'Fireside Chat' with NIH Director Collins, Sen. Coons

Heart disease, cancer, diabetes, opioid addiction … what progress is being made in fighting these killers, and how can we accelerate the discovery of new life-saving treatments?

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) — the biggest funder of biomedical research in the world  — and U.S. Sen. Chris Coons from Delaware will be at the University of Delaware on Friday, March 1, in Mitchell Hall, for a "fireside chat" about these important topics. UD President Dennis N. Assanis will moderate the discussion.

Seating is limited, and advance registration is required at this website: https://research.udel.edu/partnership-for-progress/. Please submit questions for the speakers via the registration page.

The event also will be live-streamed at the UDLive website: https://sites.udel.edu/udlive/