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News Release
Office of News and Information
Johns Hopkins University
3003 N. Charles Street, Suite 100
Baltimore, Maryland 21218-3843
Phone: (410) 516-7160 | Fax (410) 516-5251
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October 6, 2003 |
To: |
Reporters, editors, producers |
Fr: |
María T. López, Johns Hopkins
Business (410) 516-0767,
mlopez@jhu.edu |
Re: |
FDA Commissioner to Speak at Johns
Hopkins |
Who: |
Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D.,
commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
McClellan was sworn in as commissioner of the FDA on
Nov. 14, 2002. Previously, he served as associate professor
of economics and medicine at Stanford University. He's been
a research associate and visiting scholar at a variety of
economic institutes as well as serving as deputy assistant
secretary of the treasury for economic policy and
contributing as a member of President Bush's Council of
Economic Advisers. The commissioner earner his M.D. degree
from Harvard-MIT's Division of Health and Sciences and
Technology, and his Ph.D. in economics from MIT. He is
board-certified in internal medicine. |
What: |
Johns Hopkins University
School of Professional
Studies' Ginder Lecture Series. McClellan's lecture
marks the inauguration of the new MS/MBA Biotechnology
dual degree program — a collaboration with the
Advanced Academic Programs in the Zanvyl Krieger School
of Arts and Sciences. The lecture is titled "A 21st Century
FDA: Protecting and Advancing America's Health" which will
address new initiatives to improve the process for
developing new medical technology. |
When: |
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2003 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
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Where: |
Central Building, Room 127, Montgomery
County Campus, Johns Hopkins University, 9601 Medical
Center Drive, Rockville, Md. |
Sponsor: |
Johns Hopkins University's Graduate Division
of Business and Management — School of Professional
Studies in Business and Education — with generous
assistance from the William M. and Katherine B. Ginder
Lecture Fund. |
Cost: |
Free to public. |
Media: |
Reporters planning to cover this event
should contact Mar¡a T. López at (410) 516-0767 or
mlopez@jhu.edu. |
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