Endocrine Insider
March 18, 2010

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On Tuesday, March 16, Society representatives participated in the Research!America annual National Forum.   The National Forum, titled “Invest in Tomorrow. Invest in Research.,” featured two panel-led discussion on several topics, including the impact of health reform on research priorities, public involvement in addressing major drivers of health issues, opportunities to speed the approval of new drugs, personalized medicine, and public/private partnerships. The panels were moderated by Judy Woodruff of “PBS NewsHour” and Michael Kinsley of The Atlantic; panel members included:

• Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, director, National Institutes of Health
• Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Margaret Hamburg, MD, commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
• Margaret Anderson, executive director, FasterCures 
• Paul Chew, MD, chief science & medical officer, sanofi-aventis U.S.
• Jennifer Howse, PhD, president, March of Dimes Foundation
• Barbara Kunz, president, Health and Life Sciences Global Business, Battelle Memorial Institute
• Robert Tjian, PhD, president, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Jack T. Watters, MD, vice president of external medical affairs, Pfizer Inc 

A podcast will be available on Research!America’s Web site: http://www.researchamerica.org/.