ATTENTION: THE APRIL 24th EVENT WITH DR. FRANCIS COLLINS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE MAY 1st EVENT WITH DR. HAROLD VARMUS IS STILL SCHEDULED, AS PLANNED.

One on One with Dr. Harold Varmus
A Question and Answer Session Cosponsored by The Gene Media Forum and Science Writers in New York
Moderator: Philip M. Boffey, Deputy Editorial Page Editor - NY Times
12 noon to 2:30 p.m.
Monday, May 1, 2000
Syracuse University's Lubin House, Pergament Room
11 East 61st Street in Manhattan

Notable Accomplishments:
President of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Former director of the National Institutes of Health, 1993-1999
Co-recipient, with Michael J. Bishop, of the 1989 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine

Broadcast media are encouraged to bring recording equipment and/or crews. Teleconferencing can be arranged for those that can not attend.

RSVP to Erica Cerilli 212-826-0256 or [email protected]

Gene Media Forum, a project ofSyracuse University�s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, is a non-profit organization seeking to enhance and broaden the debate on all aspects of the genetic revolution. As a resource for journalists, GMF is dedicated to providing the media access to balanced information and a spectrum of viewpoints.

THE GENE MEDIA FORUM

Promoting public dialogue of genome research and its impact on science and society

Major funding from JGS, The Joy of Giving Something, Inc.

Advisory Committee: David Baltimore, Walter Eckhart, Beatrix Hamburg, Ruth Macklin,Paul Marks, Ken Olden, Herb Pardes, Jack Rosenthal

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