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NIH Clinical Center 50th Anniversary, 1953-2003
NIH Clinical Center 50th Anniversary Scientific Symposium
THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF CLINICAL RESEARCH
Tuesday, October 14, 2003
The Clinical Center 50th Anniversary Scientific Symposium kicks off the 2003 NIH Research Festival.
8:30 AM Introductory Remarks
Roadmap for Clinical Research
Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D.
Director, National Institutes of Health
9:00 AM Proving the Point: The Cure of Advanced Cancer with Combination Chemotherapy Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine
9:30 AM Monoclonal Antibodies and Systemic Radioimmunotherapy Thomas A. Waldmann, M.D.
Chief, Metabolism Branch, NCI
10:00 AM The Development of Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Patients with Cancer Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Surgery Branch, NCI
10:30 AM BREAK  
10:45 AM Myocardial Ischemia Eugene Braunwald, M.D.
Hersey Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
11:15 AM Genomics, Devices, and Cardiovascular Medicine Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D.
Scientific Director for Clinical Research, NHLBI
11:45 AM Medicine in the Genome Era Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. M.D.
Director, NHGRI
12:15 PM Psychopharmacology of Mood Disorders: A New Golden Era in the Making? Dennis S. Charney, M.D.
Chief, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Research Program, NIMH
12:45 PM Lunch and Scientific Posters  
1:45 PM Gene Therapy: The Beginning W. French Anderson, M.D.
Director, Gene Therapy Laboratories and Professor of Biochemistry and Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, USC
2:15 PM Endocrine Disorders of Signal Transduction Allen M. Spiegel, M.D.
Director, NIDDK
2:45 PM The MPS: from Serendipity to Therapy Elizabeth F. Neufeld, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
3:15 Multiple Sclerosis: a Story of Remarkable Progress Henry F. McFarland, M.D.
Director, Clinical Neurosciences Program, NINDS
3:45 PM BREAK  
4:00 PM The Charge of the Yellow Berets: The Battle against Post-Transfusion Hepatitis Harvey Alter, M.D.
Chief, Infectious Diseases Section, DTM, Clinical Center
4:30 PM AIDS: Past, Present and Future Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.
Director, NIAID
5:00 PM The Future of Clinical Research John I. Gallin, M.D.
Director, Clinical Center, NIH
5:30 PM Symposium Ends  

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