VOLUME 10, NUMBER 2

JORDAN J. COHEN, M.D., PRESIDENT

NOVEMBER 2000

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In Brief University of Iowa Receives $25 Million Gift for Cancer Research: The Holden family of Williamsburg, Iowa, donated $25 million to support the Roland and Ruby Holden Cancer Research Laboratories in the University of Iowa's new Medical Education and Biomedical Research Facility. Contact: Steve Maravetz, (319) 335-8033…. AAMC and Pfizer Announce Second Round of "Caring for Community" Grants: The AAMC, in collaboration with Pfizer Inc. and the Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative, has awarded grants to six U.S. medical schools to develop services and programs for local communities: SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson School. Contact: Jennifer Bush, (202) 828-0041…. UVA School of Medicine Receives $20 Million for Prostate Cancer Research: The University of Virginia School of Medicine has received $20 million from the estate of the late Paul Mellon to fund prostate cancer research. The gift will be used to establish the Mellon Prostate Cancer Research Institute. Contact: Marguerite Beck, (804) 924-5679 …. U.S. Chamber of Commerce Joins Coalition to Protect America's Health Care: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world's largest business federation, has become the newest member of the Coalition to Protect America's Health Care. The coalition, a broad-based group of more than 250 businesses, hospitals, and hospital associations including the AAMC, has also begun airing a new ad. Titled "Always There," the ad aims to educate the public about U.S. hospitals' precarious finances in the wake of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997's drastic cuts in funding. Contact: John Parker, 202-828-0975. Information: Meredith T. Moller

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