Media Availability for the National Children's Study Assembly Meeting

On December 12, 2014, the NIH Director decided to close the National Children’s Study. The information on this page is not being updated and is provided for reference only.

WHAT: Media availability with leading health and environment officials to provide the latest information on the development of the National Children's Study, a groundbreaking, long-term research project to examine the environmental influences on children's health and development.

The National Children's Study Assembly Meeting is being held in Atlanta, Georgia on Wednesday, December 17, as part of the continuing development of what will be the largest long-term study on children's health ever conducted in the United States, projected to involve about 100,000 children from before birth to age 21.
WHO:
  • Peter Scheidt, M.D., M.P.H., Program Office Director, National Children's Study, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • Philip Landrigan, M.D., Professor and Chair, Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and member of The National Children's Study Advisory Committee
  • Diane Dennis-Flagler, M.P.H., Evaluation Specialist, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Sheila Newton, Ph. D. Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  • Carole Kimmel, Ph.D., Teratologist/Developmental Toxicologist, National Center for Environmental Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
WHEN: Tuesday, December 16, 2003
2:00 PM EST
WHERE:

Sheraton Atlanta Hotel
Room Georgia #6
165 Courtland Street, Atlanta, GA

Media must present valid press credentials for access.

Media who cannot attend in person may participate via a toll-free conference line.

US News Media dial: 888-273-9889
Teleconference name: National Children's Study

For more on the National Children's Study Assembly Meeting, visit https://www.nichd.nih.gov/research/NCS/Pages/default.aspx.

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