Public hearing: Wednesday, Oct. 14, Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center, 303 E. Superior St., in the Hughes Auditorium, Chicago campus. Interested individuals can provide oral or written testimony to a panel of scientists, clinicians and NIH representatives.

Registration for the hearing will be from noon to 1 p.m., followed by a welcome talk by Pinn. At 1:15 p.m., the panel of experts will discuss the health needs of underserved populations of women. At 2:15 p.m., the public hearing begins.

Those interested in providing written or oral testimony can submit a request at orwhmeetings/movingintothefuture/northwestern/testimony.aspx.

For more information and to register for the public hearing, visit orwhmeetings/movingintothefuture/northwestern/.

At 8:45 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, Maggie Daley will welcome scientists to the workshops and panels. Daley's talk will be followed by a keynote speech by Carole Heilman, director of the division of microbiology and infectious disease at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Her speech is titled "2009 H1N1 Influenza: Research Activities and Potential Impact on the Nation, Its Women and Children."

At 8:40 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16, Phoebe Leboy, president of the National Association for Women in Science, will give a keynote speech called "Retaining Women in Academic Careers." The Oct. 15 and 16 main events for scientists will be held at the Northwestern University Thorne Auditorium, in the Rubloff Building, 375 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago campus.

Source: Northwestern University