Science, Health And An Aging Society

April 18, 2007 – 10:30 am | posted in Conferences, Public Health, Seniors / Aging

Experts to discuss health and aging

WHAT : Science, health and an Aging Society

WHO : Harvey Fineberg, President, Institute of Medicine Lisa Berkman, Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy, Harvard School of Public Health John Bongaarts, Vice President and Distinguished Scholar, Population Council John W. Rowe, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; former Chairman and CEO, Aetna, Inc.

WHEN : Sunday, April 29, 2007 9 - 10:30 am

WHERE : National Academy of Sciences
C Street between 21st and 22nd Streets, NW
Washington, D.C.

Contact:
Maureen O’Leary
National Academy of Sciences

Paul Karoff
American Academy of Arts and Sciences

BACKGROUND: More than 800 of the foremost scientists, humanists and leaders in business and public affairs will gather in Washington, DC April 27-29 when the nation’s two oldest learned societies - the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society (APS) — meet jointly for the first time, in collaboration with the National Academies. The panel discussion on the courts is part of the joint meeting, Public Good: Knowledge as the Foundation for a Democratic Society, during which leading experts will also explore the courts, energy and the environment, the economy, religion, the media and other topics.

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