Media alert: 
What is Life Worth? 
What can medical research achieve?	ASMR Medical
Research 
Week
June 1-8, 2002  	
National Press Club Address, Canberra, 5 June 2002
Professor Leon Rosenberg 
o	New medicines for cancer, depression, and schizophrenia
o	Reducing the toll from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease
o	Eradication of polio
o	Stopping the spread of AIDS. 
US physician Professor Leon Rosenberg expects to see these achievements and more in the next 20 years. But what do we have to do now to make it happen?
Professor Rosenberg is the Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) National Medallist 2002 and is touring Australia during Medical Research Week,
With a career that’s encompassed teaching, clinical and research roles at Yale, Chief Scientist of the global pharma, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and chairman of the Funding First campaign, Professor Rosenberg has a big picture view of the future for medical research.
“In the last fifty years we’ve practically eliminated many diseases and delivered more than $57 trillion (US) of economic benefit in extending lives.”
What of the next fifty years? “Today’s young researchers will have the opportunity to make huge strides for humanity – if we, the community support their efforts and recognise what life is worth – the social and economic benefits that nations gain from health.”
Professor Rosenberg addresses the National Press Club on Wednesday 5 June. 
He will also be available for interview in Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.
For further information visit www.asmr.org.au
For interviews contact Anne Hayward, 0419 893 922 or Niall Byrne, 0417 131 977.