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Bulletin:
Health Research Alliance members: Check out the Advisory Committee page in the Members-Only portion of the website where presentations have now been posted from the Advisory Committee meeting held March 9-10, 2009, at the American Cancer Society headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
The 2008 HRA National Conference, "Accelerating Medical Discovery Through Strategic Philanthropy," in March 2008 was an exciting event. Conference proceedings are posted on the Publications page under the Resources tab on the home page. Conference presentations are posted for HRA member organizations on the HRA National Conference page in the Members-Only portion of the website.
Is your organization interested in becoming a member of the Health Research Alliance? Find out more.
Health Research Alliance
P.O. Box 13901
21 T. W. Alexander Drive
Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina 27709
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The Health Research Alliance sponsors a national conference every other year in even years, open to a wide variety of funders of health research. The HRA national conference represents the only national forum for non-governmental, non-profit funders of health research and training, including foundations, voluntary health agencies, and disease-specific funders. In addition to the national conference, HRA organizes two Members' Meetings a year that are hosted by member organizations.
The 2008 HRA National Conference, "Accelerating Medical Discovery Through Strategic Philanthropy," was held March 4-6, 2008, at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C The conference proceedings will be available as a downloadable pdf on the "Publications" page under the "Resources" tab when they are complete.
HRA thanks the Program Committee members below for planning an excellent conference.
Co-Chairs:
William Galey, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Marc Hurlbert, Ph.D., Avon Foundation
Members:
Maria Carrillo, Ph.D., Alzheimer's Association
Lynne Garner, Ph.D., The Donaghue Foundation
Sharon Hesterlee, Ph.D., Muscular Dystrophy Association
Sally McNagny, M.D., M.P.H., The Medical Foundation
Concepcion Nierras, Ph.D., Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
William Read, Ph.D., The Flinn Foundation
Nancy Sung, Ph.D., Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Melanie Turner, M.P.H., American Heart Association
Kate Ahlport, M.S.P.H., Health Research Alliance, Inc.
Health Research Alliance 2006 National Conference
"Building Strategic Partnerships to Advance Health Research"
The 2006 HRA National Conference, "Building Strategic Partnerships to Advance Health Research" held at the Westin Grand Hotel in Washington, D.C. on May 3-4, 2006, was attended by representatives of over 50 funding organizations as well as by representatives of government agencies, universities, and other organizations. The conference proceedings provide a summary of each conference session.
Health Research Alliance 2004 National Conference, "Partnering to Advance Health Research: Philanthropy's Role"
The previous Alliance national conference, held in March of 2004,"Partnering to Advance Health Research: Philanthropy's Role," was attended by representatives of over 70 organizations that fund health research. Keynoted by Dr. Elias Zerhouni, Director of NIH, Dr. Richard Carmona, US Surgeon General, and Dr. Clement Bezold of the Institute for Alternative Futures, the meeting examined how different types of partnerships can move health research forward from the laboratory bench to the end result of improved health outcomes. In the time that has elapsed since that conference, the funding environment has become more challenging, and the need for creative partnerships has increased.
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