Press Releases & Statements (Page 4)
June 22, 2017
Alliance-Led Sign-On Letter Opposes Per Capita Caps, Stresses Their Impact on Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
The Alliance and more than 30 other organizations sent a sign-on letter urging U.S. Senate leadership "to support, and build upon, existing state Medicaid expansion."
June 7, 2017
Alliance Supports Retention of Dr. Francis Collins as NIH Director
Alliance for Aging Research (Alliance) President and CEO Susan Peschin, MHS, has issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's decision to retain Dr. Francis Collins as National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director.
May 23, 2017
Alliance Statement on FY 2018 White House Proposed Budget on NIH, FDA, CDC
Alliance President and CEO Susan Peschin, MHS, has issued the following statement in response to the White House’s proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget.
May 10, 2017
Seniors Are Benefiting from Improved Clinical Care, But Face Economic Barriers to Better Health
America’s seniors are seeing improvements in clinical care but are facing significant economic barriers to better health, according to the key findings from United Health Foundation’s fifth annual America’s Health Rankings Senior Report.
May 3, 2017
New Educational Film Pay It Forward: Volunteering for a Clinical Trial Encourages Clinical Trial Enrollment
In honor of Clinical Trials Awareness Week, the Alliance for Aging Research (Alliance) has released a new animated “pocket film,” Pay it Forward: Volunteering for a Clinical Trial, to encourage clinical trial volunteerism.
May 1, 2017
Alliance Supports Funding Increase for NIH in Congressional FY 2017 Spending Package
The Alliance for Aging Research’s President and CEO Susan Peschin, MHS, has released the following statement in response to the Fiscal Year 2017 spending package released today, which provides $34.1 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
April 27, 2017
Alliance Thanks Senate HELP Committee for Advancing FDA Commissioner Nomination of Dr. Scott Gottlieb
Alliance for Aging Research President and CEO Susan Peschin, MHS, has issued the following statement thanking Chairman Lamar Alexander and the U.S. Senate HELP Committee for advancing the nomination of Dr. Scott Gottlieb as U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner to the full Senate for a vote.
April 21, 2017
Alliance Statement in Support of the March for Science
Alliance for Aging Research (Alliance) President and CEO, Susan Peschin, MHS, has issued the following statement in support of the April 22, 2017, March for Science.
April 4, 2017
Alliance’s Bens Offers Testimony on User Fee Programs before Senate HELP Committee
Today, the Alliance for Aging Research's (Alliance) Vice President of Public Policy Cynthia Bens testifies before the U.S. Senate HELP Committee on reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) and the Medical Device User Fee Act (MDUFA).
April 3, 2017
Alliance Statement on Nomination of Dr. Scott Gottlieb for FDA Commissioner
Alliance for Aging Research President and CEO Susan Peschin, MHS, has issued a statement in support of the nomination of Scott Gottlieb, M.D., to be commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).