Dr. Harold Varmus

Co-Chair, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

Dr. Harold Varmus appears in the following:

Can the U.S. Really Cure Cancer?

Thursday, January 14, 2016

In his final State of the Union address, President Obama announced a new cancer research initiative to be led by Vice President Biden. Is America up to the task?

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Living Cancer: Precision Medicine

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Dr. Harold Varmus discusses the study of genomics in cancer treatment & The New York Times "Living With Cancer" columnist fields your calls on how to talk to people dealing with cancer.

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Alan Alda and Dr. Harold Varmus on the World Science Festival

Friday, June 01, 2012

Alan Alda and Dr. Harold Varmus discuss the 2012 World Science Festival, May 30 – June 3. The Foundation’s mission is to cultivate a general public informed by science, inspired by its wonder, convinced of its value, and prepared to engage with its implications for the future.

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Hospitals Brace for Predicted H1N1 Influx

Thursday, August 27, 2009

This week, a presidential panel warned that the H1N1 virus could kill up to 90,000 Americans and send 200,000 to the hospital. Joining us to discuss these alarming figures (which he s...

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Harold Varmus

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Harold Varmus has done it all: Nobel Prize–winning breakthroughs in cancer biology, masterful leadership of the National Institutes of Health, statesmanship of the highest order in global health, and cheerful trench warfare to bring biomedical publications to the open-source Internet age. Currently he's the President of Memorial Sloan-Kettering hospital and ...

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