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NIDA Announces 2012 Avant-Garde Award for Medications Development

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July 18, 2012

NIDA’s Dr. Nora D. Volkow will announce the winner of the 2012 Avant-Garde Award for Medications Development during the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC. This research competition, now in its third year, is intended to stimulate high-impact research that may lead to groundbreaking opportunities for the prevention and treatment of drug abuse. This year’s winner will receive $1,000,000 per year for five years in research support.

WHO: Dr. Nora D. Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

WHAT: NIDA’s 2012 Avant-Garde Award for Medications Development

WHEN: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 4:00 p.m. EDT

WHERE: XIX International AIDS Conference
Walter E. Washington Convention Center (WCC)
Media Center – Hall A, Lower Level, Press Conference Room 3 (PCR 3)*

*Access to the Media Centre is strictly limited to accredited journalists.

Dr. Volkow will also speak at the “New Frontiers in NIH AIDS Research” satellite session on Sunday, July 22 from 11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. EDT in Session Room 6 of the WCC.

For more information, or to arrange an interview with Dr. Volkow, please contact NIDA’s press team: media@nida.nih.gov or 301-443-6245. Follow NIDA on Twitter during XIX International AIDS Conference at @NIDAnews.


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