OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Coordination
of Interagency Efforts on Bridging the
Life and Physical Sciences
·ORNL staffer Dick Swaja, on assignment
to NIH, coordinated 2 important
conferences in 2004
to NIH, coordinated 2 important
conferences in 2004
·Interagency workshop in May held at suggestion of House of Representatives
to discuss how research at the interface
could be strengthened; 10 Federal
agencies, including DOE, were represented
to discuss how research at the interface
could be strengthened; 10 Federal
agencies, including DOE, were represented
·November workshop was held as result
of recommendation from the May
workshop to include scientific researchers with the goal of obtaining community input on how to effectively bridge the life and physical sciences; about 170 people, including scientists, Congressional staff, and representatives of universities, technical societies, media, foundations, and Federal agencies
of recommendation from the May
workshop to include scientific researchers with the goal of obtaining community input on how to effectively bridge the life and physical sciences; about 170 people, including scientists, Congressional staff, and representatives of universities, technical societies, media, foundations, and Federal agencies
Interagency Workshop on Research at the Interface of the Life Sciences
and Physical Sciences
May 10, 2004