2014 Presidential Address: The Time of Our Lives1

2014 Presidential Address: The time of our lives.

Good afternoon, and welcome to San Diego and the 64 meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG). It’s my privilege to stand before you today as the president of this society—truly an honor and a dream—a dream that I hope some of you here in the audience might dare to dream, because it is truly a dream worth dreaming. Beginning with the first meeting I attended in 1979 in Minneapoli...

To survive, to become: our way of life (Presidential address).

Occupational therapy's domain consists of a carefully compounded alchemy of a great vision, transforming the "poetry of the commonplace" into a vital sustainer and prolonger of precious life. Through the judicious application of an unique technology--human occupation--cautiously blended with timeless values and beliefs, we will inevitably succeed where others have failed. The grand tasks of occ...

Presidential address, 2014-embracing complexity: community inclusion, participation, and citizenship.

A couple of years ago, Mike Wehmeyer set a new precedent by issuing the presidential address at the beginning of his term, rather than at the end. So, thank you Mike for establishing this tradition—I am sure that I will like it more in about 30 minutes—and thanks to all of you, who stayed to the end of the conference, for the opportunity to speak to you this afternoon to deliver my presidential...

ASN Presidential Address 2014: moving past nephrology's midlife crisis.

Building New Paths to Kidney Health represents the reality of what wemust do to reinvigorate our specialty for the next generation. We need to work together to overcomemany of the challenges we face as caregivers, scientists, and educators committed to people with kidney disease. We need to build new paths to kidney health. We need to diagnose early to develop preventive strategies so we can of...

Presidential address: time for the future of vascular surgery.