Luncheon To Commemorate Gift For First Lyme Disease Research Center In The U.S.
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Dacia Morris 212-305-4966 212-543-5421 ***MEDIA ALERT*** LUNCHEON TO COMMEMORATE GIFT FOR FIRST LYME DISEASE RESEARCH CENTER IN THE U.S.
WHAT: A luncheon announcing the establishment, at Columbia University, of the first Lyme disease research center in the United States. The event will also honor Columbia’s two partners in this project, the Lyme Disease Association and the Greenwich Lyme Disease Task Force, for underwriting the center with a $650,000 endowed gift.
WHY: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of Americans infected with Lyme disease has reached record proportions. The agency reported 17,730 cases in 2000, an increase of 8 percent from 1999 and well above the yearly average of 12,745 cases reported since 1991. Most cases are concentrated in or near the New York metropolitan area—with high incidence in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic states.
WHO: *Dr. Gerald Fischbach, executive vice president, health and biomedical sciences; dean, Faculty of Health Sciences; dean, Faculty of Medicine, Columbia University *Diane Blanchard and Deborah Siciliano, co-presidents, Greenwich Lyme Disease Task Force *Dr. Brian Fallon, director of Lyme disease research and associate professor, Columbia University *Joan Kiplinger, director, Tiffany & Company, Greenwich, CT *Mary McDonnell, actress *Patricia Smith, president, Lyme Disease Association *Elected officials and invited guests WHEN: Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:30 p.m. WHERE: The Faculty Club College of Physicians & Surgeons 630 West 168th Street, 4th Floor # # # |
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