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Clinical Research Roundtable Members are Named
Panel Created in Response to AAMC Report

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Washington, D.C., May 31, 2000--The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has established the Clinical Research Roundtable. The panel's creation is in direct response to a recommendation put forth by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and other leading medical organizations in the report entitled Clinical Research: A National Call to Action. The Association's David Korn, M.D., senior vice president of the Division of Biomedical and Health Sciences Research, is a member of the IOM expert panel.

The roundtable will provide a forum and sponsor workshops for discussion of approaches to resolve both acute and long-term issues affecting clinical research. The panel will strive to enhance mutual understanding of clinical research among the scientific community and the general public, while enhancing the public's participation in clinical studies. The 28-member roundtable is chaired by William Gerberding, Ph.D., of the University of Washington. The panel brings together individuals from the academic health community, federal agencies sponsoring and regulating clinical research, private sector sponsors of clinical research, foundation, public and private sector insurance programs, corporate purchasers of health care, and representatives of patient interests to discuss the challenges facing clinical research.

The first meeting of the roundtable will be held June 27 from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. Speakers will include David Kaufman, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, University of North Carolina Medical School; Daniel Foster, chairman, department of internal medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; and Jules Hirsh, professor emeritus and senior physician, Rockefeller University, New York City.

The Call for Action resulted from a two-year process. More than 175 representatives were enlisted by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the American Medical Association (AMA) and Wake Forest University in a Clinical Research Summit project that was supported by seven foundations. Throughout the various stages of the project, participants put aside individual concerns to hammer out a broad and inclusive agenda. The summit released its final report in November 1999.

Seating is limited for the June 27 roundtable. Reporters who wish to attend should register in advance at 202-334-2138.

Institute of Medicine
Clinical Research Roundtable

William Gerberding, PhD Chair President Emeritus University of Washington

Tom Beauchamp, PhD Associate Professor of Philosophy Kennedy Institute of Ethics Georgetown University

Enriqueta Bond, PhD President Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Veronica Catanese, MD Associate Program Director General Clinical research Center New York University

Francis Chesley, MD Director Office of Research, Review, Education, and Policy Agency for Health Care Research and Quality

William Crowley, MD Chief, Reproductive Endocrine Unite Director, of Clinical Research Massachusetts General Hospital

Adrian Dobs, MD Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Clinical Research Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Joseph Feczko, MD Senior Vice President for Medical and Regulatory Operations Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group

John Feussner, MD Chief Research and Development Officer Department of Veterans' Affairs

Myron Genel, MD Associate Dean Government and Community Affairs Yale University

Kenneth Getz, MBA President and Publisher CenterWatch

Jack Grebb, MD Vice President Global CNS/Analgesia Clinical Research and Development Janssen Research Foundation Johnson & Johnson

Stephen Katz, MD Director National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases National Institutes of Health

Allan M. Korn, MD Senior Vice President, Clinical Affairs Chief Medical Officer Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association

David Korn, MD Senior Vice President for Biomedical and Health Sciences Research Association of American Medical Colleges

Elaine L. Larson, RN, PhD Professor of Pharmaceutical and Therapeutic Research Columbia University School of Nursing

E. Albert Reece, MD Professor and Chairman Dept of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Services Temple University School of Medicine

David L. Rimoin, MD, PhD Chairman of Pediatrics and Director Medical Genetics-Birth Defect Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Patricia Salber MD, MBA Medical Director for Managed Care Health Care Initiative General Motors Co.

Lewis Sandy, MD Executive Vice President Robert Woods Johnson Foundation

David Scheinberg, MD, PhD Doris Duke Clinical Science Professor Chief, Leukemia Service, and Head, Hematopoetic, Cancer, and Immunochemistry Laboratory Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Bernard Schwetz, DVM, PhD Acting Deputy Commissioner and Senior Advisor for Science Food and Drug Administration

Louis Sherwood, MD Senior Vice President for Medical and Scientific Affairs Merck and Co.

Lana Skirboll, PhD Associate Director of Science Policy National Institutes of Health

Harold Slavkin, DDS Director, NIDCR National Institutes of Health

Myrl Weinberg, CAE President National Health Council

Lynne Wilcox, MD, MPH Deputy Director for Science and Public Health Practice Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Michael J. Welch, Ph.D. Professor of Radiology, Co-Director, Division of Radiological Sciences The Edward Mallincrodt Institute of Radiology Washington University School of Medicine

IOM Board Liaisons

Hugh Tilson
David Blumenthal
Steven M. Paul
Mary Woolley

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