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2002 FDA SCIENCE FORUM: BUILDING A MULTIDISCIPLINARY FOUNDATION

"Building a Multidisciplinary Foundation" is the theme for the 2002 FDA Science Forum to be held February 20-21 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The forum provides the latest scientific information and thinking on topics of interest to a wide audience within FDA and in the outside scientific, industry, health care, patient, and consumer communities.

The forum is sponsored by the FDA, Association of Analytical Communities International (AOAC), and Sigma Xi, a scientific research society.

This year's Science Forum will address the difficulty of translating new science into sound regulatory policy and decisions. It will be highlighted by discussions on the importance of basing regulatory public health decisions on sound science. Some of the topics to be discussed in breakout sessions are bioengineered plants and animals, genomics and proteomics, bioterrorism, and antibiotic resistance. Many of these sessions are interactive and offer the audience an opportunity to engage in discussion with the presenters.

As part of the second day's activities, the FDA Scientific Achievement Awards of Excellence will be announced.

For more information on the 2002 FDA Science Forum, please contact FDA's Office of Science Coordination and Communication at 301-827-3340 or visit AOAC's website for registration information at www.aoac.org.

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