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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Institute of Medicine holds a program on Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) by the American Public.
AGENDA: Highlights:
11 a.m. - Welcome and Introductions
Stuart Bondurant, MD, Committee Chair
11:15 a.m. - The scientific approach to decision making, levels of
evidence for evaluating treatment efficacy and effectiveness.
Harold C. Sox, MD
Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine
1p.m. - Methodological challenges in evaluating CAM therapies
Wayne Jonas, MD
Director, Sameuli Institute
2 p.m. - Innovative approaches to the evaluation of CAM therapies
Opher Caspi, MD, PhD candidate
Research Assistant Professor, The University of Arizona
3:15 p.m. - Developing the research workforce
Dilip Jeste, MD
Estelle and Edgar Levi Chair in Aging, University of California, San Diego
4:15 p.m. - Open Session Adjourns
DATE: April 22, 2003
LOCATION: National Academy of Sciences Building
2100 C St. NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS: nas.edu
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Institute of Medicine Division on Earth and Life Studies Medical Follow-up Agency holds a meeting to discuss Accelerating the Research, Development and Acquisition of Medical Countermeasures Against Biological Warfare Agents.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:30 a.m. - Introductory remarks
Leslie Z. Benet, Ph.D.
Chair, Committee on Accelerating the Research, Development, and Acquisition of Medical Countermeasures Against Biological Warfare Agents
* Availability of biocontainment laboratories needed to support research and development of medical countermeasures against biological warfare agents
* Role of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs in DoD efforts toward accelerating the development and licensure of medical countermeasures against biological warfare agents
William Winkenwerder, MD
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
* Rapid development of a medical countermeasure against disease caused by B. anthracis
Representative of Human Genome Sciences
* The role that new technologies (genomics, proteomics) might play in the acceleration of drug and vaccine development
Speaker to be announced
DATE: April 22, 2003
LOCATION: Wyndham City Center Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington D.C>
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS: nas.edu
TIME: All Day
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC WORKSHOP on "A Drug Quality System For The 21st Century."
AGENDA: Highlights:
10:30 a.m. - International Regulatory
Perspective and Consideration
Gordon Munro, Ph.D., Medicines Control Agency
11:00 a.m. - Part 11 Update
Joseph Famulare, Food and Drug Administration
11:15 a.m. - Risk-Based cGMPs: Defining Risk and Quality
Bruce Burlington, M.D., Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Manufacturing Science
G.K. Raju, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4:30 p.m. - Manufacturing Science - Industry Perspective
Gerry Migliaccio, Pfizer, Inc.
5:00 p.m. - Quality Systems and Regulatory Innovation
for the 21st Century
Joyce Ramsbotham, European Federation of Pharmaceutical
Industries and Associations
DATE: April 22, 2003
LOCATION: Renaissance Hotel, 999 9th Street NW, Washington, D.C
WEB ADDRESS: fda.gov
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE holds a meeting to discuss Quantitative risk-benefit analysis using exposure-response for determining dose adjustment for special populations; and pediatric population pharmacokinetics study design template and analyses of the FDA pediatric database
DATE: April 22, 2003
LOCATION: Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Advisory Committee Conference Room, Rm. 1066, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD.
CONTACT: Kathleen Reedy, 301-827-7001
WEB ADDRESS: fda.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: STATE DEPARTMENT presents Secretary's Open Forum on "Deforestation: Global Consequences and Challenges."
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. Jane Goodall, primatologist, wildlife naturist and conservationist
John Turner: Assistant Secretary for Oceans, International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Bruce Cabarle, World Wildlife Fund; Tim Jessup, The Nature Conservancy
Steve Cox, World Resource Institute
Ron Jarvis, Ron Jarvis
DATE: April 22, 2003
LOCATION: Dean Acheson Auditorium, 2201 C Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-647-4000
WEB ADDRESS: state.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Office of Scholarly Programs holds annual "Shakespeare's Birthday" poetry reading.
DATE: April 22, 2003
LOCATION: Pickford Theater, third floor of the Madison, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202- 707-1308.
WEB ADDRESS:loc.gov
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH VRC SEMINAR SERIES presents "Cellular Factors and HIV Budding," with Dr. Wes Sundquist, University of Utah
DATE: April 22, 2003
LOCATION: Main Conference Room, Building 40, Bethesda, M.D.
CONTACT: 301-594-8491
WEB ADDRESS: nih.gov
TIME: 6 p.m.,
EVENT: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CENTER FOR THE BOOK, THE GEOGRAPHY AND MAP DIVISION AND THE U.S. CAPITOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY hold a Lecture By Iris Miller, Author Of "Washington In Maps, 1606-2000."
DATE: April 22, 2003
LOCATION: Mumford Room, sixth floor of the Madison Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202- 707-5221
WEB ADDRESS: loc.gov
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN Resident Associate Program holds a lecture featuring Scotsman John Barclay Burns, an associate professor of religious studies at George Mason University, examining the life and influence of Knox, who remains something of an enigma. Burns amplifies Knox's role in the politics of his day; his relationship with the powerful, including Mary Queen of Scots; his prophetic and inspiring role in the Reformation; and, not least, his personal life.
DATE: April 22, 2003
LOCATION: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Lecture Hall, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
TIME: 8 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN Resident Associate Program presents National Park Service curator David Blackburn for a slide-illustrated journey through some of these natural treasures, as he infuses their character with the spirit of Scottish-born preservationist John Muir. Muir was influential in the creation of the Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Mt. Rainier, and Sequoia/Kings Canyon parks, among others.
DATE: April 22, 2003
LOCATION: Hirshhorn Museum, Ring Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
