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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, September 23, 2005
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CONTACT:
Robert Bock or
Marianne Glass Miller
301-496-5133
To participate by telephone: 1-800-470-5906
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Research Centers Chosen To
Conduct National Children’s Study
News Briefing Thursday, September 29, 1:00 PM ET |
| What: |
Federal officials will announce the names and locations
of up to 8 vanguard study sites that will be the first to pilot test and
conduct the National Children’s Study, the largest, most comprehensive,
long-term study of environmental effects on human development conducted
to date. More than 100,000 children across the United States will participate,
as researchers will follow children from before birth until age 21. Study
scientists will examine family genetics, neighborhoods and schools, chemical
exposures, food and water, as well as children’s social and behavioral
environments.
The National Children’s Study is led by a consortium of federal agency
partners, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — through
the National Institutes of Health (the National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development and the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. |
| Who: |
Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, United
States Surgeon General
Duane Alexander, M.D., Director, National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development
Dixie E. Snider, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., Chief Science Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
David Schonfeld, M.D., FAAP, Chair, American Academy of Pediatrics Committee
on Pediatric Research
Elena Rios, M.D., M.S.P.H., President and CEO, National Hispanic Medical
Association
Sandra Gadson, M.D., President, National Medical Association
Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, M.P.H., Executive Director, Children’s Environmental
Health Network
Nancy Green, M.D., Medical Director, March of Dimes
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| When: |
Thursday, September 29, 2005, at 1:00 p.m. |
| Where: |
National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C.,
20045. |
| Dial in Option: |
If you are unable to attend the briefing, you may dial in
at 1-800-470-5906. The briefing will begin promptly at 1:00 p.m. EST. To
participate, dial in 5-10 minutes before the conference begins. Teleconference
name: National Children’s Study.
Important Instructions: To ask a question during the call
press *1 on your touchtone phone, and to withdraw your question press *2.
You may queue up at anytime. You will hear a tone indicating that your
question is pending. A rebroadcast will be available for 24 hours after
the briefing. To listen to the rebroadcast, dial 1-800-633-8284, Reservation
number 21262074. |
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Sponsorship: This briefing is sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development of the National Institutes of Health, one member of the consortium of
federal agencies authorized to conduct the National Children’s Study.
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 http://www.nih.gov.
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