2003 Penn State graduate Abbey Meltzer has always loved telling stories about health! At the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), Abbey promotes the great medical breakthroughs taking place, including advancements with COVID treatments.

In this episode, Abbey shares her journey from being on camera in small town Ohio to behind the camera at CNN to her role today at the FNIH. She also has an epic story of being on-call when a President passed away!

Jump straight into:

(5:12) - Mission of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Foundation for the NIH (FNIH)

(7:40) - Differences between the CDC and NIH

(9:01) - Her role as the VP of Communications and Events at the FNIH

(11:26) - FNIH's involvement in the pandemic

(14:37) - Other health initiatives that the FNIH supports

(16:23) - Her career journey

(24:45) - Reporters she admired

(26:34) - Working with Wolf Blitzer at CNN

(28:52) - Similarities of roles across her career journey

(30:17) - Getting the call at CNN about President Gerald Ford's death

(33:38) - Penn State experience

Thanks for listening and WE ARE ... PENN STATE!

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