September 24, 2009 - ROCKSTARS OF SCIENCE™ Briefing and Tribute in the Capitol Visitors Center
11:30 am
Welcome
Terry Moran, ABC News’ Nightline
Meryl Comer, Rock Stars of Science & Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® Alzheimer’s Initiative
Alzheimer’s 2020: Investment in Our Future
Terry Moran: Interview with Co-Chairs, Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease
Representative Edward Markey (MA)
Representative Chris Smith (NJ)
Senator Mark Warner (VA)
Senator Susan Collins (ME)
Vision for 2020 and Alzheimer’s Facts
George Vradenburg, Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® Alzheimer’s Initiative & LEAD-Leaders Engaged on Alzheimer’s Disease
Robert Egge, Alzheimer’s Association/Alzheimer’s Study Group
By 2020: Research Momentum to Alzheimer’s Breakthrough
Moderator: Terry Moran
Panel: Jeffrey Cummings, MD, UCLA
Steven T. DeKosky, MD, University of Virginia
Samuel Gandy, MD, PhD, Mt. Sinai
Ron Petersen, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic
New Poll Data: Public Awareness and Attitudes about Alzheimer’s
Alysia Snell, Lake Research Partners
advocacy for Research: What’s needed now
Mary Woolley, Research!America
The Rock Star & the Scientist: Same Brain Waves
Moderators: Meryl Comer and Terry Moran
Panel: Joe Perry, Aerosmith
Dale Schenk, PhD, Elan
Rudy Tanzi, PhD, Harvard University
Rock S.o.S Mascot: Blip, ECAD–East Coast Assistance Dog for Vets
1:00 pm
Rock Stars of Science tribute: Biomedical Research
Rerry Moran: Interview with Co-Chairs, Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus
Representative Brian Bilbray (CA)
Representative Mike Castle (DE)
Representative Rush Holt (NJ)
Vision, Priorities for the NIH
Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, Director, National Institutes of Health
Musical Tribute to Congressional Champions of Research
Music Performance: Joe Perry,Aerosmith
Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, NIH
David Hull, Joe Perry Project
Rudy Tanzi, PhD, Harvard
Joe Ryan, NHGRI
HIV/AIDS and H1N1: Update & Forecast
Anthony Fauci, MD, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
2:15 pm
Frontiers of Cancer Research and Stand Up to Cancer (Su2c)
Moderator: Terry Moran
Panel: Delta Goodrem, Singer/Actor, Cancer Survivor
Amy Dockser Marcus, Wall Street Journal
Laura Shawver, PhD, Phenomix Corporation, SU2C Scientific Advisory Committee
Laura Ziskin, Filmmaker, SU2C Leadership Council, Cancer Survivor
Special Performance: “Believe again” Delta Goodrem
2:45 pm
Grand Finale: All Rock Stars