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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Office of Dietary Supplements and National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine hold a conference on Mechanistic Studies of Cardiovascular Effects of Botanicals.
Agenda: Highlights:
8 a.m. - Claude Lenfant, Director, NHLBI
Michael C. Lin, Coordinator, NHLBI
8:30 a.m. - Botanical Medicine: Bridging the Gulf between Promise and Proof
Linda Engel, Acting Director
Division of Extramural Research and Training, NCCAM
NIH Perspectives on Dietary Supplements
Paul Coates, Director, ODS
9:15 a.m. - Development of Botanical Drugs: Regulatory Perspectives on Early Phase Studies
Shaw Chen, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
9:40 a.m. - Garlic
Chair: Eric Block, State University of New York at Albany
Introduction and Overview of the Chemistry and Medicinal Properties of Garlic
Eric Block, State University of New York at Albany
10:10 a.m. - Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Effects of Garlic
Larry Lawson, Plant Bioactives Research Institute
11 a.m. - Effect of Garlic on Biosynthesis and Serum Levels of Cholesterol and Lipids
Rolf Gebhardt, University of Leipzig, Germany
11:30 a.m. - Effect of Garlic on Arteriosclerosis
Gunter Siegel, Free University of Berlin, Germany
1:30 p.m. - Effect of Garlic in Experimental Animal Models
Jose Pedraza-Chaverri, National University of Mexico, Mexico
2 p.m. - Effect of Garlic Powder Tablets on Atherosclerosis
Alexander N. Orekhov, Moskow State University, Russia
2:30 p.m. - Clinical Trials: Efect of Garlic Preparations on Cardiovascular Disease and Its Risk Factors
Christopher Gardner, Stanford University
3 p.m. - Herbal Interactions with Cardiovascular Drugs
Adriane Fugh-Berman, George Washington University
3:30 p.m. - Effect of Steam-distilled Garlic Oil on Cardiovascular Disease
David Maslin, University of Wolverhampton, UK
4:30 p.m. - Ginkgo Biloba
Chair: Curt D. Furberg, Wake Forest University
Vascular Effects of Ginkgo Biloba: Pre-clinical Studies
John Farquhar, Stanford University
5 p.m. - Efficacy of Ginkgo Biloba in the Treatment and Prevention of Cerebrovascular Disease and Cognitive Impairment: The GEM Study
Jeff Williamson, Wake Forest University
DATE: August 22, 2002
LOCATION: Natcher Conference Center, Building 45, Bethesda, MD,
CONTACT: 301-592-3320
WEB ADDRESS:nccam.nih.gov/news/agenda/index.htm
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION DENTAL PRODUCTS PANEL OF THE MEDICAL DEVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE holds a meeting to discuss a premarket approval application for a total temporomandibular joint prosthesis for reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint.
DATE: August 22, 2002
LOCATION: Holiday Inn, Walker/Whetstone Rooms, Two Montgomery Village Ave., Gaithersburg, MD.
CONTACT: Pamela D. Scott, 301-827-5283.
WEB ADDRESS: fda.gov
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN Friends of the National Zoo FONZ, presents DJ Steve Bates returning to the Zoo with hits from the '80s. Stop by the Great Ape house to see young Kojo and talk to a keeper.
DATE: August 22, 2002
LOCATION: 3000 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-673-4962
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN Art Night performance presents vocal and instrumental quartet Huun-Huur-Tu, on tour from the Tuvan Republic that borders Mongolia, performing their trademark "overtone singing" with accompaniment by Tuvan cello and other instruments, in music rooted in the life of the grasslands and forests of their southern Siberian home.
DATE: August 22, 2002
LOCATION: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue at Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN presents Meet the Artist featuring Doris Salcedo, discussing her work, which responds to the history of violence in Colombia.
DATE: August 22, 2002
LOCATION: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue at Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
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