FDA's annual symposium focuses on new scientific approaches for critical public health issues

Formal registration has begun for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Second Annual Science Writers Symposium on Nov. 4-5, 2009.

The free symposium is intended for credentialed writers and journalists and will focus on how FDA employs novel scientific approaches to critical public health issues.

This year's symposium will feature an address by FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., and will explore such topics as H1N1, stem cells, novel clinical trials, personalized medicine and new technologies for identifying food-borne pathogens. In addition, attendees will be able to tour the FDA's state-of-the-art lab facilities in both Silver Spring and Laurel, Md.