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EVENTS ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention holds a meeting to discuss Historic Exposure Reconstruction Model for Herbicides in Vietnam: Phase III.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:45 a.m. - Welcome Introduction of Committee members and meeting
participants; goals and conduct of public meeting
Dr. David Hoel, Meeting Chair
9 a.m. - Presentation of 42-month report of the exposure reconstruction contractor Dr. Jeanne M. Stellman, PI, Columbia University School of Public Health and members of the contractor project staff
DATE: January 18, 2002
LOCATION: Cecil and Ida Green Building, 2001 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Committee on National Statistics holds a meeting on Methods for Assessing Discrimination.
AGENDA: Highlights:
10:15 a.m. - Subtle Forms of Discrimination and Lab Experimentation
Susan Fiske, Panel Member
11:15 a.m. - Discussion of Workshop and Commissioned Papers
DATE: January 18, 2002
LOCATION: Cecil and Ida Green Building, 2001 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION PULMONARY-ALLERGY DRUGS ADVISORY COMMITTEE holds a meeting that will be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., unless public participation does not last that long; from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the meeting will be closed to permit discussion and review of trade secret and/or confidential information.
DATE: January 18, 2002
LOCATION: Holiday Inn, The Ballrooms, Two Montgomery Village Ave., Gaithersburg, MD.
CONTACT: Kimberly L. Topper, 301-827-7001.
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION CARDIOVASCULAR AND RENAL DRUGS ADVISORY COMMITTEE holds a meeting to discuss NDA 21-387, pravastatin/aspirin, Bristol-Myers Squibb, co-package, for long-term management to reduce the risk of death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, myocardial revascularization procedures, and ischemic stroke in patients with clinically evident coronary heart disease.
DATE: January 18, 2002
LOCATION: Holiday Inn, Kennedy Ballroom, 8777 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD
CONTACT: Jaime Henriquez, 301-827-7001.
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION OPHTHALMIC DEVICES PANEL OF THE MEDICAL DEVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE holds a meeting to discuss PMA on an Orthokeratology contact lens for corneal refractive therapy with overnight wear for the temporary reduction of myopia.
DATE: January 18, 2002
LOCATION: Hilton-North Gaithersburg, Salons A, B, and C, 620 Perry Pkwy. Gaithersburg, MD.
CONTACT: Sara M. Thornton, 301-594-2053.
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES releases a report on The Scientific And Medical Aspects Of Human Reproductive Cloning, which analyzes the science base, and medical concerns that should
be taken into account when considering human cloning. It also addresses whether certain types of cloning experiments should be banned.
AGENDA: THE REPORT WILL BE RELEASED AT A ONE-HOUR NEWS CONFERENCE BEGINNING AT 10:30 A.M. EST. Advance copies of the report will be available to reporters only beginning at 9 a.m. EST on Jan. 18.
THE REPORT IS EMBARGOED AND NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE BEFORE 10:30 A.M. EST, JAN. 18.
DATE: January 18, 2002
LOCATION: 2100 C Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 2001-2002 DIRECTOR'S SEMINAR SERIES: "HPV and Cervical Cancer: The Road from Etiological Understanding to Preventive Strategies," with Dr. Allan Hildersheim, Environmental Epidemiology Branch, NCI.
DATE: January 18, 2002
LOCATION: Wilson Hall, Building 1, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301-496-1921
WEB ADDRESS: nih.gov
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH SPECIAL FRIDAY LECTURE OF THE 2001-2002 LECTURE SERIES presents "Crystallization, Structures and Mechanisms of the Membrane Protein Complexes from the Respiratory Chain," with Dr. Hartmut Michel, Director, Department of Molecular Membrane Biology, Director, Max-Planck-Institut for Biophysik, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
DATE: January 18, 2002
LOCATION: Masur Auditorium, Building 10, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301-594-5595
WEB ADDRESS: nih.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ARCHIVES Friday Film presents *Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore, 2001. In 1951, civil rights activist Harry T. Moore and his wife were killed when a bomb shattered their house.
DATE: January 18, 2002
LOCATION: National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC,
CONTACT: 202-501-5000
WEB ADDRESS: nara.gov
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION press preview for the exhibition of photographs of Muhammad Ali titled Main Event: The Ali/Forman Extrvaganza Through the Lens of Howard Bingham.
DATE: January 18, 2002
LOCATION: 900 Jefferson Davis SW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
TIME: 8 p.m.
EVENT: FOLGER SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL LIBRARY presents Pen/Faulkner featuring William Kennedy who is famous for his political novels about his hometown of Albany, New York, including Ironweed.
DATE: January 18, 2002
LOCATION: Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol Street SE, Washington, DC
NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-0345
WEB ADDRESS: folger.edu
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE holds its observance of the 73rd birthday and anniversary Martin Luther King.
DATE: January 18, 2002
LOCATION: 1849 C Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-619-7400
WEB ADDRESS:nps.gov
