NCATS Advisory Council Working Group to release findings about IOM’s report on CTSA Program

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What

Co-Chairs of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Advisory Council Working Group on the Institute of Medicine report about the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program will be available to discuss conclusions

Who

Ronald J. Bartek, President/Director/Co-Founder, Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA), Working Group Co-Chair
Mary L. (Nora) Disis, M.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Working Group Co-Chair
Scott J. Weir, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Director, Institute for Advancing Medical Innovation, University of Kansas Cancer Center, Working Group Co-Chair

When

Friday, May 16, 2014, 12:45 p.m. ET

How

Members of the media may contact Bobbi Gardner in the NCATS Office of Communications for dial-in information. She can be reached at 301-443-9919 or bobbi.gardner@nih.gov.

Background

The Working Group members will present their findings at the NCATS Advisory Council and Cures Acceleration Network Review Board Meeting the morning of May 16, 2014. To view the full meeting agenda, including videocast access information, visit http://www.ncats.nih.gov/news-and-events/events/events.html#council-can. For an electronic copy of the full Working Group report, which will be available the morning of May 16, please e-mail info@ncats.nih.gov. For more about the CTSA program, visit http://ncats.nih.gov/ctsa.html.

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