For Immediate Release: May 2, 2006   ---   Contact: Harry Glenn (202) 225-5961

 

National Institutes of Health Names New BioDefense Center for Young

May 2, 2006 -- Representative C.W. Bill Young was honored today by the Secretary of Health & Human Services and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) at a ceremony naming a new research facility for the Congressman.  The newly dedicated C.W. Bill Young Center for BioDefense and Emerging Infectious Disease Center will house state-of-the-art research laboratories where NIH researchers and other scientists will engage in forward looking research to address challenges from avian flu, anthrax, influenza, antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis and other life-threatening agents.

"We live in an era of new and continually changing threats," Young said.  "I am humbled and honored that this remarkable facility, which now houses the brightest scientific minds, bears my name.  This building, however, belongs to the people that it has been built to protect and I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues at NIH and other federal agencies to ensure that our nation and each of our families remain secure from biological and chemical threats."

 

Congressman C.W. Bill Young
Member of Congress, 10th District of Florida
2407 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 225-5961