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Mail Address:

Suite B-7
3400 Research Forest Drive

The Woodlands, TX  77381 USA

Telephone:  281-419-0052

Facsimile:  281-419-0082

Email:  info@pas-meeting.org

 Press Activities 

• Media Advisory, February 28, 2002

• Media Registration, Hours, Media Check In

Media Advisory
February 28, 2002

The state of children’s health will be the focus of 2,300 presentations to nearly 4,000 leaders in pediatric research, advocacy, and patient care from the United States and scores of other nations. Among the topics:

• Antibiotic Resistance
• Bioterrorism and the Fragile Population
• Pain and the Young Patient
• Pediatric Regenerative Medicine: Stem Cells to Tissues
• Pharmacogenomics
• Pediatric Research and Gene Sequencing
• Children as Research Subjects
• Autism: Early Diagnosis and Promising Treatments
• Beyond Smoking: Pediatricians as Advocates for Smoking Cessation
• Injuries Caused by Common Products
• Toxicity and Treatment of the Ecstasy/Alcohol Combination

The Pediatric Academic Societies represent pediatricians who practice, teach, and conduct research at academic health centers. This year, abstracts were submitted for consideration from 48 nations. Member organizations are The American Pediatric Society, The Society for Pediatric Research, and the Ambulatory Pediatric Society.

Selected presentations will be highlighted in news releases available in the Press Room and in a virtual press room on Newswise. Please note that all presentations are embargoed to the day of presentation.

Jo Martin coordinates Media relations in collaboration with the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. We look forward to welcoming you to Baltimore and hope you will be in touch with questions or comments.

Media Registration, Hours,  Media Check-In 

Press may check in and register in the Press Room at the Baltimore Convention Center. 

Press room hours will be:

To register or obtain additional information  concerning press releases and press room information contact:

Jessica Clendenon
jclendenon@msn.com