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Consortium Launch

February 6, 2003
Michael R. Taylor (RFF), J. Glenn Morris (UMD), Catherine E. Woteki (Iowa State), and Michael P. Doyle (UGA) provide an overview of the FSRC's goals, operating principles and research agenda, and a briefing on the Consortium's initial project, which is the development of a model to compare and rank the relative public health impact of specific pathogen-food combinations.  The project is funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Pamela Russo, M.D., a senior program officer at RWJF, also participates.
Excerpts (audio and transcripts) from the briefing are available below. 

1. RFF President Paul Portney welcomes visitors to the Food Safety Research Consortium briefing. Audio | Transcript

2. Michael R. Taylor describes the purpose of the briefing, how the FSRC was initiated, and its goals. Audio | Transcript

3. Catherine E. Woteki discusses the FSRC’s operating principles and organizational structure. Audio | Transcript

4. Michael P. Doyle highlights the unique nature of the Consortium’s interdisciplinary collaboration and puts into context the role that the University of Georgia’s Center for Food Safety will have in the FSRC.
   Audio | Transcript

5. J. Glenn Morris describes the initial FSRC project, a model to rank the public health risks associated with foodborne pathogens.
   Audio | Transcript

6. Questions and Answers about the Food Safety Research Consortium.
   Audio | Transcript

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