**MEDIA ADVISORY**
For Immediate Release: April 26, 2010
Media Contacts:
Cub Barrett, amfAR
cub.barrett@amfar.org
212-806-1602
Deirdre Shesgreen, IDSA
dshesgreen@idsociety.org
703-740-4954
AIDS Research at NIH: New Opportunities to Change the Course of the AIDS Epidemic
Leading disease experts, including the NIH’s Anthony Fauci, MD, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Jack Whitescarver, PhD, Director, NIH Office of AIDS Research, to discuss promising scientific advances and untapped opportunities in AIDS research.
What:
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A Congressional briefing to discuss the value and importance of U.S. investments in AIDS research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including promising scientific advances, new opportunities, and the broad benefits for other areas of health research. The briefing, held in collaboration with Reps. Rosa DeLauro, Barbara Lee, and Elliot Engel, is co-sponsored by amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research; AVAC; HIV Medicine Association; IDSA/HIVMA Center for Global Health Policy; San Francisco AIDS Foundation; and the Treatment Action Group (TAG).
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| When: |
Friday, April 30, 2010
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
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| Who: |
- Anthony Fauci, MD, Director, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
- Jack Whitescarver, PhD, Associate Director, NIH, and Director, Office of AIDS Research, NIH
- Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, Director, International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs and Professor of Clinical Medicine and Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
- Ada Adimora, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine and Clinical Adjunct Professor Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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| Where: |
Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-338/339
Independence Avenue, SW, and South Capitol Street, SW
Washington, D.C. |