Speakers include House Appropriations subcommittee chairman John E. Porter, who will be introduced by NIH director Dr. Harold Varmus, Surgeon General David Satcher, former Sen. Lowell Weicker Jr., and former Rep. Paul G. Rogers, who is chairing the conference. The Principles of Clinical Pharmacology course, sponsored by the Clinical Center, will begin in Lipsett Amphitheater, Bldg. 10 on Sept. 2. It covers topics such as pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism and transport, assessment of drug effects, drug therapy in special populations, and drug discovery and development. Lecturers include Dr. Carl Peck of Georgetown University's Center for Drug Development Science, Dr. Jerry Collins of the Food and Drug Administration, and the Clinical Center's Dr. Arthur J. Atkinson, Jr., who is also the course director.
Registration is open to all interested persons free of charge.
Syllabus materials will be provided for each lecture. Certificates will be awarded at the end of the course to students who attend 75 percent of the lectures. Fire Prevention Slogans Sought Fire up your imaginations and think up a nifty slogan for NIH's observance of National Fire Prevention Week. You can enter as often as you like, and entries should be snappy one-liners about fire prevention. If you submit multiple candidates, rank them in order of preference.