Ohio State Celebrates Research Day

In observance of Research Day initiated by ResearchMeansHope.org and the Association of American Medical Colleges, The Ohio State University is hosting a reception today from 4-6 p.m. at Ohio State’s Biomedical Research Tower, Room 115. This event will present the opportunity to enjoy refreshments, network with your colleagues and share your story with us. Take a moment while you are at the reception to tell us on camera what research means to you.

Those in attendance will hear remarks of appreciation from the following: Eric Fingerhut, JD, Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents; Caroline Whitacre, PhD, Ohio State’s Vice President of Research; Steven Gabbe, MD, Senior Vice President for Health Sciences and CEO of OSU Medical Center; Wiley W. “Chip” Souba, MD, ScD, dean of Ohio State’s College of Medicine; Clay Marsh, MD, vice dean of Research for the OSU College of Medicine, and Rebecca Jackson, MD, director of Ohio State’s Center for Clinical and Translational Science.

ResearchMeansHope.org is a coalition of concerned patients and the physicians and researchers of America’s medical schools, teaching hospitals, universities, research companies and organizations. Their goal is to ensure sustained, real growth in federal support for medical research funded by the National Institutes of Health. Only through significant, annual increases in medical research funding can the promise of medical research be fulfilled.