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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Committee on National Statistics holds a meeting entitled Methods for Assessing Discrimination.
AGENDA: Highlights:
10 a.m. - Welcome
Rebecca Blank, Panel Chair
10:15 a.m. - Legal Aspects of Discrimination
John Donohue, Panel Member
11:15 a.m. - Racial Profiling
Matthew Zingraff, North Carolina State University
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: Cecil and Ida Green Building, 2001 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH COUNCIL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NURSING SCIENCE PROGRAMS holds a conference on "Promoting Research Intensive Environments."
AGENDA: Highlighted topics include:
History of Nursing Research Support
Developing and Maintaining Infrastructure Support for Focused Areas of Research: Alternative Center Models
Developing and Maintaining Infrastructure Support for Research Training
Developing and Maintaining Infrastructure Support for Research: Administrative Advocacy and Development
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: Natcher Conference Center, Building 45, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301-651-7238
WEB ADDRESS: nih.gov
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION JOINT MEETING OF THE TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE BLOOD PRODUCTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE holds a meeting to discuss updates on the "Revised FDA Guidance on Preventive Measures to Reduce the Possible Risk of Transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) by Blood and Blood Products" document, and other related topics. For the purpose of further evaluating the adequacy of our present blood deferral recommendations, the committee will then discuss the effectiveness of measures taken to protect humans from foodborne exposure to the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) agent in countries with BSE.
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: Holiday Inn, Versailles Ballrooms I and II, 8120 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD.
CONTACT: William Freas, or Sheila D. Langford, 301-827-0314.
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION PULMONARY-ALLERGY DRUGS ADVISORY COMMITTEE holds a meeting to discuss the use of two new drug applications (NDAs): NDA 20-833, Flovent Diskus, and NDA 21-077, Advair Diskus, GlaxoSmithKline, as maintenance therapy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: Holiday Inn, The Ballrooms, Two Montgomery Village Ave., Gaithersburg, MD.
CONTACT: Kimberly L. Topper, 301-827-7001.
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION CARDIOVASCULAR AND RENAL DRUGS ADVISORY COMMITTEE holds a meeting to discuss new drug application (NDA) 20-757/S-021, AVAPRO (irbesartan), Sanofi-Synthelabo (c/o Bristol-Myers Squibb), for the treatment of hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetic renal disease.
DATE: January 17, 2002
CONTACT: Jaime Henriquez, 301-827-7001.
LOCATION: Holiday Inn, Kennedy Ballroom, 8777 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY holds a program featuring Alexsandar Djurisic, Member, Montenegrin Parliament, discussing Montenegro and the Future of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-457-6949
WEB ADDRESS:rferl.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: ADVISORY - ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ASCROFT addresses the American Border Security Conference.
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: Renaissance Hotel, 999 9th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-616-2777
WEB ADDRESS: doj.gov
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION Steering Committee and Expert Working Group holds a meeting to prepare for ICH Meetings In Brussels, Belgium, Including Progress On Implementation Of The Common Technical Document.
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Advisory Committee Conference Room, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1066, Rockville, MD.
CONTACT: Kimberly Topper, 301-827-7001
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: TREASURY SECRETARY PAUL O'NEILL addresses the US Savings Bonds Volunteer Committee Annual Luncheon program.
DATE: January 16, 2002
LOCATION: St. Regis Hotel, 923 16th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-622-2960
WEB ADDRESS:treas.gov
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: FOREIGN PRESS CENTER holds a briefing with Sean McCormack, NSC Spokesman discussing "NSC Briefing for Foreign Media."
DATE: January 17, 2002
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: 6 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Resident Associate Program presents Moss Roberts, professor of Chinese, New York University discussing and signing copies of his Dao De Jing (The Book of the Way) his new translation of the book, he places the work in its philosophical and historical contexts. He shows that the work is universal in scope and is a commentary on politics, statecraft, cosmology, aesthetics, and ethics.
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Lecture Hall, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-2061
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Anacostia Museum & Center for African American History & Culture commemorates Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birth.
WHO: The speakers are:
Danny Glover, actor, producer, human rights activist, Chair of the TransAfrica Forum United Nations Goodwill Ambassador James Early, Director of Cultural Heritage Policy at the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Heritage
A performance by the Speak to My Heart Dance Ensemble opens the program.
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: Natural History, Baird Auditorium, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-2061
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
