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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT holds the Community Renewal Implementation Conference themed "Partnering For Community Renewal."
AGENDA: Highlight:
9 a.m. - HUD Secretary Mel Martinez
12 noon Luncheon
Sen. Rick Santorum R-PA
Rep. J.C. Watts, R-OK
DATE: May 21, 2002
LOCATION: 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-654-7025
WEB ADDRESS: hud.gov
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY holds a program featuring Mykola Melnichenko Former Bodyguard, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma discussing Did Ukraine Sell Arms To Iraq?
DATE: May 21, 2002
LOCATION: 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-457-6949
WEB ADDRESS:rferl.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION VACCINES AND RELATED BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE holds a meeting to discuss acute otitis media indication for PREVNAR (Pneumococcal 7-valent Conjugate Vaccine). In the afternoon FDA will present an update to the committee on the GSK Lyme Disease Vaccine (LYMErix).
DATE: May 21, 2002
LOCATION: Hilton Hotel, 8727 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD.
CONTACT: Jody G. Sachs or Denise H. Royster, 301-827-0314.
WEB ADDRESS: fda.gov
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY STEERING COMMITTEE holds a meeting to discuss CGMP Regulations pertaining to PET drug products.
DATE: May 21, 2002
LOCATION: Conference Room A and C, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD.
CONTACT: Brenda Uratani, 301-594-0098.
WEB ADDRESS: fda.gov
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Institute of Medicine holds briefing to release a report entitled Care Without Coverage: Too Little, Too Late. The report presents findings in the areas of prevention and screening, cancer, chronic illness, hospital-based care, and general health status. The report is embargoed and not for public release before 11 a.m. EDT on May 21. Reporters who wish to obtain a copy or attend the briefing should register in advance.
AGENDA: Highlighted speakers:
Mary Sue Coleman, president, Iowa Health System and University of Iowa, Iowa City
John Ayanian, associate professor of medicine and health care policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston
Reed Tuckson, senior vice president, consumer health and medical care advancement, UnitedHealth Group, Minnetonka, Minn.
Ed Wagner, director, W.A. McColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation, Group Health Cooperative Puget Sound, Seattle
DATE: May 21, 2002
LOCATION: Cecil and Ida Green Building, 2001 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 2001-2002 VRC SEMINAR SERIES presents "Original Antigenic Sin and Anti-HIV Envelope Antibody Responses," with Dr. Ruth Ruprecht, Dana Farber Cancer Center.
DATE: May 21, 2002
LOCATION: Main Floor, Conference Center, Building 40, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301-594-8591
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL ARCHIVES presents Professor James Simon discussing his book, What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States. Simon provides an account of the bitter and protracted struggle between two titans of the early republic over the power of the Presidency and the independence of the judiciary.
DATE: May 21, 2002
LOCATION: National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC,
CONTACT: 202-501-5000
WEB ADDRESS: nara.gov
TIME: 8 p.m.
EVENT: SMITSONIAN INSTITUTION Resident Associate Program presents 60 Minutes reporter Mike Wallace discussing the Congressional Medal of Honor that was created in 1863 to boost morale among the Union rank-and-file in the Civil War. The award evolved to take on an almost sacred quality, and remains the highest U.S. military decoration.
DATE: May 21, 2002
LOCATION: Marion & Gustave Ring Auditorium, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Independence Ave. & 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
