2007 Annual Winter Conference Puerto Vallarta, Mexico January 17-20, 2007

Speakers PowerPoint Presentations

Challenges and Opportunities Facing NIH Peer-Review: A Vision for Ensuring Its Strategic National Value Toni Scarpa, M.D. Director, NIH Center for Scientific Review National Institutes of Health Department of Health and Human Services Bethesda, MD

Stem Cell Research Supported by NIH James F. Battey, Jr., M.D., Ph.D. Director, National Institute for Deafness & Other Communication Disorders Chair, NIH Stem Cell Task Force Head, Trans-NIH Mouse Initiative Bethesda, M.D.

Summary of CAS/AAMC & Biomedical Caucus Meetings 2006 John Clancy, Jr., Ph.D. Dept. of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine