U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News
Office of the Director (OD) <http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/>
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
CONTACT: NIH Office of Communications and Public Liaison, NIH News Media Branch, 301-496-5787, <e-mail: 301-496-5787>
MEDIA ADVISORY
NIH, INDUSTRY ANNOUNCE NEW TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INITIATIVE
WHAT:
National Institutes of Health press conference with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., and pharmaceutical companies to announce a new translational science initiative by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
WHO:
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., and pharmaceutical industry participants
WHEN:
Thursday, May 3, 2012, 10 a.m. EDT
WHERE:
National Press Club <http://press.org/>, First Amendment Room, 529 14th St. N.W., 13th Floor, Washington, D.C. 202-662-7500.
HOW:
Please register to attend by providing your name, organizations, and contact details to NIH News Media Branch, NIH OCPL <e-mail: nihnmb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> or 301-496-5787. A listen-in only line is available for media unable to make the event and will be provided with registration.
About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit <www.nih.gov>.
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