Articles, Speeches, and Testimony

• Interview with Science, 22nd July 2011
• Interview with The Cancer Letter July 22nd, 2011and July 29th, 2011
• Interview with Nature
  Published online 6 July 2011; Nature 475, 18 (2011)
• Written Testimony on Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Request
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies; Committee on Appropriations; United States Senate
  May 11, 2011
• Federal Coach: Talking Leadership with National Cancer Institute's Harold Varmus
  Washington Post, March 23, 2011
• The Purpose and Conduct of Science
  Rede Lecture (As Delivered)
  University of Cambridge
  March 9, 2011
• The Writing Life of Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Harold Varmus
  Washington Post, Sept 19, 2010
• Benjamin DeMott Lecture
  Amherst College
  August 30, 2010

Previous Articles, Speeches, and Testimony

• Is Science Under Siege?
  American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  1895th Stated Meeting
  November 16, 2005
• Downstate Medical School Graduation
  May 24, 2005
• Carey Lecture - AAAS Policy Meeting
  April 22, 2004
• Managing Biomedical Research to Prevent and Cure Disease in the 21st Century
  October 2, 2003
• Caltech Commencement Address
  June 13, 2003
• NYU School of Medicine Commencement Address
  May 15, 2003
• Testimony on Smoking in Public Places and Places of Employment
  New York City Council, October 10, 2002
• Nobel Foundation's Centennial Speech
  Nobel Foundation's Centennial Symposia: Beyond Genes, December 6-8, 2001
• Convocation Talk at Lawrence University
  April 30, 2002
• Lasker Awards Luncheon
  Role of Government in Research, September 21, 2001
• Wesleyan University Commencement Address
  May 28, 2000
• Washington University School of Medicine Commencement Address
  May 19, 2000
• The Impact of Physics on Biology and Medicine
  Plenary Talk, Centennial Meeting of the American Physical Society; March 22, 1999
• Statement on the President's Budget Request for NIH
  House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; February 23-24, 1999
• NIH Director's Statement on Research Using Stem Cells
  Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies; January 26, 1999
• New Developments in Medical Research: NIH and Patient Groups
  House Commerce Subcommittee on Health and Environment; March 26, 1998
• New Directions in Biology and Medicine -- AAAS Plenary Lecture
  American Association for the Advancement of Science; February 13, 1998
• Statement before Subcommittee on Public Health and Safety
  Subcommittee on Public Health and Safety; Committee on Labor and Human Resources; United States Senate; October 9, 1997
• Stanford Medical School Graduation Speech
  June 15, 1997
• Commencement Talk, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
  May 21, 1997
• Harvard University Commencement Address
  June 6, 1996
• Medical School Commencement Talk: Mayo Clinic
  May 18, 1996
• Shattuck Lecture -- Biomedical Research Enters the Steady State (PDF)
  Presented as the 105th Shattuck Lecture; to the Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Medical Society; May 20, 1995
• Defending the Nation's Health: Building on the Basics
  March 14, 1995
• American Society for Microbiology National Meeting
  May 26, 1994
• Keynote Lecture: Basic Science and the NIH: American Society for Cell Biology Meeting
  December 11, 1993