Virtual Town Hall Meeting: NCATS -- What It Is, and What It Isn't
From: Parkinson's Action Network
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 11:01 AM
To: Rayilyn Brown
Subject: Virtual Town Hall Meeting: NCATS -- What It Is, and What It Isn't
Hear from NCATS' Leadership Team About the New Institute's Priorities and Program Areas
FasterCures and the leadership team of the newly created National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) will present a virtual town hall meeting on February 27, 2012, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. (ET).
Moderated by FasterCures executive director Margaret Anderson, this web event--NCATS: What It Is and What It Isn't--will address the Center's priorities and program areas, including its efforts to reduce, remove, or bypass translational pipeline bottlenecks. Dedicated to saving time in the way the NIH pursues and conducts medical research and development across disease areas, the creation of NCATS demonstrates NIH's strong national commitment to medical research by ensuring advances achieved in basic science are translated into new therapies, better prevention strategies, and cures more efficiently.
Speakers include:
a.. Thomas Insel, M.D., NCATS Acting Director
b.. Kathy L. Hudson, Ph.D., NCATS Acting Deputy Director
c.. Christopher P. Austin, M.D., NCATS Director of the Division of Pre-Clinical Innovation
d.. Josephine P. Briggs, M.D., NCATS Acting Director of the Division of Clinical Innovation
Register now; space is limited. Once registered, you can submit your questions in advance for consideration. This free Webinar is part of FasterCures' Webinar series designed to spotlight innovative approaches to disease research. PAN works in coalition with FasterCures on a variety of issues related to biomedical research.
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