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To: 'eevacation mail.com 'eevacation mail.com Cc: From: Sent: Thur 4/15/2010 2:03:36 PM Subject: ANYTHING VERY INTERESTING? I WILL BE THERE..KRAM BE Jubilee symposium on "Medical Research and Public Health" Program Thursday, April 22, 2010, 08:30-12:15, followed by light lunch House of Sweden, Washington DC Jointly organized by Karolinska Institutet and Fogarty International Center, NIH 08:30 Registration and coffee 09:00 Welcome and Introduction by Prof. Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson, President, Karolinska Institutet Introductory Remarks by Dr. Ewa BjOrling, Minister for Trade and Foreign Affairs, Sweden 09:10 Keynote lecture "Medical Research and Public Health"by Prof. Harold Varmus, former Director of NIH and co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Moderators Prof. Hans Wigzell, former President, Karolinska Institutet, and Prof. Roger I. Glass, Director, Fogarty International Center, NIH 09:35 Session 1: "Genes and Life Style = Disease?" "Epidemiology in Sweden during 200 years: From battlefields to Internet and Genes" Prof. Henrik GrOnberg, chair, Dept Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet. "Unleashing the potential of largest twin register in the world" Prof. Nancy Pedersen, vice Dean of Research, Dept Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet. 10:15 Short break EFTA_R1_01494501 EFTA02425968  10:30 Session 2: "Successful Development and Aging of the Brain" "Can brain plasticity be used to improve cognition?" Prof. Hans Forssberg, Dept Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet 'We are getting older-shall we do something about it?" Prof. Laura Fratiglioni, Director, Aging Research Centre, Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm University. "Brain Aging: Predictors of Cognitive Decline and Resilience" Dr. Susan M. Resnick, Acting Chief, Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, IRP, NIH. "The energetic pathway to age-related frailty". Dr. Luigi Ferrucci, Senior Investigator, Cheif, Longitudinal Section, NIH. 11:50 Session 3: "The Nobel Prize: Who and How?" Prof. Klas Karre, Chairman, Nobel Committee Karolinska Institutet 12:10 Conclusion Audience: Mainly lay-people within the Health Care Sector, decision makers, policy makers etc. EFTA_R1_01494502 EFTA02425969