BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Phoenix X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Phoenix BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1339@azbio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20190313T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20190313T190000 DTSTAMP:20190310T220858Z URL:https://www.azbio.org/events/holding-government-and-industry-accountab le-the-role-of-the-center-for-science-in-the-public-interest SUMMARY:Holding Government and Industry Accountable: The Role of the Center for Science in the Public Interest - Health Sciences Education Building C 104 - 13 Mar 19 18:00 DESCRIPTION:Holding Government and Industry Accountable: The Role of the Ce nter for Science in the Public Interest\n\nHow the Nation’s Food System Can Support Healthy Eating Will Be Discussed in a Free Public Lecture Marc h 13\n\nSpeaker Peter Lurie\, MD\, MPH\, president of the Center for Scien ce in the Public Interest\, will detail his organization’s agenda for im proving the nation’s food system to support healthy eating. The presenta tion is part of the Flinn Foundation Donald K. Buffmire Lecture. \n\nThe C enter for Science in the Public Interest is the oldest independent\, scien ce-based consumer advocacy organization with an impressive record of accom plishments and an ambitious agenda for improving the food system to suppor t healthy eating. Among its goals are decreasing junk food marketing to ch ildren\, reducing the consumption of sugary drinks and soda\, reducing sod ium in processed and restaurant foods\, improving food safety and diminish ing the incidence of foodborne illness.\n\nWhen: \; Wednesday\, March 13\, 2019 \; 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.\n\nWhere: \; University of Arizona Co llege of Medicine – Phoenix Health Sciences Education Building\, Lecture Hall C104\, 435 N. Fifth St.\, Phoenix.\n\nThe presentation is free and o pen to the public.\nRegister at \; \;phoenixmed.arizona.edu/minime d.\nDr. Lurie will discuss tactics used by the center to advance important public health issues. His topic\, “Holding Government and Industry Acco untable in the Development of Food Policy\,” is possible through the Fli nn Foundation Buffmire Lecture.\n\nThe Washington\, DC-based center has le d recent battles outlawing trans fats and improving food labeling. It publ ishes the popular Nutrition Action Newsletter\, which offers practical adv ice to consumers interested in nutrition\, food safety and health. \;T he organization led the fight for passage of the Nutrition Labeling and Ed ucation Act of 1990\, which brought nutrition labels to packaged food. Its advocacy work also spurred restrictions on nitrite and nitrate in cured m eats. A current campaign is pressuring companies to stop using food dyes.\ n\n \;\n\nAbout Peter Lurie\, MD\, MPH\n\nPeter Lurie\, MD\, MPH\, is president of the Center for Science in the Public Interest and former Asso ciate Commissioner for Public Health Strategy and Analysis at the U.S. Foo d and Drug Administration.\n\nDr. Lurie began his career as a family physi cian after receiving an MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and an MPH from the University of California. Afterwards\, he be gan taking on leadership roles at the FDA\, where he focused on leading th e agency’s initiatives on antimicrobial resistance\, transparency\, caff einated beverages\, arsenic in rice\, fish consumption by pregnant and nur sing women\, expanded access to investigational drugs and prescription dru g abuse.\n\nAbout the Flinn Foundation Buffmire Lecture\n\nThe Flinn Found ation Buffmire Lecture is a series launched in 1997 for the University of Arizona’s two Colleges of Medicine to feature national experts well-vers ed in the changing practice of medical care and research. The lectures\, n ow presented each fall and spring on the campuses of UA’s two medical sc hools\, are designed to connect Arizona’s academic\, practice and resear ch medical communities.\n\nIrene and Dr. Robert S. Flinn\, who created the Flinn Foundation in 1965\, often brought to Arizona leading medical innov ators from throughout the country to share their expertise with the physic ian community. The lecture series modeled on that practice is named for th e late Dr. Donald K. Buffmire\, an internal medicine and cardiology specia list and protégé of Dr. Flinn\, who served for more than 30 years on the Flinn Foundation board of directors\, including 14 years as chair.\n\nThe Flinn Foundation\, a privately endowed\, philanthropic grantmaking organi zation\, works in four areas to fulfill its mission: to improve the qualit y of life in Arizona to benefit future generations. The Foundation’s pri mary focus is advancing Arizona’s bioscience sector.\n\nThe University o f Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix\n\nThe University of Arizona Col lege of Medicine – Phoenix admitted its inaugural class of first-year me dical students in August 2007 and currently has 332 students training to b e physicians. The College inspires and trains exemplary physicians\, scien tists and leaders to optimize health and health care in Arizona and beyond . The College of Medicine – Phoenix is uniquely positioned to accelerate the biomedical and economic engines in Phoenix and the state by leveragin g vital relationships with key \;clinical \;and \;community&nb sp\;partners. \;For more\, visit phoenixmed.arizona.edu.\n\n \;\n\ n \;\n\n \; CATEGORIES:AZ - Central LOCATION:Health Sciences Education Building C104\, 435 N. 5th Street\, Phoe nix\, AZ\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=435 N. 5th Street\, Phoenix \, AZ\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Health Sciences Education Building C104:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20180313T180000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR