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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUES OF DRUG ABUSE holds a symposium on Stress and the Brain: Developmental, Neurobiological, and Clinical Implications.
WHO: The speakers are:
Nora D. Volkow, M.D., Brookhaven National Laboratory
Stephen J. Suomi, Ph.D., National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development
Steven F. Maier, Ph.D., University of Colorado
Joseph E. LeDoux, Ph.D., New York University
Kathleen T. Brady, M.D., Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: National Institutes of Health, Natcher Conference Room, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301-443-6245
WEB ADDRESS: drugabuse.gov
TIME: All Day
EVENT: National Science Foundation holds its board meeting.
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA.
CONTACT: Bill Noxon, 703-292-8070
WEB ADDRESS: nsf.gov
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Institute of Medicine releases a report entitled Immunization Safety Review: Vaccinations And Sudden Unexpected Death In Infancy, which examines whether vaccines administered during infancy can be linked to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) or other forms of death that occur unexpectedly in infants.
DATE: March 12, 2003
AGENDA: Advance copies will be available to reporter's only beginning at 9 a.m. EST on Wednesday, March 12. THE REPORT IS EMBARGOED AND NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE BEFORE 4 P.M. EST ON MARCH 12.
DATE: March 12, 2003
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS: nas.edu
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ONCOLOGIC DRUGS ADVISORY COMMITTEE holds a meeting to discuss new drug applications approved under 21 CFR 314.500 (Subpart H, accelerated approval) in an open session on March 12 and 13, to: Review the status of phase IV clinical studies; identify difficulties associated with completion of phase IV commitments; and provide advance to sponsors to assist in the planning and execution of post marketing commitments of newly approved drugs.
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: Holiday Inn, Versailles Ballrooms, 8120 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD.
CONTACT: Johanna M. Clifford, 301-827-7001
WEB ADDRESS: fda.gov
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE holds a meeting to discuss a final report from the Process Analytical Technology Subcommittee and provide direction the Manufacturing Subcommittee, receive an update on sterile products produced by aseptic processing, discuss and provide direction for future subcommittees: Biopharmaceutics Subcommittee and Microbiology Subcommittee, discuss and provide comments on topical dermatological drug product nomenclature, and discuss and provide comments on topical dermatological bioequivalence, methods development.
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Advisory Committee Conference Room, Rm. 1066, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD.
CONTACT: Kathleen Reedy or Carolyn Jones, 301-827-7001.
WEB ADDRESS: fda.gov
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY holds a roundtable briefing on "The Practice of Journalism in Ukraine."
WHO: The speakers are:
Serhiy Davydov is editor-in-chief of the business newspaper "Hryvnia-Plus"
Olga Drygoda is editor-in-chief of the health publication "Bud' Zdorov, Luchanchyn"
Nina Gasanova is general director of "Antatsytovskyy News"
Yaroslav Grebenyuk is a correspondent for the newspaper "Luhansk Life", Vyacheslav Husakov is a correspondent for the newspaper "Express-Club", Oleksandr Grechanyk is a radio commentator for Luhansk Oblast State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company
Nataliya Kononova is a Luhansk oblast regional correspondent for "Kievskie vedomosti" ("Kiev News")
Oleksandr Pankov is editor-in-chief of "Nasha Hazeta" ("Our Newspaper") and head of the regional branch of the National Union of Journalists
Viktor Ponomarenko is editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Na Dnyak" ("Recently")
Lidiya Prokhvatilova is editor-in-chief of "Kreminshchyna".
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-457-6949
WEB ADDRESS: rferl.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS "American Treasures" exhibition presents Treasure Talk with Cartographic specialist Ed Redmond, Geography and Map Division, discusses the significance of the Mason-Dixon Line.
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: Southwest Gallery of the Jefferson Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-707-9203
WEB ADDRESS: loc.gov
TIME: 12:45 p.m.
EVENT: MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AND ARLINGTON CEMETERY hold funeral services for Navy Capt. David Brown one of the astronauts who perished aboard the Columbia Space Shuttle with full military honors.
AGENDA: Funeral services for Brown will begin with a memorial service at 12:45 p.m. in the Memorial Chapel at Fort Myer, VA
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
CONTACT: 202-685-4645
WEB ADDRESS: arlingtoncemetery.org
TIME: 1:15 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Committee on National Statistics holds a panel discussion on Research on Future Census Methods.
AGENDA: Highlights:
1:15 p.m. - Opening Remarks
Benjamin F. King, Co-Chair, Joint Session
Janet Norwood, Co-Chair, Joint Session
C. Louis Kincannon, Director, U.S. Census Bureau
1: 30 p.m. - Overview of 2000 Census and Coverage Evaluation Program
Preston J. Waite, Associate Director, U.S. Census Bureau
The core of the afternoon presentation consists of comments
from two principal speakers, along with questions and answers. This is to be followed by possible directions for coverage measurement in the 2010 census. Time allotments below are approximate.
1: 45 p.m. - Presentation of Revised Estimates from the 2000 Accuracy and
Coverage Evaluation
Donna Kostanich, Decennial Statistical Studies Division, U.S. Census Bureau
3:30 p.m. - Resume Discussion of ACE Results
Census Bureau's Decision on Adjustment of Intercensal
Estimates
John Long, Chief of the Population Division, U.S. Census
Bureau
5 p.m. - Next Steps: Directions for Coverage Measurement in 2010
Opening Comments on General Directions by Preston J. Waite
and Census Bureau Staff
Panel Discussants: Alan Zaslavsky, Bob Bell
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: 500 5th Street, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS: nas.edu
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NLM HISTORY OF MEDICINEE SEMINAR SERIES presents "NIH History in Images," with Dr. Victoria Harden, Historian, OCPL.
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: Conference Room B, Building 38A, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301-594-5595
WEB ADDRESS: nih.gov
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: FOREIGN PRESS CENTER holds a briefing on Assisting Iraqis with their Future: Planning for Democracy with Marc Grossman, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: Foreign Press Center, National Press Building, Room, 898, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-724-1640
WEB ADDRESS: fpc.gov
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON DIRECTOR'S LECTURE SERIES presents a lecture on "Telomeres and Telomerase: Their Functional Interplay and Its Cellular Consequences," with Dr. Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco,
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: Masur Auditorium, Building 10, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301- 594-5595
WEB ADDRESS: nih.gov
