Tuesday, May 17
10:15am–11:45am
7300

Children's Health and the Federal Government:
Research and Public Health Policy
PAS State of the Art Plenary

Chairs: Lisa Guay-Woodford, President, Society for Pediatric Research; and Paul Young, Chair, PAS Program Committee

Elias A. Zerhouni, the Director of the NIH, and Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, the Surgeon General of the United States, will provide PAS attendees with their views of the critical issues related to pediatric research and the health of our nation's children.

Target Audience: All attendees

10:15

Introduction

Paul C. Young, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
Lisa M. Guay-Woodford, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

10:20

The NIH Roadmap for Medical Research
Elias A. Zerhouni, Director, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

11:00

Promoting Health for U.S. Children and Their Families
Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, Surgeon General of the United States, Washington, DC

11:40

Discussion