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2007 Press Releases

10/2/2007 Summit Prepares Business, Government and Nonprofit Leaders to
Work Together in Times of Crisis
9/17/2007 Sir Michael Marmot Receives CDC Foundation Hero Award
6/28/2007

Jack O. Bovender Jr. and Charles H. “Pete” McTier  Join CDC Foundation Board of Directors
6/5/2007

CDC Foundation Announces $1.7 Million Grant to Improve and Standardize Testosterone Measurements in Laboratories Nationwide
5/29/2007 CDC Selects New Sites for Pilot Study of Inhibitors in Hemophilia

2006 Press Releases

11/2/2006 CDC Foundation Receives Grant from Michael Bloomberg's $125 Million Initiative to Promote Freedom from Smoking
9/25/2006

Raymond J. Baxter Receives CDC Foundation Hero Award
8/29/2006 CDC Foundation Marks Katrina Anniversary with Celebration of Progress
5/31/2006

Gary M. Cohen and Andrew R. Klepchick Join CDC Foundation Board of Directors
4/17/2006 CDC Foundation Announces Partnership with Cargill to Help Elementary Schools Boost Student Health
4/05/2006 GM Fleet Mobilizes CDC's Global Health Force in Asia and Africa
3/02/2006 CDC Foundation Fills Key Advancement Position
2/08/2006 CDC Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Partner to Improve Child Abuse Prevention Programs

2005 Press Releases

11/21/2005 BellSouth's Phil Jacobs to Chair CDC Foundation Board
10/04/2005 CDC Foundation Receives Tobacco Settlement Funds, Awards Grants to Prevent Smoking Among Urban Youth
9/02/2005 Kaiser Permanente Contributes $2 Million to Support Public Health Response to Katrina
7/25/2005 CDC Foundation Fills Key Program Position
7/20/2005 Medical Students Selected to Train in Applied Epidemiology at CDC
5/31/2005 Scotts CEO Joins CDC Foundation Board of Directors
5/26/2005 Young Investigators in Public Health Selected
3/30/2005 CDC Foundation Announces $3 Million Grant to Fund Hemophilia Study
1/05/2005 CDC Foundation Announces $3.5 Million Program on the Health Effects of Nutritional Supplementation

2004 Press Releases

9/28/2004 Dell, Marcus Foundation to Provide Computer Systems for CDC’s New Emergency Operations Center
9/16/2004 Ruth J. Katz and James W. Down Join CDC Foundation Board of Directors
4/28/2004 Medical Students Selected to Train in Applied Epidemiology at CDC
3/1/2004 CDC Foundation Names Director for Knight Journalism Program

2003 Press Releases

7/30/2003 Gates Foundation Funds Programs to Improve Maternal and Child Health Care in Afghanistan
5/8/2003 CDC Foundation Awards Grants for Mobile Mammography Screening Programs with Funding from the Avon Foundation
5/1/2003 Journalists Selected for 2003 Knight Public Health Journalism Boot Camp at CDC
4/29/2003 New Program Offers Medical Students Hands-on Training at CDC
4/15/2003 CDC Foundation Announces 2003 Class of Knight Journalism Fellows at CDC
4/1/2003 Responding to Marcus Appeal, 15 Corporations Contribute Equipment to CDC’s Emergency Operations Center
3/19/2003 Ellison Medical Foundation Funds Public Health Training in Kenya

2002 Press Releases

11/17/2002 Siemens President Joins CDC Foundation Board of Directors
10/8/2002 CDC Foundation Receives $6.2 Million Commitment to Support Highest Priorities at CDC
9/24/2002 Avon Foundation Continues Commitment to Breast Cancer Cause
7/17/2002 New CDC Border Urban Research Center in El Paso
5/2/2002 CDC Foundation Announces 2002 Class of Knight Journalism Fellows at CDC
4/4/2002 Six Months After Anthrax, Marcus Foundation Commits $3.9 Million for CDC Emergency Response Center
3/24/2002 Lilly to Fund Multinational Emerging Infectious Diseases Training Program

2001 Press Releases

11/28/2001 CDC Foundation Establishes Emergency Preparedness & Response Fund
10/10/2001 Former UPS Chairman and CEO to Chair CDC Foundation Board
8/15/2001 Promoting Better Health for Youth Through Physical Activity
5/16/2001 Phil S. Jacobs Joins CDC Foundation Board of Directors
4/10/2001 CDC Foundation Announces 2001 Class of Knight Journalism Fellows at CDC
2/8/2001 CDC Foundation’s Largest Grant Targets California’s Minority Populations

2000 Press Releases

12/13/2000 Funding will Advance Tobacco Research, Strengthen Prevention