May 16, 2016
WASHINGTON (May 16, 2016) – Sonia Angell, Deputy Commissioner, Division of Prevention and Primary Care, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Former FDA Commissioner, former FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, Clinton Foundation President and former U.S. Secretary of Health Donna E. Shalala, and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman headline a unique conference focused on food issues, “Vote Food 2016: Better Food, Better Health,” on June 3 in Washington, DC.
The all-day conference, hosted by the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, is designed to identify practical and legal solutions to address the many food issues facing the United States today including food scarcity, obesity and antibiotic use. The O’Neill Institute has partnered with AGree, a coalition of leading foundations that fund food and agriculture, international development, and health and well-being. Read more about the conference here.
WHO:
Sonia Angell, Deputy Commissioner, Division of Prevention and Primary Care, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, former FDA Commissioner, Margaret Hamburg, Clinton Foundation President and former U.S. Secretary of Health Donna E. Shalala, and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman
WHAT:
Vote Food 2016: Better Food, Better Health
WHEN:
Friday, June 3, 2016; 8-5pm
WHERE:
Hotung 2000
Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001
MEDIA RSVP:
Karen Teber km463@georgetown.edu
The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University is the premier center for health law, scholarship, and policy. Its mission is to contribute to a more powerful and deeper understanding of the multiple ways in which law can be used to improve the public’s health, using objective evidence as a measure. The O’Neill Institute seeks to advance scholarship, science, research, and teaching that will encourage key decision-makers in the public, private, and civil society to employ the law as a positive tool for enabling more people in the United States and throughout the world to lead healthier lives.
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Contact: O’Neill Institute: Karen Teber / km463@georgetown.edu