The Forum, a public-private partnership of the FNIH, was created as a result of the 2009 U.S.– Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission and established in part from a $1.27 million gift from founding partner, Eli Lilly and Company. Launched in partnership with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (RAMS) and the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), the Forum will include participation and additional support from Amgen, Amway, Celgene, The Coca-Cola Company, Genzyme, Merck, Novartis and Roche.

The three day meeting will feature distinguished researchers from the United States and the Russian Federation and will be led by Scott E. Campbell, Executive Director and CEO of the FNIH; Roger I. Glass, Director of the Fogarty International Center at the NIH; Nils Daulaire, Director, Office of Global Affairs, Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); Anatoly Grigoriev, Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Veronika Skvortsova, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation (MOHSD) and Ivan Dedov, President of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (RAMS).

For more information and registration, visit the Official Event Website.