[Ip-health] New group to to promote "the values of collaboration between medicine and industry."

[Joana Ramos]

The Association of Clinical Researchers and Educators (ACRE), headed by Tho=
mas Stossel, the American Cancer Society Professor of Medicine at Harvard M=
edical School, is a new professional organization which aims to  promote "t=
he values of collaboration between medicine and industry."


ACRE will hold its first conference later this month, described as  a "foru=
m for what we believe is a hitherto silent majority of individuals engaged =
in clinical service, medical education and medical innovation ready to oppo=
se a small but well organized and well-funded coterie responsible for an an=
ti-industry movement.=94

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/07/10/acre


ACRE website: www.acreonline.org/



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Joana Ramos, MSW
Cancer Resources & Advocacy
Seattle WA USA
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