When: October 19–November 16, 2004, 7 p.m.
Where: NIH Campus, Masur Auditorium, Clinical Center Building 10, Bethesda, MD
Institute: Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center (CC)

Reading failure in America, the biomechanics of human movement, medication addiction, and vaccines for biodefense are all leading-edge topics that will be addressed by experts during free lectures for the public. The lectures are part of the NIH Clinical Center's 2004 Medicine for the Public lecture series. Physician-scientists working to translate science into medicine will examine these topics:

• Oct 19: Evidence-Based Education: Preventing Reading Failure in America
  
  
• Oct 26: The Biomechanics of Human Movement: Could Leonardo da Vinci Fly?
  
  
• Nov 9: Addiction to Medications: What Are the Risks and Who Is Vulnerable?
  
  
• Nov 16: Viruses, Vaccines, and Emerging Health Threats

Next Steps
For details about specific topics or speakers, visit http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov/about/news/mfp.shtml or call (301) 496-2563.

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