NIDA Announces 2012 Avant-Garde Award for Medications Development
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July 18, 2012
NIDA’s Dr. Nora D. Volkow will announce the winner of the 2012 Avant-Garde Award for Medications Development during the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC. This research competition, now in its third year, is intended to stimulate high-impact research that may lead to groundbreaking opportunities for the prevention and treatment of drug abuse. This year’s winner will receive $1,000,000 per year for five years in research support.
WHO: Dr. Nora D. Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
WHAT: NIDA’s 2012 Avant-Garde Award for Medications Development
WHEN: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 4:00 p.m. EDT
WHERE: XIX International AIDS Conference
Walter E. Washington Convention Center (WCC)
Media Center – Hall A, Lower Level, Press Conference Room 3 (PCR 3)*
*Access to the Media Centre is strictly limited to accredited journalists.
Dr. Volkow will also speak at the “New Frontiers in NIH AIDS Research” satellite session on Sunday, July 22 from 11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. EDT in Session Room 6 of the WCC.
For more information, or to arrange an interview with Dr. Volkow, please contact NIDA’s press team: media@nida.nih.gov or 301-443-6245. Follow NIDA on Twitter during XIX International AIDS Conference at @NIDAnews.
Contact:
NIDA Press Office
301-443-6245
media@nida.nih.gov
About the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): NIDA is a component of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIDA supports most of the world's research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction. The Institute carries out a large variety of programs to inform policy and improve practice. Fact sheets on the health effects of drugs of abuse and information on NIDA research and other activities can be found on the NIDA home page at www.drugabuse.gov. To order publications in English or Spanish, call NIDA's new DrugPubs research dissemination center at 1-877-NIDA-NIH or 240-645-0228 (TDD) or fax or email requests to 240-645-0227 or drugpubs@nida.nih.gov. Online ordering is available at drugpubs.drugabuse.gov. NIDA's media guide can be found at www.drugabuse.gov/publications/media-guide, and its new easy-to-read website can be found at www.easyread.drugabuse.gov.
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