

The lecture will describe our investigation of skeletal disorders, focusing on those affecting the FGF23/phosphate axis or those with an unknown cause. We will discuss the use of genomic and other approaches to identify and characterize the underlying causes and mechanisms of genetic skeletal disorders.

FAES Science Insight Series: Environmental Contaminants and Cancer: Novel Strategies to Understand Risks

November 10, 2026 from 11:45 – 1:00 pm ET (must arrive by 12PM)

Location: FAES Learning Labs Classrooms

Speaker: Rena Jones, Ph.D., M.S., Senior Investigator, Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology Branch, NCI/DCEG

This seminar draws on Dr. Jones' multidisciplinary research program to illustrate epidemiologic approaches to investigating environmental exposures and cancer risk. It highlights innovative exposure assessment methods used to support etiologic analyses, with examples from studies of widespread drinking water contaminants and air pollutants. Methodological challenges, key knowledge gaps, and priorities for future research will also be discussed.

Virtual Information Session: FAES and The Princeton Review® Partnership

November 17, 2026 from 12 – 12:30PM ET

Location: Online Synchronous

Join the FAES Academic Programs Team and Natasha Bludgus, Director of Higher Educational Graduate Partnerships at The Princeton Review®. Learn about Test Prep Courses (MCAT®, DAT®, GRE®, and more) at special discounted rates, offered in both LiveOnline and Self-Paced formats. Full partnership details here.

Virtual Information Session: FAES Spring Programming

December 10, 2026 from 12 – 12:30PM ET

Location: Online Synchronous

Join the FAES Academic Programs Team to learn more about our spring courses, workshops, and our scholarship program.

FAES Science Insight Series: The Early Life Origins of Health Disparities

December 15, 2026 from 11:45 – 1:00 pm ET (must arrive by 12PM)

Location: FAES Learning Labs Classrooms

Speaker: Stephen E. Gilman, Sc.D., Senior Investigator, Social and Behavioral Sciences Branch, NICHD/DIPHR

Why do socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic disparities in health emerge at the very beginning of life – during the prenatal period – impact the course of child development, and confer risk for morbidity and mortality throughout the lifespan? Dr. Gilman’s lecture will address this question in the context of decades of research conducted using data from the Collaborative Perinatal Project (CPP), the largest pregnancy cohort ever established in the United States. It was directed by the scientists at the NIH and is still generating new knowledge. Data from the CPP reveal insights into the social determinants of early child development and the early childhood roots of health inequities in adulthood.

The Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES) at NIH seeks to foster education and research in the biomedical sciences by providing instruction at the cutting edge of biological science and its evolving applications. Our goals also include responding to the educational and cultural needs of the NIH community and projecting FAES educational assets globally. All courses and workshops are open to the public. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS FAES admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin, sex, disability, or age in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship programs, and other school-administered programs.