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Lessons from the MMR scare by Fiona Godlee

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Fiona Godlee, editor of the British Medical Journal, will address the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Tuesday, Sept. 6th. Her talk, Lessons from the MMR scare, will take place at 11am eastern time, and is scheduled for 90 minutes. It will also be videocast. Please join BMJ Editor Fiona Godlee for a discussion of [...]

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My comment to the IACC

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

The IACC seeks public comment, both in-person and in writing. Below is my comment submitted for today’s meeting. I didn’t get this out until late, so it may not be included with the packets for the IACC members today, but it concerns an issue I find very important: Dear Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee members: I [...]

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IACC Chairman Insel Testifies Before House Committee on the Combating Autism Act and the Accomplishments of the IACC

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

The Combating Autism Act (CAA) is set to “sunset” at the end of September of this year. With that would be the sunset of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC). The U.S. legislature is considering a re-authorization of the Act. Below is an announcement from the IACC about a congressional hearing, with testimony from Dr. [...]

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Funding Science in a Time of Austerity

Saturday, March 12th, 2011

Funding Science in a Time of Austerity is a blog post by Tom Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in the US. I’ve discussed many news stories of late which discuss special education in these tight fiscal times. Naturally research will be impacted as well. While the article by Tom Insel [...]

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