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NIH leaders, grantees present at CUGH 2014 meeting
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A number of NIH officials and grantees are participating in the fifth annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) conference at the Washington Hilton in Washington D.C. from May 9-12, 2014.
Please note sessions are subject to change. View the most recent program line-up from CUGH .
Preconference all-day sessions
Friday, May 9, 2014:
Symposium for global cancer research
NIH's National Cancer Institute (NCI)Innovation and implementation
NIH's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
Conference sessions
Saturday, May 10, 2014:
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI): New paradigm in capacity development [Video]4:30-6:30 p.m.
Ethical practices in global health projects and collaborations
Sunday, May 11, 2014:
Monday, May 12, 2014:
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Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I.
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Glass at CUGH.
Perspectives from NIH directors [Video]
Fogarty's Director Dr. Roger I. Glass moderates
Invited speakers:- Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- Dr. Linda Birnbaum of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- Dr. Harold Varmus of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Dr. Walter Koroschetz, Deputy Director at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
More Information
- Learn more about the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) and watch videos of sessions from the CUGH Conference 2014 [Video] .
- Read the related article Partnerships, capacity building needed to strengthen universities in developing nations from the Mar / Apr 2013 issue of Global Health Matters.
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