Those who are joining this morning, doctor bianchi of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute for child health and develop, almost as long as the subcommittee on health, education, Human Services and related agencies. Doctor Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases. Doctor gary gibbons, director of the National Heart, lung and Blood Institute. Doctor sharpless of the National Cancer institute. And doctor dora volkow, welcome to all of you. Leader hoyer asked me to you have the nih coming . And he said this is one of the most remarkable hearings we have, thank you for the work you do and the differences you make in saving lives. At the start, let me touch on the matter of the coronavirus. I want to say thank you to the director, all the institutes. I want to say thank you to doctor fauci and say for Public Health experts, what, what you are doing on what is clearly a matter of National Importance and national urgency. We will be discussing the 2021 budget
Leading us off today. I think nothing could be better, really. I know were going to hear insights and suggestions and everybodys going to bevery energetic. So please welcome. First of all and i think theyre coming in from the side, doctor jenny columbo, Vice President of global patients and Scientific Affairs at kl pharmaceutical michelle ashman, the director federal advocacy and Alliance Development eli lilly. Doctor gwen nichols, chief medical officer at the leukemia and lymphoma society. Doctor erin oshea, president of the Howard Hughes institute. Doctor peggy amber, foreign secretary of the National Academy of medicineand former commissioner of the fda. And doctor janine clayton, director of the office of research on womens health. Our moderator this morning is doctor loosen the main. The evp and ceo of American Association of colleges pharmacy and im proud to say board member of Research America. Thank you all leaders, we look forward to this. My thanks to the organizers of the fo
So please welcome, first of all, and to think theyre coming in from the side, dr. Jenny colombo, the Vice President global patients and Scientific Affairs at takeda pharmaceuticals. Michele oshman, the director, federal advocacy and Alliance Development at eli lilly. Dr. Gwen nichols, the chief medical officer at the leukemia and lymphoma society. Doctor erin oshea, president of the Howard Hughes medical institute. Doctor peggy hamburg, the foreign secretary of the National Academy of medicine and former commissioner of the fda. And doctor janine clayton, director of the nih office of research on womens health. Our moderator this morning is lucinda maine, ceo of the American Association of colleges of pharmacy, and the pride to say boardmember of research america. Thank you all leaders. We look forward to this. My thanks really to organizers of the forum this year for giving us an opportunity to talk about some things we dont talk about so much, and we have an exemplary panel that brin
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Ifill plus, Jeffrey Brown and poet laureate Natasha Trethewey continue their exploration of where poetry lives. Tonight, a project breaking poets out of their ivory towers, and bringing them into their communities. Its really important that poets be in the community, be with whats happening and conscious and connected to whats going on in the world around us. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from Electronics Systems to intelligence analysis and cyber operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. Knowing our work makes a difference inspires us everyday. Thats bae systems. Thats inspired work. Ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid