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   Director's Seminar Series
Progress with a Purpose - A series designed to bring the nation's leaders to NIH to discuss the extraordinary advances in their fields as we work toward eliminating the suffering and death due to cancer by 2015.

Upcoming Seminar Speaker

Achieving Energy Balance: Aspiration…Inspiration…Motivation…Implementation!

Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Thursday, September 16, 2004
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Masur Auditorium, Clinical Center
National Institutes of Health

Dr. Julie Louise Gerberding, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will talk about how CDC is working on many levels across various disciplines to reverse the disturbing trends in the nation's obesity epidemic. She will also discuss CDC's new research initiatives and the need for increased collaboration among government agencies, industry, and other partners.

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Past Seminar Speakers

Biotechnology and NCI: Partners in Bringing Patients the Next Generation of Cancer Therapy

Carl B. Feldbaum
President
Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)

Friday, March 19, 2004
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Masur Auditorium, Clinical Center
National Institutes of Health

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Confronting Cancer through Collaboration, Innovation, and e-Health

Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D.
Commissioner of Food and Drugs
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Monday, February 2, 2004
9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Masur Auditorium, Clinical Center
National Institutes of Health

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The meeting will be webcast at http://videocast.nih.gov.

 

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