Partnership for Progress
Improving America’s Health
DATE: Friday, March 1, 2019
TIME: Starting at 11:15 a.m.
LOCATION: Mitchell Hall, Newark Campus
![Dennis Assanis, UD President Dennis Assanis, UD President](https://research.udel.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dennis-assanis.jpg)
Dennis Assanis
President, University of Delaware (Moderator)
![Francis Collin, Director of NIH Francis Collin, Director of NIH](https://research.udel.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/francis-collins-2.jpg)
Francis Collins
Director, National Institutes of Health
![Chris Coons, U.S. Senator Chris Coons, U.S. Senator](https://research.udel.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/chris-coons-2.jpg)
Chris Coons
U.S. Senator
Delaware
Heart disease, cancer, opioid addiction … what progress is being made in fighting these killers, and how can we accelerate the discovery of new treatments to save lives? UD President Dennis Assanis will moderate a discussion with Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health—the largest supporter of biomedical research in the world—and U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, a champion of science, U.S. manufacturing and entrepreneurship.
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Eileen Pothier