When: December 2, December 9 and December 16, 2008
Where: NIH Campus, Building 10, Lipsett Amphitheater, Bethesda, MD
Institute: Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center (CC)

You can learn about current research and new treatment directions for depression, bipolar disorder, asthma, and traumatic brain injury by attending this year’s Medicine for the Public lecture series. Sponsored by the NIH Clinical Center, the series features lectures by NIH scientists and is geared toward the general public. Physician-scientists working to translate science into better health and health care will deliver lectures and take questions from the audience.

The 2008 series includes the following presentations:

December 2	New Insights, New Directions for Treating Major Depression and Bipolar Disorder, Carlos A. Zarate, Chief, Experimental Therapeutics, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Division of Intramural Research Programs, National Institute of Mental Health
December 9	The Next Breath We Take: Trailblazing New Treatments for Asthma, Stewart J. Levine, Chief, Asthma and Lung Inflammation Section, Acting Chief, Pulmonary and Vascular Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
December 16	New Frontiers in Traumatic Brain Injury: Evaluation and Treatment, Leighton Chan, Chief, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, NIH Clinical Center

Next Steps
The Medicine for the Public lectures begin at 7:00 p.m. and are free and open to the public.

For more information on the series, including parking information and directions, call the Clinical Center Office of Communications, Patient Recruitment, and Public Liaison at (301) 496-2563 or visit www.cc.nih.gov/about/news/mfp.shtml.

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