{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://morgangriffith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398313", "Griffith, Roe to host 21st Century Cures Health Care Roundtable", "2014-10-17", "2014", "2014-10", "Republican", "House", "VA", "Morgan Griffith", "G000568", "morgangriffith.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and Congressman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) on Wednesday, October 22 will host medical experts in a roundtable discussion on how to accelerate the pace of new promising cures and treatments for patients.\u00a0 Topics to be discussed may include but are not limited to: the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s Drug Approval Process, clinical trials, telemedicine, mobile health apps, personalized medicine, and medical research and funding.\r\nCURRENT PARTICIPANTS:\u00a0Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-09)  \r\nCongressman Phil Roe, M.D. (TN-01)  \r\nDr. Bob Meyer, University of Virginia (UVA) Health System  \r\nDr. Karen Rheuban, UVA Health System  \r\nDr. Maciek Sasinowski, Health Diagnostic Laboratory  \r\nJeff Gallagher, Virginia BIO  \r\nMichael Matthews, Healtheway  \r\nDr. Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM)  \r\nDr. Rob Gourdie, Virginia Tech Carilion (VTC) Research Institute  \r\nDr. Stephen Morgan, Carilion  \r\nDr. Josep Bassaganya-Riera, BioTherapeutics Inc.  \r\nKarl Strohmeier, Teva  \r\nDr. John Davis, Davis Medical\r\nWHAT:\u00a021st Century Cures Health Care Roundtable\r\nWHEN: Wednesday, October 22 from 10:00am \u2013 12:00pm\r\nWHERE:\u00a0Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM)  \r\nBlacksburg, Virginia\u00a0 \r\nThe 21st Century Cures initiative was launched in May as a bipartisan effort of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, on which Rep. Griffith serves.\u00a0 The Committee is seeking to improve the full biomedical innovation process, from the discovery of clues in basic science to streamlining the drug and device development process to unleashing the power of digital medicine and social media at the treatment phase and more.\u00a0 This collaborative effort is about saving more lives, keeping this country the leader in medical innovation, and accelerating the discovery, development, and delivery cycle of new cures and treatments.\r\nMedia is invited to attend.\u00a0 Please contact Andie Pivarunas (andrea.pivarunas@mail.house.gov or 202-225-3861) with questions or to confirm media attendance.\u00a0 To learn more about the 21st Century Cures initiative, click HERE.\r\n\u00a0\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://morgangriffith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398313"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7482711225748062, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}