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11.16.2007 - 02:30pm ET
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View The Aspen Health Forum Online
(CSRwire) WASHINGTON, DC - November 16, 2007 - The Aspen Health Forum is now
available online in both video and audio formats at www.aspeninstitute.org/ahf/video.
Organized by The Aspen Institute and The Atlantic, the three-day
gathering featured more than 125 thought leaders in medical science and
health care, including Nobel laureates, prominent officials from the
National Institutes of Health, business leaders and some of the foremost
experts in health policy. The forum was held at the Institute's campus in
Aspen, Colo., Oct. 3-6, 2007.
In all, the gathering featured nearly 50 panel discussions, all of which
were open to the public and designed for a lay audience. The speakers
included:
Peter Agre, Nobel laureate and medical scientist
J. Michael Bishop, Nobel laureate and cancer research
pioneer
Harvey Fineberg, president of the Institute of Medicine
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases
Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug
Abuse
John Niederhuber, director of the National Cancer Institute
Bill Frist, former US Senate majority leader and physician
Tommy Thompson, former secretary of Health and Human
Services
Mark McClellan, former administrator of the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid
Peter Orszag, director of the Congressional Budget Office,
and
Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland, and former United
Nations high commissioner for human rights.
What follows is a sampling of the sessions available online:
Battling Cancer
The Mysterious Human Heart
The Hospital of the Future
Science Versus the Biological Clock
HIV and the World
Health, Humanity and Politics: Prospects for Reform
For more information on the Aspen Health Forum, please contact Noah
Bartolucci at (202) 736-2536 or noah.bartolucci@aspeninstitute.org
or visit www.aspeninstitute.org/ahf.
The Aspen Institute, founded in 1950, is an international nonprofit
organization dedicated to fostering enlightened leadership and open-minded
dialogue. Through seminars, policy programs, conferences and leadership
development initiatives, the Institute and its international partners seek
to promote nonpartisan inquiry and an appreciation for timeless values. The
Institute is headquartered in Washington, DC, and has campuses in Aspen,
Colorado, and on the Wye River on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Its
international network includes partner Aspen Institutes in Berlin, Rome,
Lyon, Tokyo, New Delhi, and Bucharest, and leadership programs in Africa,
Central America and India.
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