MEDIA ADVISORY: DeGette to Bring Federal and Colorado Experts Together to Discuss Speeding Delivery for Medical Cures
DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette(CO-01) will host a Denver roundtable with senior NIH and FDA officials and Colorado's medical research leaders to discuss ways to speed and improve medical cures as part of her 21st Century Cures initiative. The conversation will focus on personalized medicine and will take place Wednesday, September 3rd at 9:30 A.M. MT at National Jewish Health.
Rep. DeGette launched the 21st Century Cures initiative with Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), the Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. This spring and summer, they have hosted a series of hearings and roundtables taking a comprehensive look at what steps Congress can take to accelerate the pace of medical cures in America.
The discussion is covering the full arc of this process – from the discovery of clues in basic science, to streamlining the drug and device development process, to unleashing the power of digital medicine and social media at the treatment delivery phase. The effort has generated considerable excitement within the research and health communities, and as the effort continues, Rep. DeGette will continue to shape this conversation and ultimately draft major legislation to help orient policy to reflect the findings of these roundtables.
WHO:
- Rep. Diana DeGette
- Dr. Eric Green, Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health
- Dr. Janet Woodcock, Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration
- Dr. Frank Accurso, Director, Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Research, Children's Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado Denver
- David Brunel, CEO, Biodesix
- Dr. David Schwartz, Director, Personalized Medicine Initiative, Chair of the Department of Medicine, University of Colorado
- Dan Theodorescu, Director, Cancer Center, University of Colorado
- Dr. Gregory P. Downey, Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs and Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at National Jewish Health
WHEN: Wednesday, September 3rd, at 9:30 A.M. MT
WHERE: National Jewish Health, Molly Blank Conference Center, 1400 Jackson Street, Denver
WHAT: DeGette, national and Colorado experts discuss how personalized medicine can bring advances in scientific knowledge about cures to help save lives.
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