1996 Medicine for the Public Lecture Series

A lecture series on health and disease by NIH physicians and scientists sponsored by the Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health. Lectures are free and open to the public. For information, call 301-496-2563.

Oct 1 -- Drug Abuse: A Preventable Behavior
Drug Addiction: A Treatable Disease

Alan Leshner, M.D.

Director

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Oct 8 -- Heart Attacks and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Men and Women

Jeffrey Hoeg, M.D.

Chief, Cell Biology Section

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Oct 15 -- Nicotine Addiction: Science, Medicine, and Public Policy

Jack Henningfield, Ph.D.

Chief, Clinical Pharmacology Research Branch

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Oct 22 -- Drug-Resistant Bacteria: Old Foes with New Faces

David Henderson, M.D.

Deputy Director for Clinical Care

NIH Clinical Center

Oct 29 -- Colorectal Cancer Therapy Now and into the Next Millennium

Carmen Allegra, M.D.

Chief, NCI-Navy Medical Oncology Branch

National Cancer Institute

Nov 12 -- Aging: Genes, Cells, and Selves

Richard Hodes, M.D.

Director

National Institute on Aging

When and Where:

Tuesday Evenings 7-8 p.m.

Masur Auditorium

Clinical Center

National Institutes of Health

Bethesda, Maryland

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