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EVENTS ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2002
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Institute of Medicine holds its annual meeting to discuss he medical, legal, and ethical ramifications of the rapidly advancing science of genomics.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:30 a.m. - Welcome and Introduction of Meeting
Harvey V. Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D., President, Institute of Medicine
Meeting Co-Chairs
William N. Kelley, M.D., University of Pennsylvania
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health
8:40 a.m. - Introduction and Overview of Day's Program
William N. Kelley, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania
8:50 a.m. - The Genome Project: Changing the Paradigm of Research in Life Sciences
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health
9:20 a.m. - Advances in Diagnosis and Therapy
Brian J. Druker, M.D.
JELD-WEN Chair of Leukemia Research, Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Oregon Health & Science University
10:25 a.m. - New Research Directions: Comparative Genomics
Robert H. Waterston, M.D., Ph.D.
James S. McDonnell Professor, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine
10:50 a.m. - Cardiovascular Disease as a Paradigm for Post Genomic Medicine
Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairman, Department of Genetics and Professor of Genetics, Medicine and Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine
11:35 a.m. - The Human Genome and Beyond
Eric S. Lander, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, MIT and Director, Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research
1:45 p.m. - From Double Helix to Genomic Sequence: Some Policy Lessons
Robert Cook-Deegan, M.D.
Director of the Center for Genome Ethics, Law, and Policy, Duke University
2:15 p.m. - Healing to Evolution: Harnessing the Genome
Claire M. Fraser, Ph.D.
President and Director, Institute for Genomic Research
3:00 p.m. - Genomics and Human Rights
DNA Forensics in International Human Rights
Mary-Claire King, Ph.D.
American Cancer Society Professor of Medicine and Genetics, Department of Medicine and Genomic Sciences, University of Washington
The Innocence Project
Barry Scheck, J.D.
Professor of Law, Cardozo Law School and Co-Director of the Innocence Project; Commissioner, NYS Forensic Science Review Board
4:00 p.m. - Summation
William N. Kelley, M.D.
4:10 p.m. - Introduction of the Class of 2001 IOM Members and 2002-2005 Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellows
Harvey V. Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D.
4:20 p.m. - Presentation of the Gustav O. Lienhard Award
Claire M. Fagin, Ph.D.
Dean Emeritus and Leadership Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
DATE: October 14, 2002
LOCATION: National Academies building, 2100 C St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu
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