WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee member and Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) on Monday will bring the 21st Century Cures initiative to the Inland Northwest with a roundtable discussion at the Washington State University Spokane Campus. Patient advocates, innovators, and researchers will join McMorris Rodgers to discuss the importance of technology and medical innovation in the discovery, development, and delivery cycle of cures and treatments.
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) partnered with Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) last year to launch the bipartisan initiative. Over the past year, the committee and its members have hosted nearly two-dozen roundtables in Washington and across the country to hear from all those involved in the cycle of cures. The committee in January began the legislative phase, marking the beginning of #Cures2015.
Input and feedback from local experts and innovators is essential as 21st Century Cures looks to take its next steps on the #Path2Cures. McMorris Rodgers will be joined by leaders from Washington State University, Team Gleason, the Spokane Arthritis Association, 23andME, the Spokane Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and others.
“21st Century Cures is a uniquely hopeful and proactive initiative that will have a real effect on the lives of families in Washington and across the country," said McMorris Rodgers. “I look forward to bringing this discussion back home and hearing from the experts about their ideas for accelerating the pace of cures and giving hope to patients and their loved ones."
Learn more about 21st Century Cures online here, follow the initiative on Twitter @ECcures, like Cures at Facebook.com/EnergyCommerceCures, and join the conversation using #Cures2015.
