Dr. Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH, former chair of the Institute of Medicine committee on the Use of Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research (report released December 15, 2011), will respond to the report issued today by the National Institues of Health working group on the Use of Chimpanzees in NIH-Supported Research.

Kahn is the Levi professor for bioethics and public policy at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics.

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