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Cancer Clinical Trials and the NCI Cooperative Group System
An IOM committee will review the organization and operation of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cooperative Group System and recommend ways to improve the quality of cancer clinical trials conducted by the Groups.
Meeting 8. Standing Committee on Aerospace Medicine and the Medicine of Extreme Environments
Medical Preparedness Forum Lunch Seminars entitled, "Civil Defense for the 21st Century
Medical Preparedness Forum Lunch Seminars entitled, "Civil Defense for the 21st Century
Medical Preparedness Forum Lunch Seminars entitled, "Civil Defense for the 21st Century
Medical Preparedness Forum Lunch Seminars entitled, "Civil Defense for the 21st Century
Medical Preparedness Forum Lunch Seminars entitled, "Civil Defense for the 21st Century
Medical Preparedness Forum Lunch Seminars entitled, "Civil Defense for the 21st Century
Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public Agenda
Meeting 1. Childhood Obesity Prevention: Actions for Local Governments
First Committee Meeting
Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation: Workshop-- Addressing the Threat of Drug ...
Nanotechnology in Food Products: Impact on Food Science, Nutrition and the Consumer
Special Meeting with former committee member, Dr. Nirmal Ganguly, and Dr. ...
Childhood Obesity Prevention Actions for Local Governments
Childhood Obesity Prevention Actions for Local Governments
Meeting 1. A Framework for Decision-Making for Obesity Prevention: Integrating Action with Evidence
First meeting
National Cancer Policy Forum Workshop. Assessing and Improving the Value of Cancer Care
Committee for the Review of the NIOSH Research Roadmap on Asbestos and Other Mineral Fibers
The committee is providing a peer review of the scientific and technical quality of the NIOSH revised draft document, "Asbestos Fibers and Other Elongated Mineral Particles: State of the Science and Roadmap for Research."
Prevention and Control of Viral Hepatitis Infections, Meeting 1
Prevention and Control of Viral Hepatitis Infections, Meeting 1
Workshop on the Public Health Effects of Food Deserts
An ad hoc committee will plan and conduct a two-day workshop on the public health implications of food deserts. In this context, food desert is defined as a rural or urban low-income neighborhood or community with limited access to affordable and nutritious food. The workshop will include presentations and discussions that will focus on the health effects on local populations (including both adults and children) of limited access to affordable and nutritious food. Invited workshop presentations will discuss the impacts of food deserts on such outcomes as overall dietary intake (including examination of specific foods, such as fruit and vegetable consumption and intake of high energy, low nutrient foods); prevalence of obesity and overweight; the existence of micronutrient deficiencies; food insecurity; and the incidence of chronic diseases associated with poor diets. In addition, presentations will cover promising strategies for mitigating the impacts of food deserts that have been sug
Workshop on Quality of Care Issues for Mental Health and Neurological Disorders in Sub-Saharan ...
2nd National Stakeholder Meeting. Review of Priorities in the National Vaccine Plan
Institute of Medicine Establishes Gant Fellowship with Gift from American Board of Obstetrics ...
The Institute of Medicine announces the establishment of the Norman F. Gant/American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) Fellowship, which was endowed through a gift of $650,000 from ABOG. Named in honor of Norman F. Gant, M.D., a member of the Institute of Medicine and the executive director of ABOG, the fellowship will provide an exceptional learning and career development opportunity to obstetricians and gynecologists early in their careers.
Workshop: Globalization, Movement of Pathogens (and their hosts) and the revised International ...
Prevention and Control of Viral Hepatitis Infections in the United States
The Institute of Medicine has formed a committee to determine ways to reduce new hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections and the morbidity and mortality related to chronic viral hepatitis. The committee is assessing current prevention and control activities and identifying priorities for research, policy, and action. The committee will highlight issues that warrant further investigations and opportunities for collaboration between private and public sectors.
Review of Use of Process Indicators in FSIS Public Health Risk-based Inspection System
An ad hoc committee will review whether the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has adequately defined and identified indicators of process control to protect public health that will be used to rank establishments and allocate agency inspection resources.
Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake
The Institute of Medicine has established an ad hoc committee to review and make recommendations about various means that could be employed to reduce dietary sodium intake to levels recommended by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Meeting 7. Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health
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