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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