Cancers

• Understanding NCI: Toll-Free Teleconference on NCI Bypass Budget
  When: February 20, 2007
  Where: Nationwide
  Institute: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

  The NCI Office of Liaison Activities (OLA) is pleased to offer Understanding NCI, a monthly teleconference series on cross-cutting issues in cancer research. Members of cancer advocacy organizations, survivors, family, and friends are encouraged to participate in each call to learn more about NCI's important cancer research programs and how advocates are involved. Callers will have the opportunity to ask questions of panel members.
  
  The first call in 2007 offers a discussion of “The Importance of the NCI Bypass Budget and Strategic Plan for Patient Advocates” with guest speaker Ms. Cherie Nichols, director of NCI’s Office of Science Planning and Assessment. More

  Next Steps
  All you need to participate is a phone. No registration is required, and participation is free. The number for live call-in is (800) 857-6584, and the passcode is BUDGET.
  
  A playback of the entire session will be available toll-free at (800) 756-0715 one hour after the call ends and will be accessible until March 20, 2007.
  
  For more information, contact OLA at liaison@od.nci.nih.gov or (301) 594-3194.  

Community Outreach

• THE EYE SITE Exhibit on Low Vision Continues to Tour the Country
  When: February 2007
  Where: Nationwide
  Institute: National Eye Institute (NEI)

  To help people understand low vision (vision problems that interfere with a person’s ability to perform everyday activities) and to explain what people with vision loss can do to stay independent, NEI developed THE EYE SITE: A Traveling Exhibit on Low Vision for Shopping Centers. The exhibit will visit malls and other accessible venues during 2007 in Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
  
  Two identical exhibits have been on tour since 2001. By the end of 2007, the exhibits will have traveled to 109 malls and other venues in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Since THE EYE SITE tour was launched, NEI has:
  

  • Given more than 41 million people the opportunity to visit the exhibit and learn about low vision.
    
    
  • Distributed more than 65,000 publications.
    
    
  • Worked with more than 90 vision-related organizations to offer more than 250 public events.
  
  
  

  2007 TOUR SCHEDULE
  January 20–February 15	Arrowhead Mall, Muskogee, OK
  February 11–March 8	Governor’s Square Mall, Clarksville, TN
  February 17–March 15	Tulsa Promenade, Tulsa, OK
  March 10–April 9	CoolSprings Galleria, Frankin, TN
  March 17–April 19	Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City, OK
  April 11–May 3	RiverGate Mall, Goodlettsville, TN
  April 21–May 17	Central Mall, Lawton, OK
  May 5–May 31	Hickory Ridge Mall, Memphis, TN
  May 26–June 21	Lloyd Center, Portland, OR
  June 2–June 28	Charleston Town Center, Charleston, WV
  June 23–July 12	Lancaster Mall, Salem, OR
  June 30–July 26	Meadowbrook Mall, Bridgeport, WV
  July 14–August 9	Valley River Center, Eugene, OR
  July 28–August 23	Mercer Mall, Bluefield, WV

  More

  Next Steps
  Members of the public can visit the exhibit during regular business hours at any location on the tour. For more information, visit THE EYE SITE Web site at www.nei.nih.gov/nehep/eyesite.  

• VISION Traveling Exhibit on Display in Hagerstown, MD
  When: February 2007
  Where: Hagerstown, MD
  Institute: National Eye Institute (NEI)

  A vision-related traveling exhibit is giving people in the Hagerstown, Maryland, area an opportunity to learn how the eye and brain work together to create vision. Visitors to the Discovery Station at Hagerstown can also learn how researchers are developing ways to protect our sight from visual disorders and diseases. The 2,000-square-foot exhibit, called VISION, includes 10 interactive modules developed by the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
  
  Targeted at viewers from age 8 to 80, the exhibit has toured since 1993, visiting science museums in 33 cities, and has been seen by more than 6 million people. VISION was developed as part of the NEI's 25th anniversary celebration.
  

  Next Steps
  Members of the public can visit the exhibit from January 30, 2006, through June 30, 2007, at the Discovery Station at Hagerstown. Museum hours and directions are available on the Discovery Station at Hagerstown Web site (www.discoverystation.org/about.html).  

Eyes and Vision

• THE EYE SITE Exhibit on Low Vision Continues to Tour the Country
  When: February 2007
  Where: Nationwide
  Institute: National Eye Institute (NEI)

  To help people understand low vision (vision problems that interfere with a person’s ability to perform everyday activities) and to explain what people with vision loss can do to stay independent, NEI developed THE EYE SITE: A Traveling Exhibit on Low Vision for Shopping Centers. The exhibit will visit malls and other accessible venues during 2007 in Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
  
  Two identical exhibits have been on tour since 2001. By the end of 2007, the exhibits will have traveled to 109 malls and other venues in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Since THE EYE SITE tour was launched, NEI has:
  

  • Given more than 41 million people the opportunity to visit the exhibit and learn about low vision.
    
    
  • Distributed more than 65,000 publications.
    
    
  • Worked with more than 90 vision-related organizations to offer more than 250 public events.
  
  
  

  2007 TOUR SCHEDULE
  January 20–February 15	Arrowhead Mall, Muskogee, OK
  February 11–March 8	Governor’s Square Mall, Clarksville, TN
  February 17–March 15	Tulsa Promenade, Tulsa, OK
  March 10–April 9	CoolSprings Galleria, Frankin, TN
  March 17–April 19	Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City, OK
  April 11–May 3	RiverGate Mall, Goodlettsville, TN
  April 21–May 17	Central Mall, Lawton, OK
  May 5–May 31	Hickory Ridge Mall, Memphis, TN
  May 26–June 21	Lloyd Center, Portland, OR
  June 2–June 28	Charleston Town Center, Charleston, WV
  June 23–July 12	Lancaster Mall, Salem, OR
  June 30–July 26	Meadowbrook Mall, Bridgeport, WV
  July 14–August 9	Valley River Center, Eugene, OR
  July 28–August 23	Mercer Mall, Bluefield, WV

  More

  Next Steps
  Members of the public can visit the exhibit during regular business hours at any location on the tour. For more information, visit THE EYE SITE Web site at www.nei.nih.gov/nehep/eyesite.  

• VISION Traveling Exhibit on Display in Hagerstown, MD
  When: February 2007
  Where: Hagerstown, MD
  Institute: National Eye Institute (NEI)

  A vision-related traveling exhibit is giving people in the Hagerstown, Maryland, area an opportunity to learn how the eye and brain work together to create vision. Visitors to the Discovery Station at Hagerstown can also learn how researchers are developing ways to protect our sight from visual disorders and diseases. The 2,000-square-foot exhibit, called VISION, includes 10 interactive modules developed by the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
  
  Targeted at viewers from age 8 to 80, the exhibit has toured since 1993, visiting science museums in 33 cities, and has been seen by more than 6 million people. VISION was developed as part of the NEI's 25th anniversary celebration.
  

  Next Steps
  Members of the public can visit the exhibit from January 30, 2006, through June 30, 2007, at the Discovery Station at Hagerstown. Museum hours and directions are available on the Discovery Station at Hagerstown Web site (www.discoverystation.org/about.html).  

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