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CANCELED - Administrative Strategies - Patient Advocacy & NIH: Marriage by Choice or Necessity?

Air date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 8:30:00 AM
Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Description: STEP: Staff Training in Extramural Programs

The role of patient advocacy groups in promoting public health issues has been controversial. Growing from social movement advocacy for faster development of AIDS treatments to current Public Private Partnerships, the relationship between the NIH and patient advocates has come a long way.

Should the practice of involving advocates in NIH activities become more commonplace? How and when should they serve: as consultants for clinical research, in peer review, or as programmatic advisors to the Institutes and Centers?

This STEP forum will discuss ways to facilitate working with advocacy groups and explore the benefits to NIH staff, scientists, advocates, and, most importantly, patients.

Committee Members:
  • Chair: Ljubisa Vitkovic
Members:
  • Marina Broitman
  • Priti Mehrotra
  • Linda Porter
  • Carmen Rosa
  • Barbara Woynarowska
For more information, visit
http://odoerdb2-1.od.nih.gov/oer/training/step/step_training_20100209.htm
Author: NIH
Runtime: 4 hours