Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.On Sept. 20, 2023, I attended Research!America’s National Health Research Forum held at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Here I am pictured with Mary Woolley (right), President and CEO of Research!America. We had a great discussion on a number of topics, including NIH’s RECOVER initiative to address long COVID, plans to update the NIH mission statement, how to communicate science and how we can prepare the next generation of researchers for the challenges ahead.