| News Advisory
Surgeon General’s Conference to Develop
Research Agenda on Preterm Birth
Nearly half a million babies born in the United States
are born preterm, and this number continues to rise. Preterm
birth is a major cause of infant death and places infants
at risk for serious life-long disability. Congress directed
the office of the U.S. Surgeon General to hold a conference
that would establish a research agenda to "speed the
identification of, and treatments for, the causes of and
risk factors for preterm labor and delivery." In
2007, the Surgeon General named the Eunice Kennedy Shriver
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
of the National Institutes of Health as the scientific
lead for the conference. |
| What: |
Surgeon General’s Conference to Develop Research
Agenda on Preterm Birth |
| When: |
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 7:00 a.m. – 6:00
p.m. |
| Where: |
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference
Center
5701 Marinelli Road
North Bethesda, Maryland 20852 |
| Who: |
Featured Speakers include:
Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, M.D., M.P.H
Acting Surgeon General
Duane Alexander, M.D., Director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver
National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development
Jennifer L. Howse, Ph.D., President, March of Dimes Birth
Defects Foundation |
Scientific work groups will present their draft recommendations
for a proposed action plan. Members of the public will have the
opportunity to comment on the proposed goals and action items before
they are incorporated into a report that will be given to the Surgeon
General.
The conference can be viewed via Web cast at: http://videocast.nih.gov/ For a detailed conference agenda and other information, please
visit: http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=bfc7c1d7-bdfd-41b6-acda-e35a043ea8cb.
The NICHD sponsors research on development, before and after
birth; maternal, child, and family health; reproductive biology
and population issues; and medical rehabilitation. For more information,
visit the Institute’s Web site at http://www.nichd.nih.gov/.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) — The Nation's
Medical Research Agency — includes 27 Institutes and Centers
and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic,
clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates
the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases.
For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.
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