Neuroscience 2004 Abstract
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| Abstract Title: | Public Advocacy Forum: Advocating for the Brain and the new NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience. |
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Government and Public Affairs Committee*
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0. Neuroendocrinology Social: Hormones and the Media Social Event |
| Presentation Time: | Sunday, October 24, 2004 1:00 PM-3:00 PM |
| Location: | San Diego Convention Center - Room 32B |
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Organized by the Government and Public Affairs Committee
For neuroscience to advance, members of Congress, journalists, and the public need to know of the progress being made and challenges facing such progress.
A unified message is critical. Only the biomedical and patient advocacy communities can convey the importance of brain research to these individuals. Researchers, clinicians, and patients share concerns for many issues. Federal science funding is of the greatest importance, followed by a long list of legislative priorities that affect scientists and patients, alike.
One method of advocating for the biomedical and patient advocacy communities is to create coalitions of organizations with common goals. SfN has joined the American Brain Coalition (ABC). The purpose of ABC is to bring together patient advocacy groups, researchers, and professionals who study and treat brain disorders to advocate for increased support for research and other common goals. This will lead to better treatment; better services and support to improve patients' quality of life; and to build a national commitment towards finding cures for individuals with disabling neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases. ABC's activities will include developing and distributing information about the brain and nervous system diseases; advocating with legislators, regulators, and other public and private policy makers; and supporting increased funding for basic and clinical biomedical research on the brain and nervous system.
The Neuroscience Blueprint, which grew out of the recognition of current opportunities for providing new tools and repositories to the neuroscience community and the recognition of limited budgetary increases to NIH. The Blueprint is a collaborative effort that joined fourteen NIH institutes and centers to accelerate the pace of discovery and understanding in neurosciences research. It is a building block for current efforts at NIH that enables the development of new scientific resources and tools beneficial to neuroscience research. The NIH Blueprint will be released at the forum and will be presented by Tom Insel, Director, NIMH; Story Landis, Director, NINDS; Paul Sieving, Director, NEI; Nora Volkow, Director, NIDA.
This session will also provide guidance on ways to approach Congress and learn to advocate issues relevant to the neuroscience and patient communities. Together, we can advocate on behalf of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Patient groups are your biggest allies in the public advocacy arena, and SfN will discuss ways to work with them, via ABC.
Please join NIH leaders and SfN Governmental and Public Affairs Committee leadership at this groundbreaking event.
CONTACT: Allison Kupferman, Government and Public Affairs, Society for Neuroscience, 11 Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: (202) 462-6688 Fax: (202) 462-9740. allison@sfn.org.
For neuroscience to advance, members of Congress, journalists, and the public need to know of the progress being made and challenges facing such progress.
A unified message is critical. Only the biomedical and patient advocacy communities can convey the importance of brain research to these individuals. Researchers, clinicians, and patients share concerns for many issues. Federal science funding is of the greatest importance, followed by a long list of legislative priorities that affect scientists and patients, alike.
One method of advocating for the biomedical and patient advocacy communities is to create coalitions of organizations with common goals. SfN has joined the American Brain Coalition (ABC). The purpose of ABC is to bring together patient advocacy groups, researchers, and professionals who study and treat brain disorders to advocate for increased support for research and other common goals. This will lead to better treatment; better services and support to improve patients' quality of life; and to build a national commitment towards finding cures for individuals with disabling neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases. ABC's activities will include developing and distributing information about the brain and nervous system diseases; advocating with legislators, regulators, and other public and private policy makers; and supporting increased funding for basic and clinical biomedical research on the brain and nervous system.
The Neuroscience Blueprint, which grew out of the recognition of current opportunities for providing new tools and repositories to the neuroscience community and the recognition of limited budgetary increases to NIH. The Blueprint is a collaborative effort that joined fourteen NIH institutes and centers to accelerate the pace of discovery and understanding in neurosciences research. It is a building block for current efforts at NIH that enables the development of new scientific resources and tools beneficial to neuroscience research. The NIH Blueprint will be released at the forum and will be presented by Tom Insel, Director, NIMH; Story Landis, Director, NINDS; Paul Sieving, Director, NEI; Nora Volkow, Director, NIDA.
This session will also provide guidance on ways to approach Congress and learn to advocate issues relevant to the neuroscience and patient communities. Together, we can advocate on behalf of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Patient groups are your biggest allies in the public advocacy arena, and SfN will discuss ways to work with them, via ABC.
Please join NIH leaders and SfN Governmental and Public Affairs Committee leadership at this groundbreaking event.
CONTACT: Allison Kupferman, Government and Public Affairs, Society for Neuroscience, 11 Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: (202) 462-6688 Fax: (202) 462-9740. allison@sfn.org.
Sample Citation:
[Authors]. [Abstract Title]. Program No. XXX.XX. 2004 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. San Diego, CA: Society for Neuroscience, 2004. Online.
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