Upcoming
Tuesday, March 9Moving Drugs Forward: Reaching the Patient
Presenters:
Carl Feldbaum, President, Biotechnology Industry Organization
Haiden Huskamp, HMS Assistant Professor of Health Economics
Ronald Kessler, HMS Professor of Health Care Policy
Louis Lange, CEO, CV Therapies
Mark McClellan, Commissioner of the FDA
Barbara McNeil, Ridley Watts Professor of Health Care Policy at HMS and Chairman of the Department of Health Care Policy
Amphitheater
New Research Building
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Harvard Medical School
3:00-5:00 p.m.
The Department of Health Care Policy presents a Milestone symposium considering drug development. CME credits are available; online registration is required.
Wednesday, March 10-Thursday, March 11
Science Based Solutions to Obesity: What Is the Role of Academia, Government, and Industry?
Presenters:
Allan Walker, Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition at HSPH and Director of the Division of Nutrition at HMS
George Blackburn, S. Daniel Abraham Associate Professor of Nutrition at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and HMS
Carl Walter Amphitheater
Tosteson Medical Education Center
Harvard Medical School
March 10, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; March 11, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
The HMS Division of Nutrition, the Harvard Clinical Nutrition Research Center at HMS, and the HSPH Department of Nutrition present a symposium on obesity. Fifteen speakers from HMS, HSPH, and other institutions will discuss science-based aspects of nutrition and obesity and the role of academia, government, and industry in finding a solution to obesity.
The symposium is free but registration is required; for a full program, more information, or to register, contact Sally Burke at 617-432-3081 or sally_burke@hms.harvard.edu.