Speaker Name(s): Jordan Cohen, M.D. President AAMC, Anthony Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, John Treanor, M.D., Professor of Medicine and of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Description: Managing Infectious Disease—
Prevention, Pandemics and Prognosis
Sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges
Friday, March 10, 2006
Noon — 1:00 p.m.
1537 Longworth House Office Building
This luncheon briefing will explore how the National Institutes of Health and the nation's medical schools and teaching hospitals are working together to prevent and combat infectious diseases, such as avian flu. This briefing is the fourth in the Fulfilling the Promise series, which is designed to highlight innovation and discovery supported by NIH at America’s medical schools and teaching hospitals.
Featured speakers:
Anthony Fauci, M.D.
Director National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
John Treanor, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Principal Investigator, NIH clinical trial of a prospective avian flu vaccine