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04/12/12 9:02 PM

#261912 RE: chris_in_ny #261910

PROGRAMS AND GRANTS AWARDED BY NCHI AND ITS AFFILIATES:
Grants Awarded To Date (2006-2009):
• Chan Soon-Shiong Center for Life Science, Saint John’s Health Center ($35M)
• Chan Soon-Shiong Center for Translational Science, John Wayne Cancer Center
($20M)
• Center for Health Informatics, USC ($20M)
• Center for Health Informatics, UCLA ($1M)
• Center for Health Informatics, University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory
($700k)
• California Nanosystems Institute, UCLA ($10M)
• Endowed Professorship for Health Justice, Urban Health Initiative, University of Chicago
($2.5M)
• Dossia Foiundation ($1.5)
• Biomarkers, Clinical Trail and Biorespository, St. Johns, UCLA ($40M)
• Chan Soon-Shiong Scholars at University of Chicago, UCLA and USC ($2.5)
• Coalition for Cancer Cooperative Groups ($7M)
Grants Pending:
• Children’s Oncology Group
• California TeleHealth Network

1jk1

04/13/12 6:21 AM

#261952 RE: chris_in_ny #261910

Verizon Chairman and CEO to Address World Health Care Congress
* Reuters is not responsible for the content in this press release.
Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:30am EDT


Verizon Chairman and CEO to Address World Health Care Congress
PR Newswire

Apr. 12

NEW YORK – Lowell McAdam, chairman and chief executive officer of Verizon, will join health care information technology leaders during a session at the ninth annual World Health Care Congress conference in the Washington, D.C., area on April 17. McAdam will speak about how Verizon is enabling the transformation of the U.S. health care industry through the use of technology. He will be joined onstage by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong of NantWorks and Dr. Charles Sorenson of Intermountain Health Care.

WHEN:
Tuesday, April 17


8 a.m. ET




WHERE:
World Health Care Congress


Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center


201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, Md. 20745




WHO:
Lowell McAdam


Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


Verizon




WHAT:
Media wishing to attend an invite-only live streaming Webcast should contact Verizon Media Relations.


About the World Health Care Congress

Entering its ninth year, the World Health Care Congress gathers more than 1,600 global health care, pharmaceutical and employer executives and leaders in the Washington, D.C., area on April 16-18 to engage in keynote presentations, debates, co-located summits, case studies and emerging trend forums on the latest solutions to the issues facing the industry.

About Verizon Connected Healthcare

Verizon Connected Healthcare delivers innovation solutions to improve the health care industry. By leveraging Verizon's information technology expertise and world-class networks, Verizon provides secure and reliable solutions to help transform patient-care delivery, better manage costs, enhance access to services and maintain health data privacy.

MEDIA CONTACT:
John Columbus


john.columbus@verizon.com


908-559-5993


/PRNewswire -- April 12, 2012/

SOURCE Verizon
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/12/idUS133452+12-Apr-2012+PRN20120412

http://mycourses.med.harvard.edu/ec_res/nt/3A6D2F51-CD6D-44C4-8B5D-1295A5C75281/NCHI_Background.pdf


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